[toebeesbless]

I'm 5 weeks out and am doing okay. I was wondering what my carb intake should be. The info my NUT gave me says that about 10% of my diet should be carbs. Anyone have a good reference on what this would be in grams? My diabetes is fading away (woohoo!) so I don't eat a lot of carbs anyway but everything is so different post surgery.

[chantelc]

I'm not an expert on this at all, but you can go to fitday.com and put in your food and it gives you a cool chart that breaks down what percent of your daily intake is carbs, protein, fat, etc. There are other sites too, but I use fitday.com. It's free and very easy....Also a good way to make sure you are getting in enough protein.

[amymarie7905]

I asked my NUT this very question today. I am 3 months out and she said no more than 90 grams a day but they should be complex carbs (whole wheat ect) No white carbs as she calls them!
Hope this helps.
Amy
Amy

[Weigh2GoSteph]

It all depends on the surgeon's plan. I'm 2 years out, and mine still doesn't want me to have more than 5 carbs per meal. Yikes!! I just saw him last week and he's NOT pleased that I didn't reach my goal. But yanno... you do the best you can. I just try to keep things as low carb as possible.

[DocSanae]

At your 5 weeks out, your priority is still protein, so you won't be able to get in that much carbs, at least at the amount that would affect your weight loss.
10% carbs, depends on how your nut actually meant you to calculate. 10% of total intake in volume, and 10% of total calories are two different amounts. You need to be clear if she means 10% of the volume--in other words, say, if you can eat one cup per sitting, then 10% of that should be carbs, or, if your total daily intake is at around 600-800 kcals, then, 10% of that is 60-80 kcals, which when converted into grams will be 15-20g carbs, as 1g carb = 4kcals.

[toebeesbless]

Thanks for the advice everyone. Protein is definitely my priority right now. My "NUT Bible" has a section for Dietary Guidelines, that's where it mentioned my diet being 70-75% Protein, 10-20% Carbs, and 5-15% Fat. I think the percentages are total volume because this section doesn't mention caloric intake.

My suggested diet for weeks 5 and 6 include boiled potatoes, noodles, unsalted crackers, and soft cooked noodles. For example, a suggested dinner is 1-2 oz. Diced Ham, 1/4 cup soft cooked noodles, and 1/4 cup carrots. I'm not sure if these are my old diabetic habits sticking with me or what, but that seems like a lot of carbs to me. I haven't had any of them, because I don't think they're wise choices right now. This is a huge learning process for me, but I'm loving it!

[amymarie7905]

That does seem like a lot of carbs for so early out. Especially them being the simple carbs(white bread, noodles, crackers ect) I don't do any of those. I try to only take in carbs from fruits, veggies and whole grains if there is room after my protiens. I would follow wha your NUT says though.
Amy