Counting Carbs!

[Danni28]

Hi there everyone!
I was pretty sure i had the carb count correct for most foods, but i am not so sure , would someone care to take a look at a few examples below please, i am in the UK,so i am not subtracting net carbs.

I do have the 2002 book now, could someone confirm how many cups of salad and other veggies i am allowed please.

Ok some examples: Brussel Sprouts 100g 3.5g
Cucumber 100g 1.5g
Broccoli 100g 1.1g
Onion 100g 7.9g
Lettuce100g 1.9g
Tomato 100 3.1g
Am i right in thinkingi have toweigh everything raw?I have started to weight exactly everything with carbs.
I have been using http: //www.low-carbdiet.co.uk/Carb-Counter.htm to count carbs.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again
Danielle

[Georgiana]

Re: Counting Carbs!

Danielle, are you on induction or OWL? I understand you have the book, but did you read it? Induction is explained in Chapter 11 of DANDR 2002.

Amounts of veggies. Elizellen explained you this in April 2008:

http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/forums/atkins-diet-14-day-induction/56922-my-second-induction-menu.html

Raw veggies. Explained again by Elizellen in May 2008:
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...-confused.html

i am in the UK,so i am not subtracting net carbs.

You are not subtracting net carbs from what? Net carbs are *exactly* those carbs you are supposed to be counting.

Those carbs you are listing are indeed net carbs. For most, the numbers you give are close to the values in Fitday, but broccoli and brussel sprouts are completely off. Fitday says 4 net carbs for 100 g of raw broccoli and 5 net carbs for 100 g of raw brussel sprouts.

The numbers on Fitday are quite reliable, so I would use those instead of Low Carb UK -The definitive resource for people in the UK and Europe who are following a Low Carb Diet. I suppose you know how to count net carbs if you know the total carbs and the amount of fiber (which is how they are given in Fitday), so I am not going into that.