Carb count for green beans

[america57]

I had fresh green beans yesterday, boiled with a slice of bacon. I just put it into fitday, it said that one cup had 9.86 grams of carbs, is that right! How shocking! I still had 25 grams of carbs yesterday, I was just surprised that green beans could have that many carbs. I guess I should start finding out the carb count before I put it in my mouth huh?

[not2late]

Re: Carb count for green beans

I had fresh green beans yesterday, boiled with a slice of bacon. I just put it into fitday, it said that one cup had 9.86 grams of carbs, is that right! How shocking! I still had 25 grams of carbs yesterday, I was just surprised that green beans could have that many carbs. I guess I should start finding out the carb count before I put it in my mouth huh?

Did you subtract the fiber?

But you're correct, the "eat first, ask questions later" will only get you into trouble, especially during OWL.

[america57]

Re: Carb count for green beans

Ah fiber! Does fitday count that for me, or do I have to figure that one out myself?

[america57]

Re: Carb count for green beans

Ok, fitday says it has 4 grams of fiber, so that would be 5.86 grams of carbs, but does fitday subtract the fiber automatically? I'm confused!

[cajunthunder]

Re: Carb count for green beans

I have the computer version of Fitday - not the free one, so I can only tell you about that one. It gives you a tally of your percentages/grams for the day, including dietary fiber, which you subtract from the total grams of carbs it lists.

[america57]

Re: Carb count for green beans

I want to buy the computer version as soon as I can afford it! I figure I will probably use it for the rest of my life, so it would be a good investment.

[sallyseachange]

Re: Carb count for green beans

You have to subtract the fiber yourself on fitday (the online free one).

Sal

[womanpraised]

Re: Carb count for green beans

If you add fiber in your goals, it will pop up with the other counts on the add foods page

[america57]

Re: Carb count for green beans

Woman be praised, thank you so much for telling me that, fitday is now counting fiber for me! Only problem is, I was going by fitday to count my carbs without subtracting the fiber for the last 5 months, so I was eating less than 20 grams of carbs a day!

[Iapetus999]

Re: Carb count for green beans

I had some yellow beans the other day.
Tastewise they seems identical to the green so I wasn't sure what the point was. I guess if you mix them it makes your bean salad more colorful.