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From: DisneyDana on 17 Oct 2005 18:59 Okay, I have never been a carb cutter, but I thought I should make sure I am well rounded in my diet. If I am trying to stay around 20 grams of fat and doing the 1200 calories, where should I try to keep my carbs? So far I haven't counted them, but I do try to make better choices in my side dishes. Is there a good number to stick with or is what I am doing okay? -- DisneyDana
From: Patricia Heil on 17 Oct 2005 21:10 "DisneyDana" <DisneyDana(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message news:C1W4f.9608$pP1.589100(a)twister.southeast.rr.com... > Okay, I have never been a carb cutter, but I thought I should make sure I > am well rounded in my diet. > > If I am trying to stay around 20 grams of fat and doing the 1200 calories, > where should I try to keep my carbs? So far I haven't counted them, but I > do try to make better choices in my side dishes. Is there a good number > to stick with or is what I am doing okay? > > -- > DisneyDana > You need a minimum of 120 grams of carbs a day for proper brain function such as production of serotonin which keeps you even tempered.
From: Mommyof3 on 17 Oct 2005 21:13 I am thinking it shouldn't hurt to watch your "sugar" carbs. Total carbs are another thing...there are good and bad types of carbs. MO3 "Patricia Heil" <pajheil(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:NXX4f.16322$QE1.10752(a)newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net... > > "DisneyDana" <DisneyDana(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message > news:C1W4f.9608$pP1.589100(a)twister.southeast.rr.com... >> Okay, I have never been a carb cutter, but I thought I should make sure I >> am well rounded in my diet. >> >> If I am trying to stay around 20 grams of fat and doing the 1200 >> calories, where should I try to keep my carbs? So far I haven't counted >> them, but I do try to make better choices in my side dishes. Is there a >> good number to stick with or is what I am doing okay? >> >> -- >> DisneyDana >> > > You need a minimum of 120 grams of carbs a day for proper brain function > such as production of serotonin which keeps you even tempered. >
From: Matthew Venhaus on 17 Oct 2005 22:29 "DisneyDana" <DisneyDana(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message news:C1W4f.9608$pP1.589100(a)twister.southeast.rr.com... > Okay, I have never been a carb cutter, but I thought I should make sure I > am well rounded in my diet. > > If I am trying to stay around 20 grams of fat and doing the 1200 calories, > where should I try to keep my carbs? So far I haven't counted them, but I > do try to make better choices in my side dishes. Is there a good number > to stick with or is what I am doing okay? > Didn't someone already post that 20g of fat is way low? Perhaps you are talking about just saturated fat? If you start trying to count carb grams on top of this already severe restriction you will be left with nothing to eat. If you want to follow a very low fat diet you should check out the book Eat More, Weight Less from the library.
From: joanne on 18 Oct 2005 01:25
DisneyDana wrote: > Okay, I have never been a carb cutter, but I thought I should make sure I am > well rounded in my diet. > If I am trying to stay around 20 grams of fat and doing the 1200 calories, > where should I try to keep my carbs? So far I haven't counted them, but I > do try to make better choices in my side dishes. Is there a good number to > stick with or is what I am doing okay? > If you are eating 1200 calories a day, then 20 grams of fat is only 180 calories from fat (1 gram fat = 9 calories) That leaves you with 1020 calories to divide between proteins and carbs (they are each worth 4 calories per gram). That said, there are good fats and bad fats. And there are good carbs and bad carbs. And even better choices of protein than some others. Its ALL ABOUT YOUR CHOICES and not as much about the calories as you may think. Just wondering where you came to the 1200 calories as your daily total choice? Thats not much to function on. If you think of food as being equal to fuel for your body you will be one step ahead of most people who think only of dieting just to lose a few pounds and not a lifestyle commitment to changing oneself from the inside out. ;-) joanne |