Fitday + Atkins = Confusion

[mcoughlin1981]

Hello everyone. I did Atkins about 4 years ago and lost a large amount of weight thanks in part to the tremendous support from tbhis board and a healthy addiction to the gym (I used to be Eireannegobragh, but I can't find my password). A lot has happened since then and I find myself almost back up to where I was before b/c I fell off the wagon at 90mph and hit the ground HARD. I was quite adept at following the plan, but that was before Fitday was as good as it is. I now find myself inputting everything I eat and relying on that carb counter. Previously with regards to veggies, I would measure out 2-3 cups depending on what else I had going on and would liberally eat the "freebies". Now it's telling me that just 3 slices of cooked eggplant are going to put me wayyyy over. In the past I would have measured a cup of that eggplant and eaten it no sweat.

I guess what I am asking is, is it better to go through the nitpicking FitDay does or should I stick with the old quantity measuring I was doing before?

Man I could use a beer....

[Georgiana]

If you count net carbs, a cup of raw eggplant only has 1.9 carbs. It is net carbs you should be counting.

You must count your carbs in order to know how many you should be eating once you move to OWL (add 5g to what you have been eating in induction). Whether you prefer to do this in Fitday, in DailyPlate, in NutritionData or on paper, it's up to you.

[mcoughlin1981]

So I should customize every food I add rather than leaving it up to the previously entered food the program picks up? For example I made stuffed peppers yesterday and it told me 1 medium green bell pepper was like 5.5 g of carbs ( it doesn't seem to grasp the concept of net carbs). Technology is great but really jacks sh*t up!

[Georgiana]

Well, you add all your foods in Fitday, and then you do the math yourself. Fitday shows the total carbs and the fiber (in the summary you see on the main page, where all your foods are listed), so you just subtract the two to figure out how much you ate that day.

BTW, it's the same thing when you read nutritional labels in the US.

[mcoughlin1981]

It never dawned on me to do that even though I do it when I read labels. Thanks! Light dawns on marble head!

[Mirya]

I won't use fitday because of having to do all the extra stuff with it. I just prefer to write out what I eat and only eat it based on net carbs. I won't buy anythign that doesn't show sugar carbs in it. Fitday never worked for me or I just got to frustrated with it. Ever after the net carbs it still doesn't come out correctly.

[Georgiana]

What do you mean it doesn't come out correctly? I never had problems with it.

[sweeten09]

Every time I went on Atkins the only records that showed me how much of what to eat was fitday. For 1 month back on Atkins I finally got within my ranges of 65/30/5 percent. If I don't have enough salad or veggies fitday tells me. Before, when I had questions on how much of anything, fitday helped me make my menu and showed me where my percentages should be.
Keep walking.

[liv]

Another fitday fan here. But I guess everyone is different.

[DebbieW]

I love Fitday, it really helps me keep within the percentages!