Counting carbs

[lindiloo62]

Sorry to sound silly but do I count carbs (if so how many) or simply eat food which has the lowest number of carbs???

 

[britishpub]

Both.

But the best starting point is to look at the nutrition labels and if Carbs per 100g is 10 or less, it will be a good choice.

 

[RobPL]

It depends on what specifically you're doing. I'm eating under 20g of carbs a day for example.

 

[mo53]

Hello @lindiloo62 I log my food in my fitness pal website food diary. I've set my targets as 1200 calories and 60g of carbs. It helps me keep on track.

 

[Sunstreaker]

If it comes in packaging I look at carbohydrate content and try to stay below 5g in 100g with some exceptions like peanuts.

 

[Bluetit1802]

Yes, count the carbs. Whatever you do, don't guess until you know exactly what you are doing. It is so easy to get things wrong. It is often best to weigh all food with carbs in and calculate the number of grams there are until you get used to portion sizes.