Good news and a question...

[Scooterjam]

Ahh here we are. Day 8 and another 4 pounds. I love this way of life.

Now...my question is

Fresh spinach. I screwed up. I had a cup of mushrooms yesterday.

And a nice salad with dinner. Only problem is, I thought (of course I didn't look it up until afterwords...go ahead yell at me I deserve it) that spinach was in leafy veggies catagory...turns out it's not. It's in the acceptable veggies which I already took in.

I swore I read a post by Joy (Validrogue) where she said lettuce is like the worst when we it comes to vitamins and nutrients for salad veggies?

Since it's a restart for me, I'm not 100% sure I screwed up. But now I have all this stupid bagged spinach that there is no way on earth I'll go through before it spoils....

I hate to waste food. I actually hate waste in general.

Anyway....can anyone shed some light on this?

[ValidRouge]

Re: Good news and a question...

Scooter, fresh spinach is very light and bulky, do NOT beat yourself up about this. Yes, during induction, you are only allowed 1 cup of fresh spinach per day.

But, to be *perfectly* honest, I've never sweated spinach, and have used it instead of lettuce in my salads. ESPECIALLY during OWL rung 1.

[julirama723]

Re: Good news and a question...

Ditto what Joy said. I usually buy mixed baby greens for my salads, or spinach, or some other "exotic" lettuce medley that's not iceberg or romaine.

[Scooterjam]

Re: Good news and a question...

Awesome, thanks guys! That's what I figured. It was really good and a ncie change most definately. Besides that, I've only got till next monday for my move back to Rung 1 - Good ole OWL can't wait! Woo Hoo!

[JudyMac]

Re: Good news and a question...

I'm eating fresh spinach from the garden as part of my salad, and according to the Atkins carb guide, 1 cup is 0.2 net carb so I wouldn't worry too much.
If you have loads to use up try making spinach and nutmeg soup, or I could post my recipe for lamb a leekie soup which also has spinach in.

Judy