I'm confused between low carb and calorie counting. First time dieter

[crystalgall]

Hello.

Hope someone can help me.

I'm trying to lose some weight..probably about 1 and a half stone. DD is 6 months old and I went from 8stone 12 to about 11 stone.

My problem is just constant eating through the day and snacking on bad stuff. So biscuits and toast on the morning, biscuits and tea in afternoon, something sweet and tea again! In the evening. Plus crisps. I also don't eat much fruit or veg.
Basically I have a shit diet and always have. It's only now it's finally caught up with me.

I'm using MFP to calorie count and cut out all the crap and also eat less food, less fatty food.

But I'm also trying to reduce my carb intake: bread, biscuits, chapattis (am Asian so we eat chapattis nearly every day!), rice etc. I think this is giving me a big tummy (along with massive c section over hang)

However from reading it seems if you are low carbing you need to eat a lot of fat which would mean a high calorie count right?

So which should I be doing? Calorie counting but eating carbs? Or reducing carbs but eating more fat in the way of milk/cheese?
What is the good fat I should be eating? I have an avocado everyday...

I have never dieted in my life and am so confused!

Help please!

[SpoonfulOfJam]

You don't count calories on Sw. You can eat as much free food as you want- fruit veg lean meat eggs most carbs. Aim for a third of your plate to be from list of speed foods- salad veg fruit. You have healthy extras every day- one dairy, one cereal or bread.

Everything else has syn value- you are given lists of these. I use mine in cooking oil, butter and gin mostly.
You have a daily limit.

I am breastfeeding so get more healthy extras but I managed to lose 6 pounds in my first week. I'm really impressed by the plan. Easy to follow and not far off what I was doing Anyway.

[SpoonfulOfJam]

I tend to have a low carb lunch then have carbs with dinner. With the protein and veg it isn't a lot of carbs on the plate.

I agree that too much carbs- especially pasta seems wrong. I'm also avoiding bread where I can.

[pollyannahale]

Bread & pasta are easy to overeat, don't make you fat per se (only too many calories does that) but when eating fewer Cals it makes sense to eat the most filling foods as poss- protein, veg, some resistant strach which is in things like beans and legumes.