Count all carbs?

[Rockymtngal]

I am a newbie and am a little confused. I tried to find the answer myself because I'm sure this question has been asked a million times before.

I'm confused because on the Atkins Induction meal plan (online) every bite the carbs is accounted for. I totally understand how some cheeses and all veggies have carbs. The website lists a boiled egg as having 1 carb? Do I need to journal these types of carb counts?

Does my breakfast have any carbs?:

Sausage (Jimmy Dean), egg, cheddar cheese omelet?

I have done Atkins before and it did not work for me, so I am journaling everything and really trying to make this work for me.

Thanks in advance!

[Zarabelle]

Re: Count all carbs?

Hi
I log all food that I eat in to fitday. Eggs do come up as 1g. I believe from a recent post that I read that an egg has .6 carbs and fitday rounds anything above .5 up.
You definitely need to count all foods or otherwise you could eat considerably more carbs than you anticipated. Even decaf coffee has 1g per mug.
Good luck
Zx

[Momma2threegirls]

Re: Count all carbs?

The short answer is yes they all count. I use fitday as well. Fitday actually counts them as .6 but rounds up -BUT ....as you eat more than one - it adjusts accordingly. be sure to change the specs to track fiber so you can scroll down and subtract fiber from total carbs to get net carbs.

[michelle23464]

Re: Count all carbs?

Does my breakfast have any carbs?:

Sausage (Jimmy Dean), egg, cheddar cheese omelet?

!

Here is a possible carb breakdown..

2 eggs 1.2 carbs
1oz of cheese 1 carb
sausage ( what does the bag say?) 1 carb

Total possible carbs.. 3.2 carbs

Now this could be higher if you had more than 2 eggs, 1 oz of cheese and if the sausage is 2 carbs or you had more than one serving.

3 eggs 1.8 carbs
2oz of cheese 2 carbs
3 links sausage 2 carbs
Total= 5.8 carbs

Hope this helps answer your question.

Also.. you should count carbs in sweeteners like splenda.. 1 carb for each packet.

Michelle