Carb Counting Confusion

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I really want to do this right. I am on day 2 on induction, and I purchased the book today, but I am confused.

Please explain -The Induction Plan says:
Vegetables
You can have two to three cups per day of….certain salad vegetables

Other Vegetables
You can have one cup per day of these veggies if salad does not exceed two cups. The following vegetables are slightly higher in carbohydrate content than the salad vegetables… “other listed vegetables.”

OK, For example - if I eat two cups of salad vegetables that = .8 net carbs (Vegetable Group One)
And if I have1 cup of Zucchini (Vegetable Group Two)=5 carbs. That is a total of 5.8.
If we are supposed to get most of our 20 daily carbs from salad greens and vegetables, I don’t see how it is possible if you follow the limits given. That is only 5.8, and most vegetables are equal to that. Plum Tomato- 3.2, they are sort of small but even 2 of them would be 6.4 (would 2 tomatoes equal 1 cup?)
So do you see my problem? Am I missing something? The 2 cups from salad veggies, and 1 cup from other veggies don’t seem to add up to enough required carbs from greens and veggies. Please help! Thanks.
PS Also the Atkins book lists many acceptable veggies, yet I can not find some of those veggies in the carb counter section. Seems a little strange.

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Re: Carb Counting Confusion

Well,
not all your 20 grams of carbs are coming from vegetables. I eat eggs for breakfast every morning and sometimes as a snack...they have carbs. And I eat 2-3 oz of cheese, they have carbs. The blue cheese salad dressing I use on my salad has carbs too. Just from my eggs, salad dressing and cheese is 6-7 carbs + 2 cups romaine lettuce is 3 carbs + 1 cup brocolli is just about 5 carbs. That is 14-15 carbs already. And that doesnt include the tomatoes or mushrooms or green pepper you might want to add to your salad. I dont always hit 20 carbs per day, but I usually get pretty close.

And also most people seem to be using fitday.com to find the carb count in their veggies. I don't use the book carb counter section. Fitday is a great source of keeping track of what you eat and your carbs! and its free