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jamielslater
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Hi everyone,
I am 7 weeks out from VSG surgery. I have been teaching my protein goals, but am curious what everyone restricts their carb grams to each day?
Thank you.
I am 7 weeks out from VSG surgery. I have been teaching my protein goals, but am curious what everyone restricts their carb grams to each day?
Thank you.
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My nutritionist suggests putting your carbs at 20g/day less than your protein grams
Good luck on your journey!2 -
I think the # of carbs isn't as important as the type. I try to limit the processed carbs and simple sugars. And especially so soon after surgery try to avoid sweets.1
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Agree with Aztec4Life - if you need some good websites that have recipes (and some have product as well), check out:
The World According to Eggface (Love the ricotta bake!)
Bariatric Foodie (made the taco casserole which is amazing!)
Bariatric Eating - LOVE her manicotti and her no pie pumpkin pie. I buy her Inspire protein powder and Believe ready to drink protein shakes as well as the protein crunchers and Hair Balance and 3+3 vitamins
Bariatric Choice - TONS of products. I made the Wonderslim pudding shake as a pudding and it was awesome. Fabulous customer service too!
Impastable - really like their pasta - don't overcook or it can fall apart. Way better than whole wheat if you are looking for pasta without doing a spiral used veggie and don't want to go for the real deal because of carbs. Their plain bread was good toasted and am curious about their flavored breads - I bought the sampler for $20 and was pleasantly surprised
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I focused on (1) avoiding anything with more than 6 g sugar per serving, and (2) generally avoiding processed carbs - bread, rice, pasta and potatoes. Two years post op I'm less stringent, but still focus on (and now prefer) produce and protein.6
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Impastable - really like their pasta - don't overcook or it can fall apart. Way better than whole wheat if you are looking for pasta without doing a spiral used veggie and don't want to go for the real deal because of carbs. Their plain bread was good toasted and am curious about their flavored breads - I bought the sampler for $20 and was pleasantly surprised
I ordered the ThinSlim sampler because it was 50% off. Just got it yesterday. The plain bread is a little cardboardy tasting, but not too bad. I liked the texture of it though! I made garlic toast out of it.
I also tried the almond square. Didn't care for the texture too much, but the flavor was pretty good. I'm excited to try the pasta. 0 -
@chubby_checkers I agree with the bread but I always toast it. The honey wheat is better than the plain. I didn't like the almond square but really liked the brownie and love the pasta0
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I concentrate on hitting my protein goal daily and avoid too many carbs, especially processed carbs. I do eat instant mashed potatoes because they are easy on the stomach, but it's usually about a quarter cup. I eat a very small amount of pasta occasionally, usually when the kiddos make "hamburger helper" or something like that for dinner. Aside from a single hotdog bun on a long drive, I've completely avoided breads.
And as cabbenett99 said, I too try to keep my grams of sugar below 6 per serving. I get nowhere near my daily allowance of sugar regularly and the few times I've been persuaded to try something sweet because the fine people I work with bring all kinds of goodies to work, it made me sick to my stomach. About anything more than a regular chocolate chip cookie is too much sugar for me. For the first two months post-op, even a greek yogurt with 5 grams of sugar made me sick to my stomach.
And also as cabbenett99 said, I also try to concentrate on eating high protein and produce, the latter of which I try to eat veggies high in vitamins & minerals.0 -
@chubby_checkers the cookies were ok - I like the plain one best because the one with the frosting didn't quite do it for me.
The pasta is awesome and only has 6g net carbs which is awesome. Let me know what you think of it0 -
You can cut up a Quest chocolate chip cookie dough protein bar into pieces and make surprisingly good cookies out of them. See the article on the World According to Eggface blog. That's the only type of cookie I'll eat - very satisfying, too!1
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I've been at low carb (150 gm a day, or less) since my RNY in Jan,, 2015. I decided that I had to change what I eat, not just smaller amounts of the same foods I used to eat. Has been my saving grace as I've been in maintenance since July 2016, and am happy with it. I have added some beans and pasta (not daily though) back into my diet, but overall remain low carb.
My greatest advice is to drop anything from a box, or bag, from the diet. This has been huge! I believe it's made the difference for me.
Another couple of revelations I've had are: Why would I choose to eat the foods that made me obese to start with? And, before surgery I tried losing weight (albeit unsuccessfully) with low fat, low calorie diets. I would lose weight but always regain plus some. I've learned the meaning of insanity is continuing to do the same things expecting different results!!
My life has changed with low carb. It's given me control over food choices that I never dreamed of!
Best of luck to you!6 -
Agree that lower carb also helped me. If you like pasta, I highly recommend Impastable which has 6g net carbs, and tastes really good0
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My nut said 50-85g carbs per day during weight loss phase and never more than 12g sugar per meal/snack.3
