How many carbs do you eat per day?
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It depends on the day. If I eat a lot of fruit I am way over.0
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between 80-200 most days.
I don't strive for low carb. In fact, I lost over 100 lb (since 2008) before ever counting a single carb.
I have only recently changed my food diary to include carbs, and did that out of curiosity more than anything. When I first started using this website in March 2013, I was so annoyed and fed up with friends' *constant* obsessing re: carbs that I immediately changed my settings to track fiber instead of carbohydrates.0 -
That's fantastic that so many people are losing weight while still maintaining a high carb diet, 80-250 is high carbs. I personally can't. Me personally I stick to <80 a day. I start the day with 1/2 cup, dry oatmeal, 6 eggs, 2 tbsp of olive oil poured on top. That's right at 30 carbs, (26 for the oatmeal, 4 for the eggs.) Then for lunch I have a nice Kale salad with a can of tuna, 2 tbsp of olive oil and 2 tbsp homemade ranch. Kale has no carbs, 2 tbsp of ranch has 4 carbs, a tomato has 5 carbs. So it's about 12 carbs. For a treat later in the day I'll have 2 tbsp of peanut butter and 5 M&M, and a whole tomato covered in 2 tbsp olive oil with tons of salt, about 16 carbs. So now we have about 20 carbs to deal with and I'll find something around 20 carbs, a tomato with a sliced green pepper and a steak. That's me though.
We need to remember here in the states that we don't have net carbs, we have total carbs. To calculate net carbs you need to minus fiber from total carbs.
So, if something had 8 carbs and 2 fiber, the net carbs will be 6.0 -
When I was really cutting I was at 75g or less. Now I'm at 240+.0
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I'm type 2 Diabetic as well and keep my carbs at 50 or lower. Feeling great, stopped taking the insulin 3 x's a day. Life is good!0
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Over the past 28 days, I averaged 91g carbs/day. I also average about 29g fiber over that time, which takes me down to 62 net carbs.
I shoot for a MINIMUM of 120g protein, 50g fat and anything else is carbs.0 -
I have about 315g a day. I'd say it's high because I'm vegan and most of what I eat is carbs.0
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I've got my carbs set at 100g per day. But in the last week or so, I have been really focused on keeping them down low (netting around 50 per day) and I was finally nudged out of my plateau and am again losing weight. So, for now, this works for me.
Everybody is different though. That is part of what makes weight loss a journey....as we go along we learn new things and figure out what works best for each of us.0 -
All the carbs.0
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I aim for my net carbs to be around 20 or less most days for medical reasons. Some days they are a bit higher but still under 40 net. I do not worry about the occasional meal out though that may take me way over occassionally.0
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