Lettuce and tomatoes have THAT many carbs??

[dbowen]

So, I just started putting my food log on FitDay as some of you suggested and much to my chagrin, I put in my nice big hearty salad, 2 cups lettice, 1 cucumber, 1 medium tomato, bacon bits, vinegar, and blue cheese crumbles and FitDay says I just ate 15 carbs!! OMG! I can't eat again today!!

[Georgiana]

Re: Lettuce and tomatoes have THAT many carbs??

Are those net carbs?

And did you use real bacon or the soy stuff?

How big was the cucumber?

What kind of vinegar did you use?

How much cheese?

[dbowen]

Re: Lettuce and tomatoes have THAT many carbs??

ummm..i don't think those are net carbs??
real bacon
medium cucumber
red wine vinegar
2 tbsp of blue cheese

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Lettuce and tomatoes have THAT many carbs??

Do you know how to see the net carbs?

You look in the Calories Eaten Today window and subtract the fiber from the total carbs.

[dbowen]

Re: Lettuce and tomatoes have THAT many carbs??

OK. If I do that I am still at 10 grams of carbs. Wow! Maybe i need to lay off the salad??

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Lettuce and tomatoes have THAT many carbs??

No, you don't need to "lay off" the salad.

Atkins is about the vegetables!

You need closer to 20 net carbs a day if you want to be eating nutritionally sound.

[miller98b]

Re: Lettuce and tomatoes have THAT many carbs??

The salad is great! Maybe you could break it into two salads and have 1/2 with lunch and 1/2 with dinner; or as a snack. Ten net carbs is way too low for the day. When I was at 15 net carbs per day I was not losing weight. When I jumped to 25 net carbs per day, my weight loss took off!

Don't let the veggies scare you

If you end up not spreading your veggies around for the day, just have a nice steak for dinner or other protein.

[dbowen]

Re: Lettuce and tomatoes have THAT many carbs??

thanks guys! i appreciate your help!!

[jcapulet]

Re: Lettuce and tomatoes have THAT many carbs??

OK. If I do that I am still at 10 grams of carbs. Wow! Maybe i need to lay off the salad??

You're supposed to get most of your carbs from veggies, so there's no reason to reduce your salad intake.

[matawguro]

Re: Lettuce and tomatoes have THAT many carbs??

Watch the tomatoes though. Tomatoes are fruits, not vegetables. Tomatoes have fructose, but you don't notice because of the citric acid in them.

[dbowen]

Re: Lettuce and tomatoes have THAT many carbs??

yikes!! i didn't realize that about tomatoes!! I definitely need to lay off the tomatoes!