carbs?

I know a lot of people say they don't eat carbs. I'm wondering if that means ZERO carbs or cery few? If a few folks could comment and let me know what your normal is, I would appreciate it.  I'm 2 months post op and I eat very few..the milk I make my shake with has some, and I occasionally eat a little...like today at lunch I had grilled shrimp and 1 of my husband's fries.

I have noticed that someone posts a "Whatcha eating today" thread everyday.  I have been reading it to get an idea of what foods and meals become the new norm.  Check it out!  There is one for today about 10 topics down. 

It is almost impossible to go no carb, but I do go low carb. When you have a protein forward diet there isn't much room for carbs, it's not impossible though. I mostly just avoid high carb foods like chips & rice,etc or limit the amt of carbs I eat in one sitting., I try to keep it 10-20, but more often under 10. 

Are you on My fitness pal?  A bunch of people are on it including myself (aavamavaa). I eat between 5-10 grams of carbs a day. Mostly comes from dairy products. 

Before surgery I was eating 55 g of carbs or less each day. I hope to do the same when I am cleared to eat regular foods again.

There are carbs in just about everything. I cut mine way down by not eating breads, pastas, rices, potatoes or anything like that.

I still got carbs in my ff sf greek yogurt, broccoli, summer squash, cauliflower, cheeses, etc.

I stay around 30 carbs a day , there are carbs in veggies and I need to eat them or I get constipated , also greek yogurt

Sugar and grain carbs = Extremely bad.  Very bad.  Bad bad bad.

High glycemic carbs (like most tropical fruit) = Probably very bad for us.

Low glycemic fruit carbs (berries) = Probably okay if moderated properly

Green veggie carbs = Way okay, eat all you like (also, you can pretend Cauliflower is green)

I am also about 2 months post op.  I tend to stay in the 20-30 per day range and I'm losing weight at a good pace.  I also suggest that you track it on something such as myfitnesspal (my username is enchantrix).  I couldn't do this without it.

I use my fitness pal but not as consistently as I should.  I tried to add you but wasn't able to from my phone. I'm sarahdike if you'd like to add me!

Your body needs a certain amount of carbs for energy. If your carbs are too low in can begin using protein as energy, which means losing muscle mass and this is definitely something you don't want.