I answered your question in the other thread, but in case it gets buried there, I'll answer it here too and add a few things I thought of after the fact. Please note, this is just how I do things, I don't think there's a right or wrong here.

I eat as close to no carbs as possible. I eat meat/fish, dairy (not milk but cream, butter, and cheese), eggs, and green veggies for the most part; occasionally nuts and rarely berries or low carb treats but I'm cutting those out (causing cravings). Nope, I have no plans to increase the carbs ever as I've never felt better, it allows me to use my stomach restriction to it's maximum potential, manages my hunger, and I don't crave sweet things generally.

It's not conventional and it doesn't exactly follow my surgeon's/nutritionist's plan, but it works for me and is sustainable. You certainly don't have to eat like me to be successful, and I ate a bit more carbs (in the 60-80g range, partly because of those stupid vitamins!) in the beginning, but I feel better with less carbs.

The biggest benefits to me other than it fixing some of the digestive issues I was having, are that I've been able to maintain steady losses without having to track anything. I just eat. Also, I think it's worth noting that when I dropped my carbs about 5 months ago to where I'm at currently, I saw a shift in the distribution of weight I was losing - in that 5 months I've lost only 1 pound of lean mass and 30 pounds of fat (I have a Fitbit Aria scale and I track the body fat % trends). Before that I was losing lean mass at a pretty steady rate of about 4-5 pounds a month.

I do 20, or less, each day. Sorry I failed to address this in the other thread!

Generally I try to keep my % of calories from protein the same as my % of calories from carbs. I don't usually worry about the % from fat because that generally stays below the other two without me even trying. So if I'm getting my 60g of protein in, I generally try to stay below 60g of carbs. The % from calories is sometimes a bit different ratio, but it's close and mfp mobile has that nice little pie chart in the nutrition area that makes it nice and visual for me all day long. Nobody told me to do it this way, but I find it's a good way to make sure I get protein first and in enough quantity. Otherwise I tend to fill up on carbs and not have room for stuff. Also, most of my carbs are dairy or from protein bars, so there is a decent protein offset by default.

Carbs is a controversial topic I have notice on MFP in the general discussion areas. My WLS program nut has told me over and over that a person needs 130 grams of carbs a day for healthy brain functions. So I follow that. Also the carbs should mainly come from "non processed" foods like fresh fruit and stuff like that. I usually do the 40/30/30 thing here. 40% is protein, 40% is carbs, 30 fat or 50/30/20 sometimes.
Good luck!

I'm 18 months out from VSG surgery and have just recently started upping my carbs. In the beginning, I stayed pretty low carb (usually under 50g s per day). I think that's fine when you're not working out, but I do some intense workouts and heavy weightlifting now, so I'm to the point where I need to fuel my workouts for performance. My personal opinion is that staying low carb is good if you're sedentary (or if you're right after surgery, since you'll be struggling to get in all your protein).

I'd follow the advice of your surgeon/nutritionist. I actually met with my Nut today and she told me I should be eating more fruit, sweet potato, and things like regular oatmeal, quinoa, etc. But again, that's personalized advice based on my metabolic rate and workouts....

Good topic. I wondered about carbs too. I actually called my NUT to ask about this. Their answer was as long as the carbs come from my dairy (low-fat greek yogurt, skim milk), veggies or limited amount of fruit, they don't care how many carbs I get per day. However, they want the other carbs/(grain-starches) to be very little per day. For the most part, I can fill myself up with just protein & veggies so I don't even have to think about much else. I do occasionally throw in popcorn for a snack.

In the beginning we had to get protein and then we added vegetables and fruits. The body will turn any of this into sugars as needed. Carbohydrates are already complex sugars and if the body isn't in need of sugar it will be stored as fat.
Some carbohydrates are in the fruits and vegetables. The important thing is that we change our lifestyle including activity and diet.

Just saying
Randy