Personally I track both, but I have a harder time with the carbs then with the sugar. I rarely eat anything with sugar but I am often surprised that 'everything' has some sugar in it. Rarely to I ingest more than 20-25 grams of sugar a day; it just all adds up a little from lactaid milk, the rare fruit, a little from the protein powder, some the yogurt, cottage cheese, a little from vegetables, etc. I have even had the occasional cookie and some soft serve ice cream - those before I had those I checked to see where my sugar stood for that day. I also track my carbs and again "everything" has carbs; again vegetables, yogurt, protein powders, lactaid milk, etc. I really try to limit mine to under 40 grams but on the days I eat more it climbs to around 60 grams, however, I do eat some complex carbs like whole grain and spelt crackers and pretzels, and a little cereal such as shredded wheat or plain special k. I miss crunchy foods as every you eat, especially in the first few months, is soft and mushy lol. However, I sometimes eat potatoes (though no bread or pasta) and rarely rice because I know if I start I will eat that rather then the protein. I personally dont cook the starches but if I'm at someones house and they prepare it I will allow myself a little indulgence.

When I checked with my nutritionist she said 40-60 grams of carbs was fine, so no worries.

Good Luck.

Carbs less than 20 and sugars less than 16

I don't track carbs but diary wise I seem to stay under 150, I track protein most of all oh and water.... that's what my surgeon stresses for me...

My dietitian said to keep it around 30 per meal, so that is what I do. Some days it's a bit more, some days it's a bit less. Overall, I've been instructed to not really pay attention to the carbs/fats because the focus should be on protein and if I am eating the right things then the carbs/fats will fall into place.

I am dealing with an increase in hypoglycemia episodes and so Ia m finding I need to up my carbs some.