How do work out carb intake?

Thanks for that info...

Nutrients should be a % of your total calories. In other words, depending on your goals, you can take in X% of Carbs, X% of Protein and X% of fat. On the P90x program (not a plug, just doing it and following the plan) they reccomend a ratio of 50% protein, 30% carbs and 20% fat. I find that it's difficult to get that much protein. I have protein shakes twice a day and it's still hard. You have to have some carbs in your diet to support your excercise. In the goals and settings area on here you can manually adjust the % levels of nutrients and it will figure out how many gms of each you can have. Super low carb diets are VERY hard to stick to and maintain over a long period of time and many studies have shown that "yo yo" dieting is common in those who restrict carbs too much. I find that if I stick to relatively clean foods and stay away from sugars it's not difficult to keep my carbs at a manageble level. I am trying to make this a lifestyle change, not just a quick fix. I have been eating this way and tracking my foods and working out for a little over 30 days (maybe 45 and am down 15 pounds. I started out at 275 pounds. I am on a roughly 2100 calorie diet. I take in about 160 gms of carbs daily but they are clean carbs from whole wheat bread, fruits etc. I have plenty of energy and like I said, I have dropped about 15 pounds over the last 30-45 days.

Nutrients should be a % of your total calories. In other words, depending on your goals, you can take in X% of Carbs, X% of Protein and X% of fat. On the P90x program (not a plug, just doing it and following the plan) they reccomend a ratio of 50% protein, 30% carbs and 20% fat. I find that it's difficult to get that much protein. I have protein shakes twice a day and it's still hard. You have to have some carbs in your diet to support your excercise. In the goals and settings area on here you can manually adjust the % levels of nutrients and it will figure out how many gms of each you can have. Super low carb diets are VERY hard to stick to and maintain over a long period of time and many studies have shown that "yo yo" dieting is common in those who restrict carbs too much. I find that if I stick to relatively clean foods and stay away from sugars it's not difficult to keep my carbs at a manageble level. I am trying to make this a lifestyle change, not just a quick fix. I have been eating this way and tracking my foods and working out for a little over 30 days (maybe 45 and am down 15 pounds. I started out at 275 pounds. I am on a roughly 2100 calorie diet. I take in about 160 gms of carbs daily but they are clean carbs from whole wheat bread, fruits etc. I have plenty of energy and like I said, I have dropped about 15 pounds over the last 30-45 days.

Please read the OP very carfully before recommending a diet from a program that you are doing. The program you are on is desgined to actually teach your body how to correctly use the nutrients that you are suppling it, because its used to getting bad nutrients before and doesnt correctly know how to use carbs for energy. Its a great program dont get me wrong

Reasonably sure that I didn't recommend a diet. I simply stated whats been working for me. If you want to be perfectly honest I posted becuase I thought that recommending that someone cut their carbs to as low as 20 with very litte information was irresponsible. What I stated was simply fact. I have been using that ratio and it is working for me. I also believe that recommending something and haveing to qualify it by saying do not do this over a long period of time makes no sense. As your posts went on you even said that maybe thi ISN'T a good idea! There are too many crash diets and fads out there. If you're truly serious about weight loss then in my opinion a lifestyle change is a must. Doesn't mean you have to go out and buy p90x either. When I was in my late 20's I lost 120 lbs. I did it by severely restricting how much I ate. Because I did not make a lifestyle change, when I started eating normal again I gained ALL of it back and then some, so I speak from experience. I think before you take someone to task for a post you should reread your own.