Spaghetti Squash

[Kimberly_P]

Hi I bought some Spaghetti Squash yesterday and when I went to Fitday to enter it in it seems to have a pretty high carb count so I'm not sure how much to eat. I was going to eat half of one to get my 5 extra net carbs but I don't want to overdue it with my carbs.

[Barbde]

I had the same problem. I think fitday is way off on the spaghetti squash


Well, this site says 10 carbs - 2 fiber = 8 for 1 cup
http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-B00001-01c20lS.html

And this say 7 carbs - 1 fiber = 6 for 1 cup
http://inc.aces.uiuc.edu/Squash.PDF

[Barbde]

Oh wait. Your fitday says for 2 cups. And it's not deducting fiber. So I guess it's not too far off.

[Kimberly_P]

So if I ate half of one for lunch or dinner would I be ok as far as my carbs? I absolutely love the stuff and would eat it all day if I could but I don't want to go overboard.

[Atkid]

Originally Posted by Kimberly_P

So if I ate half of one for lunch or dinner would I be ok as far as my carbs? I absolutely love the stuff and would eat it all day if I could but I don't want to go overboard.

I have the same problem, it is just too good. A veggie I could definitely overcarb over. Think the site that I looked at said 8 net carbs per cup also.
But who can stay at a cup?

[not2late]

Originally Posted by Kimberly_P

So if I ate half of one for lunch or dinner would I be ok as far as my carbs? I absolutely love the stuff and would eat it all day if I could but I don't want to go overboard.

That's impossible to know if you did not measure the "half" before you ate it.

One of the catches about Atkins and about OWL Phase is that you should measure the foods in order to be as accurate as possible. If you don't have standard cooking measuring utensils (measuring cups and measuring spoons), you can get them at any store that has cooking utensils for less than $10.00

According to the USDA website, 1 cup of baked spaghetti squash has 10 total carbs, 2.2 fiber grams, for a net carb of 7.8. Therefore 3/4 cup would be around 5 net carbs.

Again, you need to measure your foods. Guessing the amounts on OWL can get you into trouble.

[mwalsh95]

I know this sounds stupid, but does anyone have a picture? I have never seen spaghetti squash and am curious.

[Kimberly_P]

Yikes! 3/4 of a cup eh? I haven't eaten any yet but I'll be sure to measure it out everytime I eat it. Now I know that in the book is says I can have 1 cup of it as long as I haven't gone over 2 cups for for salad veggies but since I can have 5 extra carbs can I have 2 3/4 cups servings with my dinner?

[not2late]

Originally Posted by Kimberly_P

Yikes! 3/4 of a cup eh? I haven't eaten any yet but I'll be sure to measure it out everytime I eat it. Now I know that in the book is says I can have 1 cup of it as long as I haven't gone over 2 cups for for salad veggies but since I can have 5 extra carbs can I have 2 3/4 cups servings with my dinner?

At this point, I wouldn't use a "new" vegetable as 1 cup Induction limit PLUS the OWL 5 net carb. At least, I wouldn't use it like that until I am sure how 5 net carbs of that "new vegetable" affects me.

For example, let's say I've never ate Brussel Sprouts during Induction. During OWL, I want to try them out. I would only eat 5 net carbs of it three times a week along with my dailly 3 cups of the Induction veggies to see how those Brussel Sprouts affect me. If they don't affect me, then I could experiment by adding the 1 cup plus 5 net carbs to see what happens.

mwalsh, here's a good link about it.
http://www.fabulousfoods.com/feature...pagsquash.html

[Atkid]

Originally Posted by mwalsh95

I know this sounds stupid, but does anyone have a picture? I have never seen spaghetti squash and am curious.

Looks like angel hair when it is done.
http://tomsdomain.com/recipes/spagsquash.htm