Am I eating too many vegies

[NancyJo]

I think I might be eating too many vegies.

For breakfast I have 2 eggs with 1 tbl of chopped onion , 6 sliced mushrooms, and a tbl of cook veg from night before, ie asparagus, broccoli. 1 oz of cheese

For lunch I eat either tuna or hambuger with a cereal bowl size salad of romaine, with 10 baby spinach leaves, 1 slice of small tomato, I thin slice of raw small onion,6 slices of mushrooms, 4 cucumber slices. tbl of blue cheese crumbles.

For dinner I have either chicken, shrimp, beef. with a small romaine salad, with 1 slice of raw onion. 1 med sized purple cabbage leaf. And 1/2 cup cooked asparagus, broccoli.

Is this too much? I love my vegies and can't wait for owl 1 . I'm using butter and oo and full fat blue cheese dressing. I am drinking over 100oz of water daily, along with 2 cups of black coffee in the am. I just feel I'm not loosing fast enough. Yesterday was day seven and only 3 lbs down, but I have lost inches, which is a good thing!!

[Susiecarbojunkie]

Re: Am I eating too many vegies

The best way to tell would be to measure your veggies more precisely.
When you say you have a cereal bowl full of salad, I envision the Jethro Bodine-sized cereal bowl that could feed a family of 6. Not that I'm saying your salad is that size--but you see how interpretive "bowl-full" can be.

And although it wouldn't ultimately matter if you had an extra slice of mushroom or cucumber here or there---but if you had 3 extra slices of mushroom and 2 extra slices of cucumber added to 2 or 3 meals--that could add up to half-cup or more extra per day

anyway, FWIW--you may want to try measuring using measuring cups, etc--until you become really able to eyeball things accurately

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Am I eating too many vegies

Your body will lose at the rate it will lose. Having expectations of how "fast" you "should" lose is only going to lead to disappointment. Time to stop having expectations.

[NancyJo]

Re: Am I eating too many vegies

I have been trying to measure in cups= hard to do, so I went and bought a scale!! Now I have no excuse!! If I am over doing it , it will be hard for me to scale down even father than what I was used to vegie wise. LOL I have not eaten anything but whats on the list. So I will just keep on and wait to see what next Tues brings. THanks.

[Elizellen]

Re: Am I eating too many vegies

How many net carbs are you getting from your veggies?

[NancyJo]

Re: Am I eating too many vegies

I printed out the handy carb counter over there. This will help me tremendously!! Thanks Elizellen

[Susiecarbojunkie]

Re: Am I eating too many vegies

I'm a measure-holic
'cause I spent a lotta bucks on my kitchen scale and it's so easy to use
anyhoo
a cup of salad is about a handful--a good handful if you want to mash it (I doubt the extra lettuce would kick anyone out of ketosis)
and weighs a little under 4 oz. on my handy dandy scale

seriously---I measure when I'm planning--so I get an idea of what things look like and how the add up on fitday---this site is great as your are starting out to see how your menus work carb-wise or nutrition-wise

you can also add in exercise and do quite a bit of problem solving

one mistake people often make at the beginning, when ketosis is intense and they have nooooooo appetite--is to eat too few calories
and again--fitday (or another such program or website) provides an excellent tool to monitor and guage your success
(however, I'm like you---I just wish my success were happening quicker)

[NancyJo]

Re: Am I eating too many vegies

What looked like a cup was only 2.8 oz>>>>>>>> So I'm doing OK I think LOL

Oh I have been more active this last week that I have the whole of last month. So maybe I'm retaining water due to my coffee habit. I just can't give that up. I drink it strong and black. But on the other hand I gave up tons of carbs by not stuffing myself with breads and pasta, I admit I ate them liberally several time a day. So I will put my expectations away and just enjoy the energy I have!!

Thanks every one

[2big4mysize]

Re: Am I eating too many vegies

cup ounces are not scale ounces so don't confuse them. one is a volume measure and the other a measure of weight.

you can figure the weight of a cup of a vegie by using the USDA site or checking our stickie posted with the weight of a cup of the insution veggies.

[Elizellen]

Re: Am I eating too many vegies

So I will put my expectations away and just enjoy the energy I have!!

Great Atkins attitude!!

[Susiecarbojunkie]

Re: Am I eating too many vegies

cup ounces are not scale ounces so don't confuse them. one is a volume measure and the other a measure of weight.

you can figure the weight of a cup of a vegie by using the USDA site or checking our stickie posted with the weight of a cup of the insution veggies.

Yeah--that's what I did---only I used fitday-transformed a cup of lettuce salad --looked at the carb count then switched it to ounces and did the same.....

[Sam0419]

Re: Am I eating too many vegies

Sorry to go off topic, but where is the carb counter that you printed out?

Thanks!

[NancyJo]

Re: Am I eating too many vegies

Elizellen's post has a link it's post #5 in this thread.