I don't worry about carbs, at least not yet. At three months out I have some carbs daily but I don't consciously follow them. What I do is exactly what the doctor said. 1) eat your protein first 2) if you have room have vegetables or fruit, THEN if you still have room (not likely at this stage) you can have some starches or other carb heavy food.

The other thing I am working on, but it is much harder for me since it is fixing my brain, is the doctors other command to me: "Stop Dieting! Get out of that mindset because dieting is a chore. Live. Eat and be conscious of what you eat, but do not turn it into calorie counting and make it unpleasant. That is when you fail."

Good luck with your journey!

My WLS program nut. told me you need to have 130 grams of carbs a day for healthy brain function. So, I usually have 130 and sometimes more. I know alot of programs only want people to have 50 or 75 and I mentioned this to my WLS nut at my 1 year post op and she was shocked that people were told that since it isn't healthy really.
Good luck!

Instead of looking at your carbs, look at your protein, fiber and sugar. If you keep your sugar low (under 25 preferable which is hard) fiber at least 15, and protein at least 60 I don't think the carbs will matter at all. Problem is that carbs come from so many things so having 50 grams of carbs instead of 160 is absolutely no good at all if all the carbs came from sugar. That helps me out, I found I could eat a lot of junk keeping my carbs at 160 but my sugars were through the roof. Now I still get at least 150 carbs a day but they are different carbs, my fiber and protein have gone up and my sugars are way down. I have had no problems losing and getting to goal weight that way. (along with many other things but as it pertains to carbs anyway) Hope that makes sense!

I'm 9 weeks out and I try and make sure I get 70 -90 protein and under 35 carbs. My body works,better this way and lose more. If you concentrate on your protein, the carbs should fall into a reasonable place.

I have lost 56 since my surgery and 134 total since I began the vsg program. I started off at a really high weight of 438lbs, so I think my body handles things differently.

-Christy

I have a VERY conservative MD. Had my surgery 5/28/13 and am expected to stay at 600 calories a day, with 90-100 grams of protein and less than 30 grams of carbs. Don't have much trouble with any of it, since I can only eat 1/4 c of food at one time. I started on the post-op diet (a little higher calorie/carb count) about 2 months before surgery and have lost 87 pounds total. Feel great!

Hi Tara - as you can see, there is a lot of variety in what sleevers are told to eat as far as carbs :-) I'm at 4 months post-op today and what has worked well for me is the following;

600-800 calories a day
80-100 grams of protein
40 grams of carb or less
100 oz. of water

There are days when I go over 800 calories. That happens when I add in some good fats like nuts or avocadoes. When I go over 40-50 carbs per day my weight loss slows waaaaaay down. I'm 51 years old, 5'3" and started off at 218 lbs. I've lost 56 lbs. in exactly 4 months. I'm steadily losing 2 lbs. per week. Just wanted to give you a frame of reference on it.

Best of luck as you continue your journey!