Carbs can be good carbs can be bad depends on the
person and depends on the carbs.....As someone a year
out( ex super morbidly obese at 371) i can tell you
that you do indeed have to watch your carbs once you
start eating solids again because carbs are easy to
eat and u can easily eat way too many even with that
tiny stomach. I can process sugar better than i can
eat breads or wheat carbs....that is how my body
works. Slow losers especially have to watch their carb
intake...slow metabolisms are not carb efficient. Just
the way it is. If you say walk 5 miles a day then u
can eat more carbs but if u arent exercising then in
order to lose weight you have to cut your carbs down
and only eat them in the early part of the day. After
the " Honeymoon" period is over its really important
to watch and pay attention to your body and what it
likes what it doesnt....U can get way stuck in a stall
if you dont watch it and I am here to tell ya all
about it LOL!!!

VSG is not a magic cure for obesity it is a diet...a
lifetime diet....one that you can do because u arent
starving and because a small amount of food will go
far...but beware....u can gain weight with VSG....and
quickly. U have to follow the rules to be successful
but its up to you what u put in your body. I dont
think any of us stop struggling with our food
obsessions completely but u cant for sure eat a tray
of brownies in a sitting. If you have gone to all the
trouble and expense of getting a VSG then of course u
are going to be more aware of what you put in....once
u have gotten to your goal weight u have the luxury of
eating more carbs but until them yes u do have to
limit them .





--- In AstronomicallyStunningVSGer@yahoogroups.com, "Gwen"
<pengwen13@...> wrote:
>
> I am kind of turned off by a certain person on OH since I think
that
> they are too pushy when it comes to carbs.
>
> Maybe I am wrong, but I am going to have carbs and not fret over
> every stinking one. I log each and every carb though. I range
from
> 30-60 (only higher than 60 once that I am sure of). Some of the
> supplements from my surgeon's office have quite a few carbs even,
so
> in the beginning I was at the mercy of taking in what ever just to
> get the protein and liquids in.
>
> I have had a few bites of non-healthy things. Just to see what it
> would do. (I don't want to find out in a restaurant or at someone's
> home...unfortunately - no problems.) I honestly don't want to eat
> anything yet, so my goal is not pleasure, but to just get in my
> protein and water and I don't find time for much of anything else -
> like even veggies which I miss so much! Milk is higher in carbs
than
> I'd like, but I am not going to stop consuming that either. So for
> someone to put their success on not eating more than 20 carbs or
put
> that the reason for slow loss is because of carbs bothers me.
>
> The same person has told me personally not to compare my weight
loss
> to others "everyone is different" blah, blah, blah, but I feel
their
> posts are "look at me and my weight loss. You too can have these
> results if you don't eat carbs." WELL. The reason I decided on
> surgery was to quit dieting. If it is all about protein and carbs,
I
> could have saved a lot of worry, time and pain by going back on the
> Atkins diet!
>
> And I feel that eating a healthy balance (and that means eventually
> not having so much artificial sweetener)- but including some
> (little) healthy carbs - is the idea here. My NUT does not say one
> word about carbs other than only once all the protein water &
veggies
> are in. I have basically been on a low-carb diet for years so I am
> already used to not eating a lot of the bad things anyway. I also
> feel that if I go to a strict low-carb diet that I will be gaining
> once I introduce them back in. This is a new way of eating for the
> rest of my life. Not a diet during the "honeymoon" stage or to get
> it off as fast as possible then let me and my body fight it out.....
>
> So do you thing my way of thinking this is wrong?? Am I setting
> myself up for failure? It isn't like I am not taking it
seriously.
> I'd like to think I am realistic and looking long term. I don't
want
> to drop 150 lbs only to gain back 50 or more. This is just laying
> the plans for the rest of my life.
>
> Thx! Gwen
> (Also 2 more things. I am a slow loser. Don't know why. I seem
to
> see a pattern. I lose for a few days and then hold for a few days.
> The days that I lose are almost always at least a lb if not more.
And
> I wanted to add that I feel a little PMS creeping up and that may
be
> why I am defensive).
>