Daily carb allotment

From: Bev-Ann

I've been curious about this too, but only from people who are at their
maintenance level. I'm working my way up (at 45g net/day right now) and
I'm wondering what my max will end up being?


Bev

I am in maintenance and stay at 20 - 30 carbs per day, just because this is
where it ends up when I avoid all sugar and starches.

Marisol
138/126/125

From: Bev-Ann

I've been curious about this too, but only from people who are at their
maintenance level. I'm working my way up (at 45g net/day right now) and
I'm wondering what my max will end up being?


Bev

I am in maintenance and stay at 20 - 30 carbs per day, just because this is
where it ends up when I avoid all sugar and starches.

Marisol
138/126/125

Curt,

While I was in the most recent weight loss phase of my diet, which lasted
about 9 months, the average daily carb intake over the entire period was 50
grams after deducting fiber.

Now that I'm maintaining, I eat between 60 and 100 grams a day. Since I have
intense problems with insulin resistance, I now take a drug, Metformin,
which controls insulin resistance.

Both in my weight loss phase and my maintenance phase I have found that
calories are more important than carb level. In fact, I have recently lost
a couple pounds eating at a much higher than usual carb level because I have
been eating a lot less calories.

Very strangely, 6 years into my low carb adventure, I am now experiencing
the reverse of what used to happen. When I drop to induction levels (which
I did for 2 weeks a month ago) I get extremely hungry and find it impossible
to eat at the relatively low calorie level required to maintain my weight at
a level much lower than my setpoint. When I eat at much higher carb levels,
I am not hungry and can easily forget to eat a meal. In addition, at the
higher carb level, I find it easy to avoid eating at night. When I cut back
I had a strong urge to eat a lot at night. I don't know if this is a side
effect of the Metformin or not, because while eating at induction levels I
was not taking Metformin.

Whatever the case, what I'm doing is working. I weighed 141 lbs this
morning. This is 1 lb less than the 142 at which my weight stabilized a
year ago after I went back on hormone therapy. I am meeting my blood sugar
targets with the help of medication, and find it amazing to think that I've
been tracking carbs now for 5 years.

-- Jenny - Low Carbing for 5 years. Below goal for weight. Type 2
diabetes, hba1c 5.7 .
Cut the carbs to respond to my email address!

Jenny's new site: What they Don't Tell You About Diabetes
http://www.geocities.com/lottadata4u/

Jenny's Low Carb Diet Facts & Figures
http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/

Looking for help controlling your blood sugar?
Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm


"curt" wrote in message
news:m715d.1176$6f.432@trndny02...
I was wondering how many carbs people are eating? I am probably eating
30-40 carbs this week, but normally I eat on an average of 100 or so. The
reason for eating so few right now is because I am trying to get down 10
or
whatever.

The reason I ask this question is, it seems like many people are really
eating low amounts of carbs. Induction levels (20) a day seems to be the
norm. Is this true?

Just wondering.
Curt

Curt,

While I was in the most recent weight loss phase of my diet, which lasted
about 9 months, the average daily carb intake over the entire period was 50
grams after deducting fiber.

Now that I'm maintaining, I eat between 60 and 100 grams a day. Since I have
intense problems with insulin resistance, I now take a drug, Metformin,
which controls insulin resistance.

Both in my weight loss phase and my maintenance phase I have found that
calories are more important than carb level. In fact, I have recently lost
a couple pounds eating at a much higher than usual carb level because I have
been eating a lot less calories.

Very strangely, 6 years into my low carb adventure, I am now experiencing
the reverse of what used to happen. When I drop to induction levels (which
I did for 2 weeks a month ago) I get extremely hungry and find it impossible
to eat at the relatively low calorie level required to maintain my weight at
a level much lower than my setpoint. When I eat at much higher carb levels,
I am not hungry and can easily forget to eat a meal. In addition, at the
higher carb level, I find it easy to avoid eating at night. When I cut back
I had a strong urge to eat a lot at night. I don't know if this is a side
effect of the Metformin or not, because while eating at induction levels I
was not taking Metformin.

Whatever the case, what I'm doing is working. I weighed 141 lbs this
morning. This is 1 lb less than the 142 at which my weight stabilized a
year ago after I went back on hormone therapy. I am meeting my blood sugar
targets with the help of medication, and find it amazing to think that I've
been tracking carbs now for 5 years.

-- Jenny - Low Carbing for 5 years. Below goal for weight. Type 2
diabetes, hba1c 5.7 .
Cut the carbs to respond to my email address!

