Question about carbs

How many carbs do you think the average, non-Atkins person eats in a day? I
am sure it's well over a hundred! I mean, my husband downs carbs like
they're going out of style. He can have Toaster Strudel for breakfst, and
an entire pint of Haagen Daaz for dessert at night, along with his favorite
Nestle Quick Chocolate milk, and never gain a pound. He's six feet tall and
160 lbs. I guess he is just lucky. I am amazed at how many carbs he
eats -- and wonder how many most non-Atkins people eat. Any ideas?

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Howdy;

When I was on my high carb low fat "diet" I was consuming about 300 grams of
carbs per day.

Quite a change from 300a day to 20

Regards

Dan

8/21/03
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"nimue" wrote in message
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How many carbs do you think the average, non-Atkins person eats in a day?
I
am sure it's well over a hundred! I mean, my husband downs carbs like
they're going out of style. He can have Toaster Strudel for breakfst, and
an entire pint of Haagen Daaz for dessert at night, along with his
favorite
Nestle Quick Chocolate milk, and never gain a pound. He's six feet tall
and
160 lbs. I guess he is just lucky. I am amazed at how many carbs he
eats -- and wonder how many most non-Atkins people eat. Any ideas?

--
nimue

"Because the thing about the Nerds, what made them so appealing, was that
not only are they underdogs, they are underdogs who accept other underdogs
unconditionally. And that speaks volumes to people."

Curtis Armstrong

"I don't understand why you don't want to see more of Spike. More
Spike makes everything better. Spike, Spike, Spike, wonderful Spike."
Clairel

"There are things I will not tolerate: students loitering on campus after
school, horrible murders with hearts being removed... and also smoking."
Principal Snyder

I think its somewhere between 300-400 carbs per day for the average person.


"nimue" wrote in message
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How many carbs do you think the average, non-Atkins person eats in a day?
I
am sure it's well over a hundred! I mean, my husband downs carbs like
they're going out of style. He can have Toaster Strudel for breakfst, and
an entire pint of Haagen Daaz for dessert at night, along with his
favorite
Nestle Quick Chocolate milk, and never gain a pound. He's six feet tall
and
160 lbs. I guess he is just lucky. I am amazed at how many carbs he
eats -- and wonder how many most non-Atkins people eat. Any ideas?

--
nimue

"Because the thing about the Nerds, what made them so appealing, was that
not only are they underdogs, they are underdogs who accept other underdogs
unconditionally. And that speaks volumes to people."

Curtis Armstrong

"I don't understand why you don't want to see more of Spike. More
Spike makes everything better. Spike, Spike, Spike, wonderful Spike."
Clairel

"There are things I will not tolerate: students loitering on campus after
school, horrible murders with hearts being removed... and also smoking."
Principal Snyder

"nimue" wrote in message
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How many carbs do you think the average, non-Atkins person eats in a day?
I
am sure it's well over a hundred! I mean, my husband downs carbs like
they're going out of style. He can have Toaster Strudel for breakfst, and
an entire pint of Haagen Daaz for dessert at night, along with his
favorite
Nestle Quick Chocolate milk, and never gain a pound. He's six feet tall
and
160 lbs. I guess he is just lucky. I am amazed at how many carbs he
eats -- and wonder how many most non-Atkins people eat. Any ideas?


He sounds more like a sugar fiend than a carb fiend

"Todd" none wrote in message ...

"nimue" wrote in message
news
How many carbs do you think the average, non-Atkins person eats in a
day?
I
am sure it's well over a hundred! I mean, my husband downs carbs like
they're going out of style. He can have Toaster Strudel for breakfst,
and
an entire pint of Haagen Daaz for dessert at night, along with his
favorite
Nestle Quick Chocolate milk, and never gain a pound. He's six feet tall
and
160 lbs. I guess he is just lucky. I am amazed at how many carbs he
eats -- and wonder how many most non-Atkins people eat. Any ideas?


He sounds more like a sugar fiend than a carb fiend

"Todd" none wrote in message ...

"nimue" wrote in message
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How many carbs do you think the average, non-Atkins person eats in a
day?
I
am sure it's well over a hundred! I mean, my husband downs carbs like
they're going out of style. He can have Toaster Strudel for breakfst,
and
an entire pint of Haagen Daaz for dessert at night, along with his
favorite
Nestle Quick Chocolate milk, and never gain a pound. He's six feet tall
and
160 lbs. I guess he is just lucky. I am amazed at how many carbs he
eats -- and wonder how many most non-Atkins people eat. Any ideas?


