ok im confused

[Sd1136]

from reading all the posts on the board and all
On inductions
is it 3 cups of salad
and one cup of veggies?
Or is it total 3 cups and it doesnt matter wether its veggies or salad?
sandi

[Richt]

Re: ok im confused

Does this help at all? Especially the bit that I have underlined in Red.

Vegetables
You can have two to three cups per day of:

alfalfa sprouts
daikon
mushrooms
arugula
endive
parsley
bok choy
escarole
peppers
celery
fennel
radicchio
chicory
jicama
radishes
chives
lettuce
romaine lettuce
cucumber
moche
sorrel
These salad vegetables are high in phytonutrients and provide a good source of fiber.

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:

artichoke
celery root
pumpkin
artichoke hearts
rhubarb
asparagus
chard
sauerkraut
bamboo shoots
collard greens
scallions
dandelion
snow peas
bean sprouts
dandelion greens
spaghetti squash
beet greens
eggplant
spinach
broccoli
hearts of palm
string or wax beans
broccoli rabe
kale
summer squash
brussels
kohlrabi
tomato
bean sprouts
leeks
turnips
cabbage
okra
water chestnuts
cauliflower
onion
zucchini
If a vegetable, such as spinach or tomato, cooks down significantly, it must be measured raw so as not to underestimate its carb count.

[Sd1136]

Re: ok im confused

Vegetables
You can have two to three cups

Other Vegetables
You can have one cup per day


so its a total of 4 cups right
One is NOT instead of the other
Im sorry this is a dumb question
sandi

[ladyinred]

Re: ok im confused

Hi Sandi,

You can have 3 cups of salad veggies OR 2 cups salad veggies and one cup other veggies. So that's a maximum of 3 cups a day.

[Richt]

Re: ok im confused

No not a stupid question, the only stupid questions are those that are not asked.

Basically, its a total of 3 cups! If you only have 2 cups from the first list, you are allowed a cup from the second list.

But due to the amount of carbs in the veggies in the second list, you are only allowed 1 cup a day of them.

HTH

Rich

[Rick]

Re: ok im confused

No, it is a total of 3 cups. If you have 3 cups from the top list you can't have any from the bottom. If you only have 2 cups from the upper list, then you can have one cup from the lower list.

[Sd1136]

Re: ok im confused

thank you thank you thank you
I am doing something wrong here and I am trying to fine tune my diet and lose.
and I wanted to make sure that wasnt the problem

so last night I had 3 cups of salad and no veggies
Went out for dinner, is it ok to do that occ.
sandi

[Richt]

Re: ok im confused

thank you thank you thank you
I am doing something wrong here and I am trying to fine tune my diet and lose.
and I wanted to make sure that wasnt the problem

so last night I had 3 cups of salad and no veggies
Went out for dinner, is it ok to do that occ.
sandi

You MUST spread your veggie intake out over the day, to avoid blood sugar spikes.

You can go out for dinner, but what did you have when you were out?

[yemenitegreen]

Re: ok im confused

t Went out for dinner, is it ok to do that occ.
sandi

Ovf cours eit is ok to go out for dinner just watch your carbs and food intake. DANDR lists ideas for healthy choices sif you are eating out. Take the wallet.sized allowed foods list with you and make sure you are eating allowed foods, if in doubt, ask your waiter if there is sugar in dressings or whatever you order.

yemenitegreen

[Sd1136]

Re: ok im confused

You can go out for dinner, but what did you have when you were out?

I had a grilled chicken salad, no dressing
mostly salad greens, 4 strips of pepper, it had 8 olives but I bought them home for snack later in the night
I didnt eat the tomatos, (not a fan of them) and I had one slice of cukes. It was about 3 cups of the salad and didnt have any others all day.
It also came witha large grilled chicken no spices etc
sandi

[Richt]

Re: ok im confused

That sounds ok, but you really need to spread your veggies out throughout the day quite evenly.

Rich

[Sd1136]

Re: ok im confused

most times I do, this was a exception
thank you
sandi

[yemenitegreen]

Re: ok im confused

Don't know about your favorite foods. I'd go for grilled prawns, or sashimi, or fish - sea bass, monkfish - I love fish grilled, baked, poached. stuffed with herbs... in a salt crust... or chateaubriand (beef & bearnaise)... or venison. When I pay for restaurant foods I try to eat things I wouldn't prepare at home or not that good, anyway.

A great low carb night out is rodizio - a Brazilian grill, you pay a fee for a whole evening, salad buffet and sides included, and are served various meats from a charcoal grill, sliced right onto your plate. Hold those caipirinhas, of course...

yemenitegreen

[Moochiecat]

Re: ok im confused

Why no dressing?

[Sd1136]

Re: ok im confused

they only had 2 types both of which I dont Like, and I enjoy eathing this salad as fingerfood, takes longer and all
sandi