On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 09:54:58 +0900, Tom <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>How on earth do you folks know how much carb you are eating?
>I can't imagine weighing all my food and then going through
>some arcane mathematical formula to determine the exact
>number of carbs. Seems like so much trouble.

I never counted carbs -- I look at it in terms of proportions:
what is the plants/meat (1/3, 1/4, ... etc.) ratio of meals.

There is an idea you should not eat plants (carbs) by themselves
but should include meat (protein/fat) with each meal.

Philip Thrift
http://geocities.com/paleofitness