He sounds more like a sugar fiend than a carb fiend
^^^
You mean starch fiend, surely. Sugar is a carb.

revek fellow starch fiend, potatos specifically

"nimue" wrote in message
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How many carbs do you think the average, non-Atkins person eats in a day?
I
am sure it's well over a hundred! I mean, my husband downs carbs like
they're going out of style. He can have Toaster Strudel for breakfst, and
an entire pint of Haagen Daaz for dessert at night, along with his
favorite
Nestle Quick Chocolate milk, and never gain a pound. He's six feet tall
and
160 lbs. I guess he is just lucky. I am amazed at how many carbs he
eats -- and wonder how many most non-Atkins people eat. Any ideas?


Well, I probably wouldn't count as the "average person", but I started
adding it up one day, and Iwould drink like 4 or 5 sodas a day, which right
there is like 200g, usually a sandwich for lunch, and chips, usually more
bread in some form at night, snacks in between all of that, I was getting
somewhere around 5-600 g of carbs a day, I think, possibly more because I'm
sure some things I didn't just have ONE serving of. Huge difference from
600 to 20 a day!

B-Worthey

"nimue" wrote in message
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How many carbs do you think the average, non-Atkins person eats in a
day? I am sure it's well over a hundred! I mean, my husband downs
carbs like they're going out of style. He can have Toaster Strudel
for breakfst, and an entire pint of Haagen Daaz for dessert at night,
along with his favorite Nestle Quick Chocolate milk, and never gain a
pound. He's six feet tall and 160 lbs. I guess he is just lucky. I
am amazed at how many carbs he
eats -- and wonder how many most non-Atkins people eat. Any ideas?

Before I started Atkins I ate around 400g carbs a day. Just the thought
makes me gag now. lol

"Brian Worthey" wrote in message
.. .
| Well, I probably wouldn't count as the "average person", but I started
| adding it up one day, and Iwould drink like 4 or 5 sodas a day, which
right
| there is like 200g, usually a sandwich for lunch, and chips, usually more
| bread in some form at night, snacks in between all of that, I was getting
| somewhere around 5-600 g of carbs a day, I think, possibly more because
I'm
| sure some things I didn't just have ONE serving of. Huge difference from
| 600 to 20 a day!
|
| B-Worthey

I'm with you Brian. Egg McMuffin, potato cake, coke on the way to work.
Wendy's double cheese burger, fries, coke for lunch. Potatoes every night
with dinner which always included bread or rolls and something fried in a
flour dredge, big 'ol glass of milk to drink. We always had some type of
desert in the evening. We would also eat out 3-4 times per week, usually
Mexican food. I would usually finish off a basket of chips by myself before
diner would even arrive. 600+ carbs per day easily. I do about 10-ish now.
Chris B.

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"Brian Worthey" wrote:

"nimue" wrote in message
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How many carbs do you think the average, non-Atkins person eats in a day?
I
am sure it's well over a hundred! I mean, my husband downs carbs like
they're going out of style. He can have Toaster Strudel for breakfst, and
an entire pint of Haagen Daaz for dessert at night, along with his
favorite
Nestle Quick Chocolate milk, and never gain a pound. He's six feet tall
and
160 lbs. I guess he is just lucky. I am amazed at how many carbs he
eats -- and wonder how many most non-Atkins people eat. Any ideas?


Well, I probably wouldn't count as the "average person", but I started
adding it up one day, and Iwould drink like 4 or 5 sodas a day, which right
there is like 200g, usually a sandwich for lunch, and chips, usually more
bread in some form at night, snacks in between all of that, I was getting
somewhere around 5-600 g of carbs a day, I think, possibly more because I'm
sure some things I didn't just have ONE serving of. Huge difference from
600 to 20 a day!

B-Worthey



I know I ate pasta twice a day most days, way more than a "serving",
probably 4 or 5 servings, and a bagel for breakfast when I had breakfast.
Just the pasta alone was probably 400 grams or so for me. Then there were
the miscellaneous snacks, which I didn't eat every day but probably 1 or 2
times a week I'd have candy at work or some chips with my lunch. So I
wouldn't be surprised if I was up to 600 grams some days, probably 400 or
500 on average.

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