day 3.

[lucyloo]

Hello everyone! I am just at the beginning of day 3 and was so tired yesterday I could not keep my eyes open... is this normal?? Food wise I am doing well, feels great to still eat but be on a "diet"
One question though - for my daily veggie intake I have been primarily eating spinach salads. I just finished reading on the forum that I should be limiting spinach to one cup a day as it is in the list of veggies higher in carbs but it is .2 / cup, same as romaine lettuce which was in the other list that said I could have 2-3 cups / day. Is there a reason for this?

Missing my coffee, decaf not cutting it !!

[liv]

Re: day 3.

Very normal for day three - we call it induction flu - the body has run out of sugar and not quite started to use the fat - but if will and then you feel enegetic again and you will be in ketosis (fat burning)
I think the reason is/was that Atkins felt most people cooked their spinach so he put it in the one cup group. You are fine with what you are doing but you want to wary your veggies to take advantage of the nutrients in them.
You'll get used to the decaf. All in good time
Congrats on starting