Just finished week 1 and have a few questions.

[Surfcast23]

Hi all,

I'm new to this board and new to the diet as well. I have just finished my first week and have only lost two pounds, but as they say every one is different.

I think I understand the diet pretty well but I do have a question regarding the amount of vegetables one should eat. It says that one should have 3 cups of salad vegetables or 1 cup of the other vegetables and two cups of salad vegetables, the thing is if you go to fit day three cups of, say romaine, only have 3.4 grams of carbs. That leaves 16.6 grams to come up with. My question is should I follow the cup rules in the book or just monitor using fitday and stay at 20 grams a day.

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Just finished week 1 and have a few questions.

MOST of your net carbs should come from Induction vegetables.

Here's some ideas how to do that and use the "cup" guideline:

http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/forums/adbb-semi-annual-challenges/82432-6th-semiannual-veggie-challenge.html

[Surfcast23]

Re: Just finished week 1 and have a few questions.

Thanks for the quick reply. I'm still confused about the guidelines though, because if you only eat three cups of salad veggies you are way under the 20 gram limit.

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Just finished week 1 and have a few questions.

>>because if you only eat three cups of salad veggies you are way under the 20 gram limit.>>

That's why I posted the link above ... there are ways to do it!

[Surfcast23]

Re: Just finished week 1 and have a few questions.

Do I understand correctly that you do it by eating the non-salad veggies on the list?

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Just finished week 1 and have a few questions.

>>Do I understand correctly that you do it by eating the non-salad veggies on the list?>>

You eat from both lists. And "salad" doesn't mean just lettuce.

[mission to lose]

Re: Just finished week 1 and have a few questions.

Veggie Help----

Go to this journal, and click on her blog link in her siggy. Then navigate around until you find her 11 in 3 series.

http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ournal-14.html

Or try this link- you are looking for her 11 in 3 series...It shows how to get 11g of carbs in 3 cups. Scroll thru menu 1, menu 2, etc. She did a lot of work putting this together:

http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ml#comment3330

[Surfcast23]

Re: Just finished week 1 and have a few questions.

Thanks for the advice and links guys!