How do I eat 20 net carbs a day?

[liv]

You do not have to have 20. I never had 20 on induction. Does not matter.


The vegetables are called salad veggies but you can eat any of them. And cook them any old way.
I have them sauteed, or in soup sometimes, Cook them down to a sauce (this can be done with red pepper)
If you eat peppers, mushrooms, jicama and radishes in your salat your carb count will go up. And if you eat things like pumpkin, spaghetti squash, tomato or onion from the other list it will go way up there.

The food to really think about in induction is fat. You are going to need fat to make this happen.

[I am not fat, I am fluffy]

It says you can eat no more then 20 grams. Its fine to be over. I would eat more veggies besides lettuse.

[Shrew2u]

I plugged what you said you ate (minus the almond milk) into NutritionData.com (which I use to keep myself honest) - here's what I got (23g net):

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Values I used:

Duck, domesticated, meat only, cooked, roasted - 1/4 duck
Egg, whole, cooked, hard-boiled - 5 large
Fish, sole, cooked, dry heat - 8 ounce
Lemon juice, canned or bottled - 1 tbsp
Lettuce, cos or romaine, raw - 3 cup shredded
Mustard, prepared, yellow - 1 tsp
Oil, olive, salad or cooking - 2 tbsp
Peppers, sweet, red, raw - 1/4 cup, chopped (Whole Foods egg salad has this)
Salad dressing, mayonnaise type, regular, with salt - 3 tbsp
Salt, table - 1/8 tsp
Spices, garlic powder - 1/2 tsp
Spices, oregano, dried - 1/4 tsp
Spices, pepper, black 1/8 tsp

Guessing at carbs can bite you on the butt; tools like Nutrition Data can help keep net carbs in check.

[liv]

Originally Posted by I am not fat, I am fluffy

It says you can eat no more then 20 grams. Its fine to be over. I would eat more veggies besides lettuse.

I am not sure what you mean.
But just to clarify. To follow Atkins it is not fine to be over 20 net carb grams. Nor it is fine to eat over 3 cups of veggies.

Just for anybody who may be interested a new challenge is starting up very soon called Read the Book
I did this challenge last year. It is fun to read the book with other people and find out new and interesting thing about the Diet
Here is the sign up:
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...challenge.html (2009 Read The Book Challenge)

[imagood1]

start eating eggs - each egg counts as (rounded up) 1 carb -- eggs are very versatile - deviled, soft boiled, hard boiled, fried, coddled, etc. Many people eat several eggs daily to get their carb totals up and to keep that full feeling.

like others have said - eat more than just lettuce. I take 1 cup lettuce and add 1 cup of veggies such as colored peppers, green onion, cucumber, celery & mushrooms -- also try something like blue cheese or ranch dressing (anything with 2 carbs or less per serving) for additional fat and carbs on your salad. This will make up your 2 cups of "salad" for the day.....Also from time to time I just have celery, cucumber, radishes, pepper strips, etc from the list and eat them in place of lettuce - lettuce doesn't have much nutrition - not like the other veggies I'm mentioned, so I don't base my daily meals around it.

Good luck -- find foods with carbs in them.

[imagood1]

Originally Posted by amazon1

1/2 pound Whole Foods egg salad - container says 2 net carbs

check the ingredients in your egg salad -- if you didn't make it check every container before you buy it for hidden sugars.

[Elizellen]

Like Carole I often have no lettuce at all but still have 3 cups of 'salad vegetables' - usually red peppers, celery, mushrooms, radishes etc.
In fact you could easily do Atkins without touching a bite of lettuce, which is basically chewy water!

[amazon1]

Every Whole Foods makes things differently. In our region (I think they all get some prepared foods from the same source) the egg salad just has celery, scallions and lemon juice. No red pepper. It says that there are 4 carbs in an 8 oz. container. The mayonnaise they use has honey in it. But on the jar of canola mayonnaise which I think is the same brand they use, it says 0 carbs per tablespoon. I think I'm not going to make myself crazy and continue to eat the mayonnaise.

My almond milk is Almond Dream Original Unsweetened. I realize, sadly, I can't have it during induction but you all should keep it in mind for later stages because the box says 1g carb per 8 oz - 30 calories.

What's the other website to calculate carbs?

[liv]

I use www.fitday.com

There are a few other too sparkspeople is one I think

[I am not fat, I am fluffy]

Originally Posted by liv

I am not sure what you mean.
But just to clarify. To follow Atkins it is not fine to be over 20 net carb grams. Nor it is fine to eat over 3 cups of veggies.

Just for anybody who may be interested a new challenge is starting up very soon called Read the Book
I did this challenge last year. It is fun to read the book with other people and find out new and interesting thing about the Diet
Here is the sign up:
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...challenge.html (2009 Read The Book Challenge)

Typo I meant to say its not ok to go over. Sorry