question about vegitables

[carbless_in_seattle]

I don't get it.

It says to eat 12-15 net carbs of vegitables per day. Which for my daily induction diet includes the following (using the atkins carb counter):

3 cups of romaine lettuce: 1.2g
1 cup of broccoli: 2
1/2 cup of multi-colored bell peppers: 2.3
1 cup cucumber: 2
12 cherry tomatoes: 5.6

=13.1g of carbs in vegitables.

But then other places I read that you're supposed to eat 3 cups of salad greens and 1 cup of vegitables, not more. You can't get 12-15g of net carbs from that little vegitables. But that's what it says, so am i eating too many?

Then i was reading the article that outlines the OWL phase 2, and it says to add 5 carbs the first week of vegitables and gives examples of vegitable portions that contain "roughly 5 grams of net carbs", and under that list are things like "1 cup cooked broccoli" but under the carb counter, that comes to 3.2 net carbs. there's also listed "1 cup cauliflower", which is 2.6 under the carb counter.

So I don't understand! Someone help me!

[carbless_in_seattle]

i just realized i spelled vegetables wrong like 100 times in that post. forgive me.

[Elizellen]

dont worry about the spelling We knew what you meant!!

It is confusing as the Atkins website has changed their recommendations to increase the suggested amount of veggies and have said we should have 12-15 net carbs from our veggies, whereas Dr Atkins said in DANDR to have 2 cups from the 'salad veg' list plus one cup from the 'other list'.

He also said we should have 'most' of our daily up to 20 net carbs from our veg - which does in reality mean about 12-15 net carbs I suppose.

But as you have noticed, if someone chooses to eat 3 cups of 'chewy water' (aka lettuce ) as their 3 cups of veg this would only make 1.2 net grams of carbs, meaning they shouldn't really allow themself more than about half a gram of carbs of other foods (one egg!) as well if they want to stick to the 'most from veg' rule!!

So in order to stick to Dr Atkins rules laid down in DANDR we need to choose our veggies carefully from those with higher carb counts per cup.

We have a semi-annual challenge where we try to get the correct amount of carbs from our veg which might give you some ideas on how to do this.

Here is the last one's thread
Are You Eating Your Veggies? Challenge #2

I had a quick look and here is how one member did it

Originally Posted by Yo Yo Girl

Day 1 veggie challenge: 12-15g net carbs

1 small tomato - 3g
1/2 cup mushrooms - 1g
1/2 cup green beans - 3g
1 small zucchini - 3g
1/2 cup red capsicum (red pepper) - 3g

DAILY TOTAL - 13g

So maybe a reading of that thread will give you some ideas.

BTW not all the participants were on induction, so you will see some people posting higher carb counts because they had progressed up the OWL ladder and were aiming at a higher net carb total from their veg.

I hope this helps

[carbless_in_seattle]

thanks! Your response was very helpful!