Fitday question

[vaclyn]

Does "fitday" atomatically subtract fibre? Does anyone know how many NET carbs in one cup of iceberg/head lettuce. I lost my carb counter. I was very surprised at how many carbs it came out to be. Does anyone know an acurate number. I like to be by the book!! Thanks in advanced

[JimboK]

Re: Fitday question

I'm a new Fitday user, so I might be overlooking something. It doesn't break out fiber content for individual food items you add to your log, but it apparently still tracks it. If you look at the calorie summary below the log, you can see fiber content as a line item. From there you can do the usual subtraction from total carbs. If you want to know net carbs for an individual item, you can check the summary before and after adding it to the log and then do the math.

[TheFinalSQL]

Re: Fitday question

1 cup of iceberg lettuce has .4 net carbs according to Dr Atkins Carbohydrate Gram Counter 2002.

If you want lower net carb ruffage Chinese cabbage has 0 net carbs.


Norm

[Elizellen]

Re: Fitday question

I dont think there is any benefit in trying to choose the least carby vegetables on induciton. By doing so you are making it difficult to stick to the rule of induction #3

3. Eat no more than 20 grams a day of carbohydrate, most of which must come in the form of salad greens and other vegetables

I have highlighted the important part I am referring to. If you look for very low carb vegetables and at the extreme choose those with nearly zero net carbs, how are you going to allow yourself any of the other carbs most of us find makes Atkins induction easy to stick to - eggs have 0.4-0.6 carbs, cheese we are supposed to count at 1 carb per 1 ounce, cream has a small amount of carbs and we are supposed to count each of our up to 3 granulated sweetener servings as being one carb.

For example - 3 cups of lettuce at 0.4 net carbs per cup = 1.2 carbs. To have more than half of your carbs from veg means you could only allow yourself one large egg (0.6 net carbs) and no cheese or cream or sweetener!!

So if you chose say one cup of chopped peppers (approx 6 net carbs), one of sliced cucumbers (approx 2 net carbs) plus one cup of chopped onions (8 net carbs) this would amount to 16.4 net carbs, leaving 3.6 net carbs to have as maybe 2 ounces of cheese and a few eggs in your menu. Having only 1/2 cup of onions plus 1/2 cup broccolli as your 1-cup veg would make about 13.5 net carbs and let you have a few sweeteners plus a little cream too.

Remember, Atkins is not a 'no carb' way of eating!

[vaclyn]

Re: Fitday question

I don't usually even eat iceberg lettuce but was at friends. When I put it into fitdat it came up as 3.3 for 2 cups of lettuce.I knew this was not accurate but just wanted to know the exact. THANK-YOU for your replies

[Elizellen]

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Good for you! I hope I didn't seem to be having a go at you, it was not my intention

[frankenspine]

Re: Fitday question

You can customize foods in FitDay. For example, I created an entry for Splenda Packte, 1 gram.. 1 gram carbohydrate. I've recreated all induction vegetables to show net carbs per the Atkins website (click here). If you're counting net carbs, remember it is only 12 to 15 Net Carbs daily.

I track ALL CARBS, including those in lemon juice, lime juice, and eggs. If you need help customizing FitDay for PC, send me a private message.

[frankenspine]

Re: Fitday question

You can customize foods in FitDay. For example, I created an entry for Splenda Packte, 1 gram.. 1 gram carbohydrate. I've recreated all induction vegetables to show net carbs per the Atkins website (click here). If you're counting net carbs, remember it is only 12 to 15 Net Carbs daily.

I track ALL CARBS, including those in lemon juice, lime juice, and eggs. If you need help customizing FitDay for PC, send me a private message.

[Neecy]

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I just signed up and input all my induction veggies and other stuff and WOW - how cool is that??? Thank you for sharing this.

[frankenspine]

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No problem. It took me a few days playing around with it to figure it out

[Neecy]

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Okay I have a question - I was inputting the veggies I had for dinner, and fitday says that 1 cup of spaghetti squash has 10.1g carbs, and 2.1 g of fiber (net 8g per cup,) but the acceptable food list on the Atkins website says there are only 4!!! Who is right?

[frankenspine]

Re: Fitday question

I'd go with FitDay. It tends to be more accurate. I've also noticed discrepancies with the Atkins nutritional website. Depending on which phase you're on, you may not wish to count 'net carbs'. As far as I can tell, we should be counting total carbs during induction.

[DLS]

Re: Fitday question

I dont think there is any benefit in trying to choose the least carby vegetables on induciton. By doing so you are making it difficult to stick to the rule of induction #3I have highlighted the important part I am referring to. If you look for very low carb vegetables and at the extreme choose those with nearly zero net carbs, how are you going to allow yourself any of the other carbs most of us find makes Atkins induction easy to stick to - eggs have 0.4-0.6 carbs, cheese we are supposed to count at 1 carb per 1 ounce, cream has a small amount of carbs and we are supposed to count each of our up to 3 granulated sweetener servings as being one carb.

For example - 3 cups of lettuce at 0.4 net carbs per cup = 1.2 carbs. To have more than half of your carbs from veg means you could only allow yourself one large egg (0.6 net carbs) and no cheese or cream or sweetener!!

So if you chose say one cup of chopped peppers (approx 6 net carbs), one of sliced cucumbers (approx 2 net carbs) plus one cup of chopped onions (8 net carbs) this would amount to 16.4 net carbs, leaving 3.6 net carbs to have as maybe 2 ounces of cheese and a few eggs in your menu. Having only 1/2 cup of onions plus 1/2 cup broccolli as your 1-cup veg would make about 13.5 net carbs and let you have a few sweeteners plus a little cream too.

Remember, Atkins is not a 'no carb' way of eating!

My book says that 3 cups of lettuce has 4.4 carbs. So that is what I always count. I hardly have anyroom for veggies after eating eggs, cream and 3 splenda a day. I can't give up the splenda and cream for coffee!



Donna