Hello...can someone clarify for me please??

[shug]

Hi,

I am still waiting for my DANDR to come in the mail.. Meanwhile, I am on day 9 of induction and have followed the rules that I have found here and other web sites. One thing that I cannot determine is the veggie intake for induction. I have seen 12-15g of carbs from veggies daily....but I have also seen either have 3 cups of salad (lower carb) veggies OR 2 cups of them plus 1 cup of "other" (higher carb) veggies. The dilema: by eating 3 cups of veggies (either all salad or the mixed version), you aren't getting 12-15 carbs from them. It's way lower. I track all of my meals of Fit Day and 3 cups of salad is between 3-3.5 carbs.

So would someone with the book, please clarify what Dr. Atkins himself (not the corporation after his passing) states for the vegetables during induction please?

Thank you all...you are a wonderful group of people...I have spent some time reading through the discussions on this board and God bless all of you!

BTW ...I met my mini goal 1 today and it feels awesome!

[not2late]

Re: Hello...can someone clarify for me please??

Hi,

I am still waiting for my DANDR to come in the mail.. Meanwhile, I am on day 9 of induction and have followed the rules that I have found here and other web sites. One thing that I cannot determine is the veggie intake for induction. I have seen 12-15g of carbs from veggies daily....but I have also seen either have 3 cups of salad (lower carb) veggies OR 2 cups of them plus 1 cup of "other" (higher carb) veggies. The dilema: by eating 3 cups of veggies (either all salad or the mixed version), you aren't getting 12-15 carbs from them. It's way lower. I track all of my meals of Fit Day and 3 cups of salad is between 3-3.5 carbs.

So would someone with the book, please clarify what Dr. Atkins himself (not the corporation after his passing) states for the vegetables during induction please?

Thank you all...you are a wonderful group of people...I have spent some time reading through the discussions on this board and God bless all of you!

BTW ...I met my mini goal 1 today and it feels awesome!

The book says that that majority of your daily carbs should be from vegetables. So if you eat a total of 15 carbs, then at least 8 carbs must be from vegetables. Atkins.com gets that 10-15 from the 20 daily net carb limit. But the book said you eat "no more than" 20 net carbs daily.

It also says that you may have 3 cups of the "salad" vegetables daily or 2 cups of the "Salad" vegetables and 1 cup of the other vegetable daily.

There are about 20 vegetables on that "salad" list and they range from 1 net carb per cup to 5 net carbs per cup depending on the vegetable.

I didn't use sweeteners and processed foods/meats during my Induction. I ate about 15-18 net carbs daily with 8-10 carbs coming from the vegetables. You might want to look at the Vegetable Challenge forum and see the menues of folks there. They typically average about 10 vegetable carbs daily.

[shug]

Re: Hello...can someone clarify for me please??

THANKS! That was a huge help!!!