?Spagetti Squash?Help!!!

[CaliGurl]

i just tasted Spagetti Squash for the 1st time in my life! believe it or not... and i LOVED it! BUT... i looked at it on Fitday and it said it has 10 carbs in a cup!!! is this 1 of those veggies that i should wait for? waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down the line in rungs?

[Laurenfra]

Re: ?Spagetti Squash?Help!!!

you subtract 2 carns of fiber for 8 total. That is why it is on the other list.

[CaliGurl]

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Thank You Lauren! as you can tell... im VERY new! but im learning! that is something i will Definitely save for later... im still in Induction...

[Lisa M]

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OOOhhh....my 2nd fav veggie! There's so many fun things you can do with SS...I hope you have a great time playing with your food. I love doing...stir fry, pour meatballs w/sauce, homemae cheese sauce, etc. So much fun!

[julirama723]

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Not only is spaghetti squash one of my FAVORITE VEGGIES, spaghetti squash is fine for induction--it's on the list of "other" veggies. True, it's 8g per cup, but a "typical" serving is 1/2 cup. Even if you ate a cup of it, and had your salad veggies, I highly doubt you'll be over 20g.

It's great with butter and cheese!

Once you get to OWL, try it with pepperoni and spaghetti/tomato sauce. I also top it with alfredo, broccoli and chicken--once again, another OWL treat!

[CaliGurl]

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Thanks Julie! my friend made it for me with Butter & Parmesean Cheese... OMG!!! i thought it was Soooooooo Good!!! i cant believe that i had never tried it before! this will be 1 of my Very Favorite Veggies now! im just going to have to really watch my portions! now if i can get my DH to try it

[not2late]

Re: ?Spagetti Squash?Help!!!

i just tasted Spagetti Squash for the 1st time in my life! believe it or not... and i LOVED it! BUT... i looked at it on Fitday and it said it has 10 carbs in a cup!!! is this 1 of those veggies that i should wait for? waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down the line in rungs?

Spaghetti squash is an Induction legal vegetable. It is limited to 1 cup. It's a highly nutritious vegetable and there is absolutely no nutritional/Atkins reason to avoid it or the other vegetables on the "other" list.

The lettuces might be low in carbs but keeping your carbs close to 0 does not ensure weight loss. So take advantage of those 54 vegetables on the Induction list. It's been the experience of the On-Going Weight Loss Phase folks that vegetables (other than lettuce) actually enhances their losses and their health.

[colleenmag]

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Ok, this is probably the most dumb question ever, but what does a spaghetti squash look like?? It's not a very common veg were i'm from so I don't even know if i can get my hands on it. I'm teaching in Korea at the moment so i can't ask the shop assistant as i can't speak korean that well, this veg sounds great and id love to try it. Im on day 6 of the induction so relatively new to it all, but thankyou for clearing up the myth about only sticking to lettuce in order to lose weight!! I'm not a great lettuce fan. Thankyou for your help

[Elizellen]

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Here is a picture of it

[CaliGurl]

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Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh Yum Yum!!! Elizellen... you just made me soooooooo HUNGRY!

[colleenmag]

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thanks Elizellen, il hunt in the markets for it now, i don't think i've it here in korea but at least il have a picture to show the shop assistant now, it looks really strange but good too. thanks for your time.

[Elizellen]

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You're welcome, colleenmag I hope you can find it.

I have looked all round our local shops and never found it - another veg we dont seem to get over here in UK is jicama which our USA members find so useful and adaptable in recipes