Diet changes months before surgery

[katiecem 24]

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get my carbs down. I'm not eating bread/pasta, I'm having1 8 oz soda, and lots of veggies. . . but my carbs are still way higher than this. Today I'm trying to go w/out any soda. I've quit it a couple of times already.

The only way I know to get carbs down is to cut out grains altogether. I do no grains at all. My carbs come from fruits, veggies, nuts etc. Also, no sugar except fresh fruit. I use a little stevia when I really need some sweetness.

[finding_onederland 226]

After reading these threads I checked MFP to look at my carb counts - I don't eat bread or Pasta but my carbs are close to 100 a day (or more) - need to get that number down!!

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[Irisdupree 7]

After reading these threads I checked MFP to look at my carb counts - I don't eat bread or Pasta but my carbs are close to 100 a day (or more) - need to get that number down!!

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See that is what I am running into. I haven't been eating any "typical" carbs, having lettuce wrapped turkey burgers instead of a bun, no fries, etc, and yet my carbs were still outrageously high. I'm going to start tracking again better next week. We are super broke this week, and Pasta is one way we are stretching our dinners. After this month, $700 a month goes back into the budget since we no longer have to pay for daycare, so I will be better able to get back on track then. I also haven't even gotten any farther than checking my insurance that it is covered, and checking dates and times for seminars about the sleeve. I am not really even looking to try and get going until late fall if not in January, but I want to start working on my eating habits now.