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Figuring out your carb grams you need

mzizgayle
mzizgayle
http://www.healthcalculators.org/calculators/carbohydrate.asp


check this out, very simple to use and figure out the amount of carbs grams you need
deleted_user
deleted_user
No way! It said 263!!! That's 87 carbs per meal!!! My diatician said my max was 165 a day.
mzizgayle
mzizgayle
LOL depends also on activity level, age go by your dietician
mzizgayle
mzizgayle
Plus it also mentions that this might not be appropriate for pregnant or diabetes.


my doctor took my weight 110 pd and multiplied by 13 since I am over 55, which gives me 1430 calories which converts to 178. carbs for me, divided into 4 which gives me about 44 carbs a meal and 2 snacks of 22. There are many calculators out there but it gives an idea and it is best to go by the doctor/dietician
jimgreg
jimgreg
says 374 grams carbs wow too much for me,,250 the most im wanting to go..thanks!!!!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I only eat about 30% of that--and it's all my body can handle.
deleted_user
deleted_user
for me it said 260 becasue ai said moderate exercise (the problem is that they never use swimming as an example) so I redid it and used light and it said 230. Not anywhere near that my dietician told me. ut it was fun. Thanks for posting.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I eat about 130 a day total - that formula has me much higher. I know I can eat more than 130, but I find it difficult to eat enough to get much higher than that (that is, without turning to ice cream! :)
deleted_user
deleted_user
I eat about 130 a day total - that formula has me much higher. I know I can eat more than 130, but I find it difficult to eat enough to get much higher than that (that is, without turning to ice cream! :)
deleted_user
deleted_user
FWIW, I got 289 gms which is just 14gms more than the top end of what the dietician suggested. I looked at a couple of the other calculators as well. I book marked the site.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Wehrmacher: as a newbie, you may find it better to test often to determine what amount and type of carbs to eat. Number of grams is not magic, and most of us here know that certain types of carbs affect us more than others. Some of us can eat way more carbs than others. The important thing is to eat in such a way that gets your numbers down. Every diabetic is a little bit different.

For instance, bananas and citrus are like candy to my body, so I never touch them. In fact, I eat very little fruit, even though some people eat it more than once a day with no consequences.

I suggest that do some independent research and find out what you think will be your best eating plan.

I'm going to look through previous posts and see if I can get an oldie but a good one to go to the top of the discussion list. It is by phedrick (I think) and has may links to good information.

Well, that was a lot. Sorry.