Counting Carbs!!

[Danni28]

Hi there everyone!!
Hope you are all getting on ok.

I wonder if anybody could help me out with a little problem i have?

As i have been saying in my other thread;i was not counting carbs,just knowing i could eat from the list in Atkins book,also 3-4oz cheese etc.

I know this method is no good when i go onto OWL,what i plan to do is count my carbs now and write down everything i eat.

I was looking at the carb counter in back of Atkins book, i could not believe how much carbs in veg, and i am big on veg lol

I like cheese and some pickled onions, i have bout 10 onions....does anyone know roughly how many carbs are in these?
The jar says 0.4g in 100g,confused!!

Anyway, i am getting on brilliant on this Plan,not hungary at all,no cravings either and i am 1 WEEK IN.
Not weighing myself til end of 14 days!

Thanks again
Danielle xx

[Elizellen]

Originally Posted by Danni28

I like cheese and some pickled onions, i have bout 10 onions....does anyone know roughly how many carbs are in these?
The jar says 0.4g in 100g,confused!!

How many grams in total does the jar say for 'drained weight' (without the liquid)?
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If you dont have a kitchen scales you will need to calculate it.

If there are say 250 grams drained weight in a jar and it has 25 onions in it then each onion weighs about 10 grams and would have 0.4/100 x 10 (=0.04 grams) each and mean you had eaten 0.4 grams for the 10 of them.

If however they were large ones and there were 10 in a jar of 250 gram drained weight then each one weigh 25 grams and would have 0.4 /100 x 25 (= 0.1 grams) each and there would be 1 gram of carbs in 10 of them.
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If you have a kitchen scales the easiest way would be to weigh them in grams, divide the total weight by 100 and times it by 0.4 to get the total grams of carb eaten

[Danni28]

Thanks Elizellen!
Yes, worked it out like that also, they were only small.
What confused me was in the DANDR, t said 10g carbs in an Onion(whick is large of course), surely i must have got this wrong!
Thanks
Danielle

[losetocruise]

If they are pickeled, store bought, be really careful. Regardless of the carb count, they probably are made with sugar. I make "pickled eggs, onions," etc
using a little vinegar and liquid splenda. if you use granuloar splenda count the carbs and the sweetner limit.

[Alexa]

Hi Danielle,

I love pickled onions too - but finding them without sugar is hard as these guys have said.

You said you like veg but are worried about it being high carb - don't worry, as once you take away the fibre it works out much lower. I use fitday to work this out, but I think the net carbs listed in DANDR also reflect this. You get a lot of fibre in veg, which you can take away.

[Danni28]

Thanks a lot for your helpful messages.
I guess it's just getting the hang of it at first that's hard.
Thanks
Danielle