How many carbs should I eat?

I'm on 5% and it's working super, not easy however.

rhummer rhummer  Agree. Not sure I've achieved Carb goal of 5% once since starting March 17. My hope is that this app will help.

For me, 50-75 grams carbs a day won't get my blood ketones ripping. Nor would I turn the stick dark red. Everyone is different. Maybe if a person worked out heavy. Diabetics typically need under 60-100 grams daily to meet their needs, so I am not sure this is a correct chart for people wanting to achieve ketosis and start burning body fat. 

You need 20 net carbs a day to really lose weight😜

artsysstr mssyalford 

How do I export Measure Date i.e. Blood pressure ????

mssyalford  Can you do under 40 carbs and still lose? 20 is rough .:(

Amy everyone is different. Different metabolsims. I think it really depends on your total BMI.  You may drop fast if your BMI is higher. I'm finding, myself wanting to drop 15-20, challenging. I was this weight for years. It could take a long time to take off.  Im okay with that. I can't believe how much fat I can eat, and I've dropped a few pounds. I don't really exercise and I should. But I'm going at my own pace. It's not a race, it's a marathon.  A marothon for life. People should not treat this as a diet, but a way of life eating.

mssyalford not neccesaarily. There are different metabolisms.  BMI is a factor also, and previous eating habits. 

badmojomn 25 or less 

 Thank for the reply.:)

 I tried low-carb about 15 years ago and lost 30 pounds but I realize now after doing more research that I was eating too many saturated fats.  This time I am tracking my calories and I'm getting most of my calories from healthy fats, then protein and about 25% carbs.   Olive oil and olives are my best friends now. :-)   I'm also avoiding meets that have been cured with nitrates because that can add to inflammation in the blood vessels.  When I reach my target weight I'll add in healthy complex carbs but still keep them limited. No more wine for a while...:(

Amy I looked at carbs on olives here awhile back. I know they are healthy, but aren't they higher carb food?

Amy oh! I just looked on the app. They will be my friends also! I thought they were really high. 

badmojomn 25 or less Here's the deal, the cold hard truth is that..

if you're serious about increasing your life span about 20 + years and have the guts and real  fortitude to make a  true LIFE CHANGE commitment then LCHF is the only answer. Now if 20-30 years  old  you may not be interested in another 20 years at this point in your life😀 Then consider you will be MUCH  healthier going forward. This is not a diet! The side effects of a true LCHF life style are many. 

Yes, you will lose weight , more  importantly you will NOT gain it back. While in the process you will improve all  aspects of your overall health. You'll not need to worry about heart  disease,  type two diabetics,  cardiovascular disease,  high blood pressure ,  Alzheimer's and the list goes on and on.

The LCHF life change is in no way easy if you not willing to give up all those  tasty foods that are loaded carbs and tons of sugar, read no further.

Everyone's metabolisms and  genetics  can very greatly. Here's what I  recommend :

Start with:

Carbs per day less than - 50 grams

Sugar per day less than  - 6 grams (1.5 teaspoons)

Of your total  calories each day you should consume:

Good Fat > 70-80%

 Protein >   15-25%

Carbohydrates >  less than 5%

AFTER 12 WEEKS YOU WILL BE  amazed ! At this point you should be using fat to fuel you body, not carbs and deadly sugar.

Your metabolism may be different like mine, if you not seeing good results AFTER 12 WEEKS then all you need to do is to lower your carbs per day to 10- 20, yes that's more   challenging. You should drop your carbs percentage of  calories  to less than 3% this will work. Here's the hard part, but well worth it. Embrace this change for the rest of your life..

You can go cold turkey or you can  start slow like it did, see chart. I set my goal for 20 carbs/day, as you can see from the chart I'm 8 weeks into my life change.

rhummer you are so correct on all levels. Im anxious to report what my cholesterol levels are after 4 months. I'll post before and after levels. 

badmojomn 25 or less looking forward to see your post. Good luck 

cherco rhummer 

 Here's the deal, the cold hard truth is that..

If you're serious about increasing your life span about 20 + years and have the guts and real fortitude to make a  true LIFE CHANGE commitment then LCHF is the only answer. Now if your 20-30 years  old  you may not be interested in another 20 years at this point in your life😀 Then consider you will be MUCH healthier going forward. This is not a diet! 

The side effects of a true LCHF life style are many. 

Yes, you will lose weight , more  importantly you will NOT gain it back. While in the process you will improve all  aspects of your overall health. You'll not need to worry about heart  disease,  type two diabetics,  cardiovascular disease,  high blood pressure ,  Alzheimer's and the list goes on and on.

The LCHF life change is in no way easy if you not willing to give up all those tasty foods that are loaded carbs and tons of sugar, read no further.

Metabolisms and genetics can very greatly. Here's what I  recommend :

Start with:

Carbs per day less than - 50 grams

Sugar per day less than  - 6 grams (1.5 teaspoons)

Of your total calories each day you should consume:

Good Fat : 70-80%

 Protein:    15-25%

Carbohydrates:  less than 5%

AFTER 12 WEEKS YOU WILL BE  amazed ! At this point you should be using fat to fuel you body, not carbs and deadly sugar.

Your metabolism may be different like mine, if you do not see good results AFTER 12 WEEKS then all you need to do is to lower your carbs per day to 10- 20, yes that's more   challenging. You should drop your carbs percentage of  calories  to less than 3%, this will work. Here's the hard part, but well worth it. Embrace this change for the rest of your life..

You can go cold turkey or you can  start slow like it did, see chart. I set my goal for 20 carbs/day, as you can see from the chart I'm 8 weeks into my life change.

Amy no wine.... that's my hardest part of this!!

Hi. I'm new and need some help. I'm wanting to do a carb diet. Am I counting Net carbs, or  total carbs? 

As far as a week I've been focusing on NET carbs. Has anyone done this method? 

Wine is fine, as long as your carbs under 10-15 and sugar under 5 Grams each day🤓

This was very helpful. Thank you!

badmojomn I hope your numbers are better however if they aren't don't be discouraged. Cholesterol can go up during active weight loss. Additionally there are doctors and experts within the low carb community who are currently questioning the validity of low cholesterol as healthy.   It is a topic that is in the midst of rethinking and reconsideration of really what the numbers mean to our health. Additionally "normal" lab results are only normal because they are based on the results of the average population.  Normal does not necessarily mean healthy.  Given the epidemic of obesity and diabetes I am questioning whether normal is good. I further started questioning this when I learned I am a hyper responder. This means my cholesterol numbers go up on a low carb diet. I can eat complete crap - fast food, ice cream, candy - and be 50 pounds overweight and have "normal" good cholesterol and I know I don't deserve those lab results.  I can then eat responsibly - healthy proteins, healthy fats, low carb, no sugar - and be at my ideal body weight and have "terrible" cholesterol numbers.  In the latter case, the way I feel and my cholesterol numbers couldn't be on further ends of the "health" spectrum and for this personal experience alone I question the validity of low cholesterol as a health marker.  As one doctor put it, we are all more comfortable with low cholesterol numbers because that's what we've been taught. But remember how we all used to be more comfortable with low fat because we were taught that as well? I haven't seen this mentioned in the forums here so just wanted to plant the seed. Like the low fat versus low carb science and rethinking, common beliefs about cholesterol are also currently being questioned.

KBG good points. And just like how we are all lessoned on the "food pyrimid ".  I have some family cholesterol troubles inherintly, but I'm not going to obsesss about these for many months.