A basic question

[albs75]

I have tried Atkins in the past but always blew it on the first weekend. This time I have the resolve to keep it going as long as it takes to loose the 60 pounds.

I have always had the following question: I have read Dr. Atkins book. The two cups of salad and 1 cup of other veg's seems like a lot fewer than 20 grams of carbs. For example, 1cup of butterhead lettuce is .7 net carbs (two cups is 1.4). 1 cup of red peppers is 6.6 net carbs. If I ate this as my two cups of salad and 1 cup of other veg I would be at 8 grams of carb. I'm confused!!!!

[Evermind]

Yep, most people end up with between 10 and 15 grams of carbs. The veggies don't account for a lot. The rest comes from cheese, flax seed, heavy cream, stuff like that.

[jimmyolsenblues]

sauces , graves, toppings, sweetners, diet gum, all sneak in carbs some place.
a lot of restaurants use corn starch as a thickener.
dressings too.
Good luck

[Elizellen]

You can increase your vegetable carbs by not choosing lettuce which is super-low in carbs. There are many other more nutritious vegetables on the 'salad list' than lettuce which is just chewy water!!

[thinkinthin247]

Originally Posted by Evermind

Yep, most people end up with between 10 and 15 grams of carbs. The veggies don't account for a lot. The rest comes from cheese, flax seed, heavy cream, stuff like that.

yeah I notice that I get most of my carbs from those foods. This is so easy