Hi and thanks for replying. I am not a carb junkie any more. I
haven't been in years. I know they love me. I am taking in more
than a strict Atkin's but it still isn't much. I watch them, but
know that right now my focus is on protein and water. And I agree -
they are too easy to get in. I am amazed at how fast they add up. I
pay enough attention to them to forego the cereal and milk. I want
the fiber and it is good cereal (Special K) but I can not to all the
carbs between the milk and cereal so I have been mixing it with
yogurt instead. Lot less carbs and more protein. Thick crunchy
cereal is....different...but it really isn't bad.

Thanks again!
Gwen

--- In AstronomicallyStunningVSGer@yahoogroups.com, "suninmyhair"
<suninmyhair@...> wrote:
>
>
> 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).
> >
>