Guidelines for fat, sugar, and carbs

I've read several differing views on this, but I was wondering what you all have followed regarding guidelines for fat, sugars, and carbs for the foods you choose to eat.

I try and keep with the protein/fat/carbs rule of 40/30/30, respectively. MyFitnessPal shows you at the end of the day your percentages, so it helps me stay on track.

Meaning 40% 30% and 30% of my daily total?

Correct, usually I get closer to 45% protein 27% of the others. But I am 11.5 months out.

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I'm five weeks out. I don't have numbers, but I go for low fat/fat free, sugar not listed in the ingredients. I'm not allowed grains until six months, so that keeps my carbs down.

Ask your surgeon and his/her staff what they recommend.  Everyone has a different take on this and, in the end, I'd suggest that you follow the advice of your nutritionist where the surgery was done.  It also depends on whether you have any co-morbidities that you need to consider.  I'm a type 1.5 diabetic, so I'm always very carb conscious, but I am 2 years out.  At this point in your recovery, you should be sticking close to what the staff tells you.

I followed my doctor's plan, for the most part, which was only meat cheese and eggs for the first 3 months. At 3 mo. I could have a 1/2 cup of veggies, at 4 mo. I could add a 1/2 cup fruit. No breads or milk etc til 6 months.

I did have ONE saltine cracker here and there earlier than I was allowed when I had queasy stomach.  I also had mashed taters at Thanksgiving which was just before my 6 month mark.

I don't like fruit or veggies so I never added the fruit in and veggies were very limited to maybe once a week or so? Mind you with my diet plan at the time I had to take milk of magnesia daily even with added fiber.

My protein shake I have every morning had some carbs, but low carbs in it, I wouldn't do NO carb very long as it will affect your thinking and give you foggy brain.

I've never monitored fat. sugars for the first 6 mo I kept under 9g per serving. I have a bit more sugar now as I don't dump unless they are pretty high. I do look though and debate whether it's worth it for me to eat them. I would really really really have to want something to go above 15g of sugar, which I have done here and there.

I don't monitor things daily anymore, I just eat protein first. I still have tons of restriction and because I eat dense protein first I get full pretty fast still. When I did monitor on mfp I did 40% protein, 30% fat and 30% carbs.

My malabsorption is pretty much gone already so I just monitor my weight and cut carbs way back if I see weight creep up. I have a 5 lb limit I'm allowing it to go up and I'm able to get it back down at 3 lbs up so far.

 

 

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