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Hi everyone,

I'm sure this topic has been covered and re-covered but I was thinking today about carb intake. I probably get in about 15-30 g a day and I don't have any clue what my intake should or shouldn't be. I don't eat bread, potatoes, starches, etc. My carbs usually come from dairy/protein drinks and more recently the lovely little wonton wrapper used to cook from emilybites.com.

How's everyone else doing in the carb dept?

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I average about 50 grams per day based on clean, healthy carbs (vegetables, Proteins, etc).

I track on My Fitness Pal to be sure I don't go any higher than that. I had a past trainer tell me to keep it under 50 grams per day if you want to consistently lose weight. She also told me that a majority of that should be eaten before 2 PM so there is adequate time to burn it off

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My surgeon's instructions state to aim for 9 grams or less per meal.

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Today I had 60 but 38 of that was Fiber so I had 22 net carbs today.

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Great guidelines, thank you!

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What are net carbs?

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What are net carbs?

Carbs-fiber=netcarbs some people also subtract sugar alcohols.

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I have NO idea. My physician never focused on carbs unless a patient isn't losing weight. I am so glad I don't have to keep track....no problems so far. All the carb stuff seems overwhelming!

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