Jenny's new site: What they Don't Tell You About Diabetes
http://www.geocities.com/lottadata4u/

Jenny's Low Carb Diet Facts & Figures
http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/

Looking for help controlling your blood sugar?
Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm


"curt" wrote in message
news:m715d.1176$6f.432@trndny02...
I was wondering how many carbs people are eating? I am probably eating
30-40 carbs this week, but normally I eat on an average of 100 or so. The
reason for eating so few right now is because I am trying to get down 10
or
whatever.

The reason I ask this question is, it seems like many people are really
eating low amounts of carbs. Induction levels (20) a day seems to be the
norm. Is this true?

Just wondering.
Curt

I'm in maintenance and eating 80-90 net carbs per day, except on heavy exercise
days, when I go for about 100-110. It works for me. The funny thing is, I
feel like I'm eating *a lot* of carbs. Each day, I have flax flakes for
breakfast, 6 or so whole wheat crackers with cheese as a snack, and fruit, and
I feel like I'm absolutely pigging out on carbs. Compared to what I ate
before, though, this is very low, maybe 1/4 or 1/3 of what I used to eat.

Daria
166/under 145/under 145
sugar-free since 2/1/04
low-carb since 2/17/04

I'm in maintenance and eating 80-90 net carbs per day, except on heavy exercise
days, when I go for about 100-110. It works for me. The funny thing is, I
feel like I'm eating *a lot* of carbs. Each day, I have flax flakes for
breakfast, 6 or so whole wheat crackers with cheese as a snack, and fruit, and
I feel like I'm absolutely pigging out on carbs. Compared to what I ate
before, though, this is very low, maybe 1/4 or 1/3 of what I used to eat.

Daria
166/under 145/under 145
sugar-free since 2/1/04
low-carb since 2/17/04

Thanks Daria. According to the recommendation of my eating plan (Protein
Power), I should end up around 80g net carbs per day too.
And I know exactly what you mean about seeming like a lot of carbs. I feel
like I'm pigging out on carbs at 45g. I can't even imagine what almost
doubling that will be like!
I'd be afraid to try and figure out what my pre-LC carb intake used to be.
My diet consisted of pasta and pizza. :-)

on 25 Sep 2004 14:27:52 GMT, am (DG511) wrote:

I'm in maintenance and eating 80-90 net carbs per day, except on heavy exercise
days, when I go for about 100-110. It works for me. The funny thing is, I
feel like I'm eating *a lot* of carbs. Each day, I have flax flakes for
breakfast, 6 or so whole wheat crackers with cheese as a snack, and fruit, and
I feel like I'm absolutely pigging out on carbs. Compared to what I ate
before, though, this is very low, maybe 1/4 or 1/3 of what I used to eat.

-----
Bev

Thanks Daria. According to the recommendation of my eating plan (Protein
Power), I should end up around 80g net carbs per day too.
And I know exactly what you mean about seeming like a lot of carbs. I feel
like I'm pigging out on carbs at 45g. I can't even imagine what almost
doubling that will be like!
I'd be afraid to try and figure out what my pre-LC carb intake used to be.
My diet consisted of pasta and pizza. :-)

on 25 Sep 2004 14:27:52 GMT, am (DG511) wrote:

I'm in maintenance and eating 80-90 net carbs per day, except on heavy exercise
days, when I go for about 100-110. It works for me. The funny thing is, I
feel like I'm eating *a lot* of carbs. Each day, I have flax flakes for
breakfast, 6 or so whole wheat crackers with cheese as a snack, and fruit, and
I feel like I'm absolutely pigging out on carbs. Compared to what I ate
before, though, this is very low, maybe 1/4 or 1/3 of what I used to eat.

-----
Bev

Those dealing with diabetes type 2 seem to do best on low range carbs. I
can lose weight at 50 carbs per day, but I actually maintain an average of
27 net carbs per day to help my blood sugar....

Cubit
311/216/165
LC since 12/01/2003

In article m715d.1176$6f.432@trndny02, "curt"
wrote:

I was wondering how many carbs people are eating? I am probably eating
30-40 carbs this week, but normally I eat on an average of 100 or so.
The
reason for eating so few right now is because I am trying to get down 10
or
whatever.

The reason I ask this question is, it seems like many people are really
eating low amounts of carbs. Induction levels (20) a day seems to be
the
norm. Is this true?

Just wondering.
Curt



I'm eating 20 and 30 per day, with the exception of ONE day, when I carb
up, and eat high-fiber grains (read: very whole-grain bread) and
higher-glycemic vegetables (read: carrots, beets, that sort of thing).
I try to keep to 1500 calories on that day.

--
Nancy Howells (don't forget to switch it, and replace the to send mail).