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You are right in that 30 grams of total carbs is awfully low, approaching Keto diet territory. That's not what I'm after. I actually eat about 120 total carbs a day. 30 grams of sugar, 50 grams of fiber and the rest are those dreaded unnamed carbs. Not wanting to bump up carbs much more, I've got to increase either proteins or fats. I currently eat about 120 grams of protein and see no value in eating any more. So the last thing I can do is increase fats. I've talked to my nutritionist about this, and she agrees. I've started to eat a little dark chocolate with no sugar, and I'm working up the "courage" to get after avocados. Last night, I even bumped up my carbs a bit by adding some brown rice to my extravagant dinner of carrots, celery and almonds. Baby steps.
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@mickj Oh, that's better, 120 grams of carbs. If you add up the allowance they gave me it comes to 195 grams of carbs a day.
120 grams of protein is more than I do, and I think I eat a lot of protein! I must not though because when I get my monthly lab work my protein is always slighter lower than the standard range. I don't know how I could increase it in a healthy way. I can only stomach one egg when I have eggs for breakfast. and I try to keep my meat portion to about 4 ounces.
I love dark chocolate, I just ate a square of Ghiradelli 86%. Many people don't like it that dark but I do.
I love avocados also but they are such a pain to buy. They have a very brief time when they are ripe but not going bad, and I find that I end up throwing out a lot, which at the cost of them I hate doing.
JK