Do I count the carbs in eggs?

[lee1112]

I have been counting the carbs in eggs. Am I supposed to? I buy jumbo eggs and have been counting them a 1 carb each. Am I cheating myself?

[spirittalker]

Yes you gotta count the carbs in your eggs as well as the ones in your sweeteners. Every carb count :yes

[tickletussler]

oh yes Lee - every single one :yes every bit of dried herbs, soy, sprinkling of flour on grilled fish, one accidental potato - all these add up, you know?

[goal65]

i always assumed eggs had no carbs :yikes

[tickletussler]

understandable... but eggs range from 0.3g carbs each to 0.8 - depending on size.

do you use www.fitday.com? It does a decent enough carb count of your day

[FightingTheFight]

Just like tickle said, the average around here is 0.6-1 depending on the size. But the best way to do it is to say it is one.

Just like most food labels, they are not forced to put the entire carb amount if it is less than 1, sometimes they will put <1, but you could be eating something that has, say, 0.9 carbs, and not knowing that its adding up.

The way I do it is if it isn't a veggie, and it says it doesn't have any carbs, I just go ahead and count them anyway as 1.