Carbs per day?

[Marielbx 37]

Hi all!

What is the total amount of carbs I should have per day?

Thx!

[WL WARRIOR 692]

Not everyone restricts their carb intake, but I do if I want to lose weight. I have hypothyroidism and sometimes have to restrict more than others to lose weight. I try to get below 15 carbs a day. If I go higher than that, then my weight loss will slow way down or come to a halt. I'm hoping that I can raise my carb limit once I hit maintenance. It's impossible to get in many fruits and vegetables when restricting carbs to such a low number. I've seen many others lose lots of weight without restricting carbs, so you have to do what works for you.

[JerseyCityGal 231]

I keep my carbs at 50 or less on most days.

You can eat a lot of fruit and veggies and still be low carb. You just have to make good choices. An entire eggplant (about 1 lb) has about 10 carbs and 110 calories.

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

Don't now and never have focused on low carbs ... am only concerned not to go so low-carb that I wind up among the very small minority of VSG patients (3%) who suffer from post-bariatric reactive hypoglycemia.

It's a low risk, but you do NOT want to have that monkey climb up on your back.

Google it.

Edited February 8, 2015 by VSGAnn2014