I, too, do better when I remain low carb. I don't exactly count my carbs (because I am just too lazy to do that) but I do avoid things like bread, crackers, pasta, rice, sweets, fruit, and the like. I focus my eating around protein and veggies. I already knew I was carb sensitive. I also know that when I eat carbs I crave carbs. The thing that I eat to have some "carb" like food is pork rinds. I know they are not for everyone so you may not like them. I especially like to have the hot ones and put cream cheese on them. And it is not like I can eat very many of them. I am sorry about your weight gain but it could also just be water retention because your body is not used to processing the carbs perhaps.

It could be just water retention from eating too much salt.
But yes, many people are not doing well with carbs. I realized it a few years back when doing a one year diet. So when my nut gave me my plan post-op, I could tell her right away that I was going to do something different. Here in Asia people eat lots of carbs and their metabolism is fine with it. I just can't. And I didn't follow a really strict low carb like a few here that went to like 30gr per day, I was more around 60/80 because I knew anything more and I wouldn't lose. I'm glad I did that because that way I was able to lose 100 pounds so far and I wouldn't have been that far with my initial guidelines. Just check your weight several days in a row before looking at those 3 pounds as a gain...they could be just "floating" pounds and gone tomorrow! good luck!

thanks guys!!!