Fitday confusion!!

[DebbieW]

Hi Guys,
I have just strated using Fitday(yesterday) and put in everything I ate and was shaken by the total of carbs in the column it came out at a WHOPPING 52.6!

However my percentages were Fat 64% Carbs 9% and Protein 27% which judging by other posts isn't too bad. What am I doing wrong?? 52.6! thats not good

Any help/advice/suggestions greatfully received!

Ciao xx

[Georgiana]

The simple answer -- eat less carbs. But seriously, we cannot help you unless you tell us what you are eating. Also, be aware that you should subtract dietary fiber from total carbs to find the net carbs (which are the ones you should be counting on Atkins).

[DebbieW]

hi,

here's what I ate yesterday, sorrry!
how do I deduct fibre when it isn't listed on Fitday?

Breakfast, 2 egg omelette with 3 rashers Bacon & 2oz Sauteed mushrooms
2x 8oz water

Lunch, 2 roast chicken thighs, 4oz roast onion, 2 oz Brus sprouts, 2oz Pepper, (chicken wrapped in bacon) 2 x 8oz water

snack, 2 x bacon & cheeese (2oz) rollups 2x 8oz water

Dinner, Left over cold chicken x 2 Thighs, 4 cherry tomatoes, with 3oz of deep fried Kale topped with lardons. 1 decaf coffee & 1 tablespoon of double cream. 2 x 8oz water

[Georgiana]

You are eating too many veggies. To give you an idea, you should have about 3 cups a day, 2 from the list of veggies very low in carbs and 1 from the "other" list OR 3 from the former.

Dietary fiber is listed in Fitday. It's at the bottom of the page (not where the foods are, but in the summary below), under "Carbohydrate".

[DebbieW]

You are eating too many veggies.


I actually weigh my veg rather than guestimate with cups. DANDR states you can have 8-12oz from the salad list, mine yesterday was 6oz from the salad list, DANDR states that if your salad veg do not exceed 8oz you can have 5oz-7oz of the other list, mine was 7oz so according to the book I am actually not eating too many veggies.

cheers anyway.

[Georgiana]

What book are you using? I cannot remember ever reading about the 8-12 oz + 5-7 oz rule in DANDR 2002 (which is the one we go by here). Can you tell me the page where this is written? What the book says (page 123) is

Originally Posted by DANDR 2002

Eat no more than 20 grams a day of carbohydrate, most of which must come in the form of salad greens and other vegetables. You can eat approximately three cups -- loosely packed -- of salad, or two cups of salad plus one cup of other vegetables (see the list of acceptable vegetables on pages 125-126).

I entered your menu in my Fitday, excl. meat... just veggies (all raw), eggs and cheese. Veggies alone have 30.2 carbohydrates, out of which 7.4 are fiber; this means 22.8 net carbohydrates. 2 large eggs are another 0.8 carbs, so a total of 23.6 net carbohydrates. Add to this two ounces of cheese (Dr. Atkins advised dieters to count 1 ounce as 1 net carb) and you go up to 25.6. Cream has about 0.4 per tablespoon, so that's 26 net carbs. Assuming you haven't used anything else to your meals (e.g. spices) and that the bacon has 0 carbs, you are above 20 g of net carbohydrates. In fact, you are above 20 just from your vegetables... so, if we go by DANDR 2002, you are eating too many.

A suggestion would be to eat less onion -- there are almost 9 net carbs in 4 oz of raw onion. There are also about 7 net carbs in 3 ounces of kale.

[DebbieW]

on page 125 salad vegetables you can have 8 - 12oz per day
on page126 other vegetables you can have 5 - 7oz per day if salad does not exceed 8oz.

why are you counting eggs? these are in th "eat liberally" category!

Cheese also on page 125 you can eat 3 - 4oz daily with 1 oz being 1 carb.
the cream is accounted for in the no more than 3 tablespoons per day I dont usually have more than 1.

The Kale and onion are included in his list but I will probably avoid them in the future.

[DebbieW]

I did probably overdue the other veg list by 3oz. Will not do it again! oops

[Brook]

Be sure you're entering in just raw counts on veggies - and add in what you prepare them with. Fitday has recipes built into it, so double check to make sure it's just the raw veggie that's going in.

Also- when it comes to your veggie measurements, weighing is way more accurate than the cups measurements. Be sure that you're using *raw* weights though- before you cook the veggies. 1 cup of raw tomatoes is a *lot* less tomato than 1 cup of cooked tomatoes, iykwim -and your carb counts will be off if you don't do this. Way off.

[Georgiana]

Hmm... I believe we are using different books. I have this one:
http://www.speakwell.com/well/2002_f...ges/atkins.jpg