Day 2 and some questions

[Tired of Chub]

Afternoon everyone. Im on day2 (for the first time ) I joined here this morning after lurking for weeks and joined FitDay today as well. Ive got the book and Ive read most of it. (the last few chapters about maintenence etc are what Ive skipped. cant afford to get excited about the future yet lol).

So heres my questions-
Diet Rite pop. I had 2 cans lastnight after my 100 oz of water. Am I correct in counting that as 2 Carbs AND 2 of the Splenda for the day?

Carbs amounts- Ive found different carb amounts for products everywhere I look. FitDay gives one amount, the two spreadsheets (which are fab!) here on ADBB give different amounts, and the book gives another one as well. Which do you go by? Yesterdays food I used the book and the spreadsheets and the packaging on the food itself. I plugged itinto fitday today and the amount was different. Stillunder 20 but different. How do you know what one to use?

I have Kraft Monteray Jack cheese- the package says 0Carbs for one ounce. I know they can say zero so long as its under0.5g. I had 2 ounces last night for a snack. should I count that as 1gCarb then to be safe?

I feel great after 1 day. Headache yesterday almost all day (no morning caffeine, even my one piddly cup). Im trying to learn when Im hungry. I have a habit of snacking immediatly after work and then again after dinner when watching TV. Might have to buy a coloring book and crayons to keep my hands busy. (cant knit or sew or crochet so that might do the trick!)

Thank you!

[not2late]

Re: Day 2 and some questions

Afternoon everyone. Im on day2 (for the first time ) I joined here this morning after lurking for weeks and joined FitDay today as well. Ive got the book and Ive read most of it. (the last few chapters about maintenence etc are what Ive skipped. cant afford to get excited about the future yet lol).

So heres my questions-
Diet Rite pop. I had 2 cans lastnight after my 100 oz of water. Am I correct in counting that as 2 Carbs AND 2 of the Splenda for the day?

Carbs amounts- Ive found different carb amounts for products everywhere I look. FitDay gives one amount, the two spreadsheets (which are fab!) here on ADBB give different amounts, and the book gives another one as well. Which do you go by? Yesterdays food I used the book and the spreadsheets and the packaging on the food itself. I plugged itinto fitday today and the amount was different. Stillunder 20 but different. How do you know what one to use?

I have Kraft Monteray Jack cheese- the package says 0Carbs for one ounce. I know they can say zero so long as its under0.5g. I had 2 ounces last night for a snack. should I count that as 1gCarb then to be safe?

I feel great after 1 day. Headache yesterday almost all day (no morning caffeine, even my one piddly cup). Im trying to learn when Im hungry. I have a habit of snacking immediatly after work and then again after dinner when watching TV. Might have to buy a coloring book and crayons to keep my hands busy. (cant knit or sew or crochet so that might do the trick!)

Thank you!

Splenda and carbs:
Powdered splenda has carbs about 0.9 grams per packet/teaspoon. So that will definitely be counted as a carb and as a sweetener allotment. Liquid Splenda technically doesn't have carbs. Some people will count it as a sweetener allotment (which they should do) but won't count it as a carb. Some people will count it for both. When I was doing Induction and even now, I count it as 1 carb and 1 sweetener allotment--generally it's better to overestimate your daily carbs than it is to underestimate them.

Cheese and carbs:
Dr. Atkins said count 1 ounce of cheese as 1 net carb. So that's the advice I give to you. It makes sense because we are limited to 3-4 ounces of cheese daily. By counting those carbs it will decrease the chance of overeating cheese. Just another pearl for you, heavy cream has carbs as well, as do eggs.

The different carb counters:
They do have slightly different counts. That's due to the amount of product used and how they did the analysis. Best thing to do is to stick to one counter for the general things. You'll also notice that products like frozen vegetables will have different nutritional info than the counters. In fact, sometimes different brands will have different counts. In those cases, use the information on the package.

Carb withdrawal:
It should go away. If you are eating mostly lettuce or spinach for your veggies, you might want to eat the veggies on the lists with a slightly higher carb count. Dr. Atkins said that doing so might help with the withdrawal symptoms.

Finally, good for you that you are re-learning your natural hunger cues. That will help you out greatly.

[Moochiecat]

Re: Day 2 and some questions

yes...what Megs said!

[2big4mysize]

Re: Day 2 and some questions

yep what Megs said except for your pop. look on your can nutrtional label it should say unless they changed them seving size 8 ounces servings per can 1.5 so you had 3 servings for your snack not 2. always use the manufactures serving size as your Splends serivng counting.

[Tired of Chub]

Re: Day 2 and some questions

Ladies, thank you all very much.

Diet Rite-one serving is one can according to the can nutritional info. And I will continue to count it as a splenda and a carb. (and only had one can last night. woot! those fruit cravings might be the death of me)

Cheese Ill ignore the package and go by the 1oz=1carb. I can see how easy it would be to OD on cheese, especially since its the good stuff!

Thank you all again!