Net Carbs

[WhoKnows 288]

For those of you tracking your intake of macronutrients, do you just just try to stay under a certain limit for overall carbs, or do you just worry about your net carbs (total carbs - Fiber = net carb intake)?

From the research I've done, some nutritionists mention net carbs something to measure and others don't use the term at all, so I'm not sure how "legit" the whole idea is.

[labwalker 1,177]

I worry about having enough Protein intake for each day, followed by calories--trying keep within the guidelines suggested by my APRN. I try to avoid carbs and never worried about having too few.

[WhoKnows 288]

Oh, I'm not worrying about too few carbs. I try to keep my carb intake as low as possible, but depending on if we count net carbs or not, for me there's an average intake of either 43.2g or 23g (which either way I guess is pretty good, since I'm average 110.5g of protein). It's just that 20g is quite a difference, and if we do indeed only count net carbs, I could afford to add in some more veggies and legumes on some days, which would be really nice.

[Corridor72 518]

I count Protein first, NET carbs, and total calorie intake. My surgeon recommends staying under 50 grams of net carbs per day.

[WhoKnows 288]

@ that sounds doable. Like I said, I'm a-okay on Protein. And keeping it under 50g net carbs sounds downright luxurious at this point!

[terrydumont46 1,954]

my doctor did address carbs. it was 30 total carbs a meal and 12 carbs for Snacks.

[macman 603]

I count net carbs. For the first six months post surgery I kept carb levels at 50 or less. This was a great spot to be to maximize weight loss.

As my activity and exercise increased I found that I needed to increase carb levels to get the energy I needed. I increased to 70-80 and found this to be a good level. Currently, at 9 months out, I try to maintain 70-80 net carbs a day. On occasion I do go slightly higher, but only if my exercise or activity level is significant.

[WhoKnows 288]

Wow, this is all great info. I was worried I was too high with 20-25g net carbs a day. I'm still losing though, so I won't try and take it up too much higher, but it's good to know I don't have to feel bad if I go up to 30 or 40g every now and then.

[swimbikerun 1,045]

My question would be to the NUT: where are you getting your info from? If it is solid medical research and that's pretty up to date, fine. Otherwise, if it is a case of several medical articles saying one thing and there is another saying the opposite, its then up to the NUT based on their experience. That may or may not work for you.

If what works now, that they're suggesting, works for you, great! If not, find out if you try something else.

[artiste57 0]

Hi I had lap band surgery about 4 years ago ... It worked well initially lost about 40 kgs then I started putting weight on. Recently (3 months ago) I started LCHF I'm finally back losing weight again. I'm wondering if anyone is also doing LCHF ?