5th Semi Annual Veggie Challenge!

[Sunny_0ne]

Re: 5th Semi Annual Veggie Challenge!

Count me in! I'm on OWL, so 17 net carbs per day for me.

[gemgirl]

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sign me up for this challenge.
17net

I have a concern...I literally have tried every veggie. I am actually a person who prefers veggies over most foods. So, I will eat those that I don't eat every week.

[jimmie 48]

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sign me up for this challenge.
17net

I have a concern...I literally have tried every veggie. I am actually a person who prefers veggies over most foods. So, I will eat those that I don't eat every week.

have you had creamed leeks?

[mitzimarie]

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Greetings, Fellow Veggie Challengers!

I am SUPER excited to see how many participants I have already.

Monday is my longest workday of the week, so I've been away from the computer all day. It is such a nice surprise to come home and see your interest. My family is whining for some dinner now, so I have to go tend to that. I'll be back in a bit, to talk some more and update our roster. Thanks to each and every one of you for taking the challenge!

Jimmie, thank you so much for helping me out today. You're the best!

[mitzimarie]

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OK, I'm back for a bit.

First of all, I'll update our roster. Have I said how excited I am about the participants so far?

mitzimarie - Maintenance
Georgiana - OWL
Luvmybabies - Induction
allie - Induction
Fancy1952 - Induction
jimmie48 - Maintenance
blueberrylady - OWL
ThinSoon - Induction
imagood1 - OWL
momtomany1 - OWL
Niko - Induction
C P - OWL
Sunny_One - OWL
gemgirl - OWL

We have a great mix here... some of you have participated before, some of you I have seen around the board but haven't gotten to know yet, and some of you are brand, spanking new. I'm feeling very good about this.

[mitzimarie]

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How do I figure out net carbs for veggies?

jimmie 48 addressed this earlier today, and I just want to go over it again.

REMEMBER: Total Carbs - fiber = net carbs
For example, if a veggie has 10g carbs and 4g of fiber, it has 6g net carbs. 10g - 4g = 6g.

A lot of us use something like Fitday to track our carbs. www.fitday.com There are several different sites that you can use to do this... I know that some use the daily plate site, too. But I am familiar with Fitday, and wanted to make sure that those of you who do use Fitday have it set to count fiber for you, because it doesn't automatically do it... you have to set a fiber goal.

If you haven't gotten Fitday to count fiber for you yet, this is how you do it: On the left side of the page, is a place that you can click on to set a nutrition goal. Go there, and set a fiber goal... that is done by setting a minimum and maximum daily fiber amount. It doesn't matter which numbers you plug in... I have my minimum set as 1 and my maximum as 50... the numbers there aren't important. I just put them in, to get Fitday to count for me. After doing this, the fiber grams will show with the other totals for carbs, protein, fat. Just subtract the fiber grams from the carb grams, and you have your net carbs.

For the 5 days of the challenge, you may want to enter veggies only into Fitday... that way, you don't have to separate the veggie counts from the rest of your foods. That's how I did it on my first Veggie Challenge... I was new to using Fitday, and I learned how to use it during that challenge. If you are very familiar with using Fitday and want to continue to track all of your foods, just make sure to separate your other net carbs from your veggie net carbs before reporting your totals each day.

Of course, you are not required to use Fitday... you can easily keep count of your net veggie carbs on paper. I'll provide the links again to the places on the internet that you can use. Here we go:

The first link (Nutritional Spreadsheet) is a fantastic resourse that is found in the FAQ forum on this board. It lists each food, how much of that food equals 1 cup (in weight), the nutrition facts, and in which rung the food is allowed. I've printed this list and use it all of the time.

NUTRITIONAL SPREADSHEET

Calorie King is a great site for nutrition facts.

CALORIE KING

Nutrition Data has nutrition facts.

NUTRITION DATA

This link is to a list of acceptable foods for Atkins.

VEGETABLES

Let me know if any of you are unclear or have any questions, OK?

[mitzimarie]

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I have a concern...I literally have tried every veggie. I am actually a person who prefers veggies over most foods.

No need for concern! For those of you who don't think that you can come up with a veggie that you've never tasted before, try to come up with a new way to have a tried and true favorite... get creative!

[EverLosing]

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Count me in, too!! I'm OWLing and will go for 17 net carbs per day!

[OzLover]

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Veggie challenge has come just in time for me. I've been on a slippery slope since my mini vacation. Realizing the need to get back to basics & visit Induction for awhile.

Sign me up Mitzi. Thanks!

[mitzimarie]

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What a great way to start my morning! Two of my good friends are joining my challenge.

Our updated roster:

mitzimarie - Maintenance
Georgiana - OWL
Luvmybabies - Induction
allie - Induction
Fancy1952 - Induction
jimmie48 - Maintenance
blueberrylady - OWL
ThinSoon - Induction
imagood1 - OWL
momtomany1 - OWL
Niko - Induction
C P - OWL
Sunny_One - OWL
gemgirl - OWL
EverLosing - OWL
OzLover - Induction

[emmie30]

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Is there room for me here? I tend to stick to the same (broccoli, cauliflower,peppers,lettuce,. . .) and im so up for trying out something new.
Im on extended induction so I pledge 12 net grams.

[mitzimarie]

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Is there room for me here? I tend to stick to the same (broccoli, cauliflower,peppers,lettuce,. . .) and im so up for trying out something new.

You bet there is room for you! This challenge is made for situations like yours. Yay!


Our updated roster:

mitzimarie - Maintenance
Georgiana - OWL
Luvmybabies - Induction
allie - Induction
Fancy1952 - Induction
jimmie48 - Maintenance
blueberrylady - OWL
ThinSoon - Induction
imagood1 - OWL
momtomany1 - OWL
Niko - Induction
C P - OWL
Sunny_One - OWL
gemgirl - OWL
EverLosing - OWL
OzLover - Induction
emmie30 - Induction

[Fancy1952]

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Thanks Jimmie, I did go to the Nutrition Data website and also clicked on the Carb Count File that mitzi had included. The 2 sites differ somewhat in numbers but not enough to worry about. This will be fun, but as I sit here typing, I just realized that I had too many carbs yesterday! I was thinking 20 gm, but it's actually 12 gm on Induction. Guess I'd better cut out the Mayo/dressings! Again thanks for your help!
Suzanne

[jimmie 48]

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mitzi leader teacher girl.... i have a question. [[[raising hand frantically]]]

are we rounding up and down those net veg carbs. for example, i'm doing maintenance so my minimum is 21 net veg carbs. if my fitday number comes out to 21.6 can i round it to 22?

[quiltkat]

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Me too!
OWL 17 grams from veggies
Thanks so Much Mitzie