Daily carb intake?

 So I am 10 days out and in the past week have only lost 2 lbs.  I'm on full liquids and wonder if I amhaving too many carbs.  What is a good daily amount?  

Hi Amyjoy22,

Most plans suggest that you keep your carb intake at 40grms or less. That is what I am following. Best of luck to you!! You will do great, it takes some time to get the hang of this!! Keep working your sleeve!

Tanya

 I thought it was around that.  I added it up and was at about 50.  Might need to cut the soy yogurt out.

I'm not from the same camp....I simply say be sensible about what you eat.  That way, when you're closer to goal and you start eating a bit more normal...your body doesn't cave with all the new carbs you add in.  Remember, there are GOOD carbs and good carbs are NOT the devil!

That said, I stuck around the 80-120 g mark thus far and have had great luck with that.

 I didnt start logging my intake and keeping track of carbs and calories until I was eating food. On full liquids your carb intake will be a little higher. I dont limit healthy carbs (veggies, a bite of fruit, beans) but find that I do stay below 40 most days without trying. It is harder on full liquids if you are having creamed soups, milk, shakes, SF pudding, etc.

I normally stay under 20 grams but that is because I am very carb resistant.
Try replacing the soy yogurt with plain greek and adding tsp of sugar free jam and a packet of stevia or splenda. Yummy and ony 4 carbs!

I was told by my surgeon not to count carbs until I was at the regular food stage.

Ask your doctor about counting carbs this early out.

 I just met with the NUT today and asked her about that and if there was a daily calorie target.  She said they only want us to track the protein.  Most stay at 600-700 calories when I asked for an estimate.  She just emphasized to track the protein and make sure everything is healthy choices.

Personally, I plan on making sure that whatever carbs I do take in will be super healthy carbs.  

My guidelines suggest 40 or less per day. 

Don't worry, it took me well past a week out before I started losing weight.  They pump you full of fluids in the hospital and you gotta get those out before the number on he scale starts taking a nosedive.    Keep drinking lots of water and move as much as you can, you'll lose the fluid weight and be on your way before you know it!

Anywhere between 30g and 130g a day seems to be a good number - people and plans vary all over teh map on this, and there isn't really any correlation with success on it, either. At this point, your body is in such a state of flux that comparisons with others or any kind of average is somewhat meaningless - here is a link to an article on that gives a good description of what is happening to you at this time:

http://www.dsfacts.com/weight-loss-stall-or-plateau.html

The dreaded "three week stall" can come anytime in here depending upon individual variations and when you actually started losing weight - did you do a pre-op diet or not, etc., and the composition of your diet from surgery. I can't quite compare as I never did a liquid diet and maintained a more balanced diet throughout than the typical low carber, averaging 80-100g carbs and 1000-1200 calories thru most of the early few months and in the 100-120 neighborhood the past 2-3 months when I started strategically adding more complex carbs at certain times for workout endurance. That has worked for me, providing a fairly comfortable and consistent weight loss without any significant stalls along the way (including the typical 3 week stall, which was a no-show in my case) but may not work for others. Whether that performance is due to the more balanced diet and avoiding/minimizing the starvation mode often seen by those who do the 600 calorie diets or is just coincidental would be open to conjecture. But there are several ways to skin a cat, or stomach in this case.