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We generally know what foods contain carbohydrates: breads, rice, pasta, potatoes, tortillas, crackers, pancakes, etc. It’s also important to know that in order for a weight loss plan to be successful, there are some starchy vegetables out there that you’ll want to limit in your diet due to their high carbohydrate content. These starchy vegetables are: corn, peas, yams (sweet potatoes), and beans (baked, garbanzo, lima, kidney, white, split and black-eyed). Protein should be the foundation of your surgical weight loss diet and non-starchy vegetables should be the next food group you focus on. You can aim for two servings of colorful and leafy vegetables daily. A ½ cup cooked vegetable serving is probably easier to tolerate than 1 cup of raw vegetables for some people. Vegetables offer vitamins, minerals and much needed fiber for bowel regularity. The more colorful, the more nutritious!