Confused how to measure veggies and salad

[Elizellen]

Re: Confused how to measure vgies and salad

Possible, yes. But I never suggested it is easy.

You are right - it takes some planning

Fitting less than 12-15 net carbs of vegetables in 3 cups -- that is what I consider easy!

LOL

[Georgiana]

Re: Confused how to measure vgies and salad

You are right - it takes some planning

There is no magic in eating 3 cups though!

The OP was wondering whether eating 12-15 net carbs instead of 3 cups (likely, less net carbs) could be stalling her weight loss.

[skyblueokr]

Re: Confused how to measure veggies and salad

I have the same question!!!! I hope someone answers because that is pretty confusing because 3 cups of salad and 1 cup of other veggies does not equal 20. For instance 1 cup of spinach is JUST 1 carb and 1 cup romaine lettuce is just 2 carbs, that is 3 carbs?

[liv]

Re: Confused how to measure veggies and salad

It does not have to equal 20 carbs. There is not rule that says you have to eat 20 carbs. Atkins writes that "eat no more than 20 carbs a day of carbohydrates" He does not say eat exactly 20 carbs a day in carbohydrates. I do not eat 20 carbs when I go on induction. But I do eat approximately 3 cups of veggies and I make sure most of carbs any given day comes from veggies.
I really think you should eat more veggies than just greens though. Tomatoes and onions has lots of carbs. Pumpkin has beta carotene fiber and plenty of carbs. Try some jicama, radishes and turnip. You will be happy to get some more natural fiber in your system.



Now if you want to measure veggies in other things than cups you can go ahead and do that and just make sure you do get around 12 or so net carbs per day. That is fine too. But make sure you use a thing like www.fitday.com or a foodscale to get a grip on things.

It is every important to start to be familiar with carbs. Not only what they do to us - we realize what they do when we cut them out- but also how we can include them. We need to make sure we get used to always portion them out. So that we can make decisions of how much we can plate.

Also make sure you look for hidden carbs in all things you buy. Don't just look at the nutrion list but look at the list of ingredients. Count all of them. There are carbs in cheese, drinks, sweeteners, eggs, sausages, processed foods.