You're limited to 20 grams a day on Induction which includes the carbs in everything. Atkins gave the guidelines of cup measurement because included in those vegetables are carbier ones like Brussels sprouts, pumpkin, tomato and eggplant. You're not doing anything wrong as long as you eat from the Induction list and count all the carbs. Starting to low-carb is a huge learning curve so the guidelines keep you safe while you're learning to count carbs as well as dealing with all the new and wacky things that low-carbing brings into your life.

What I was trying to say about weighing is the carb count when you weigh salad is really quite small compared to using cups. Four cups of mixed greens when weighed is around 3 grams of net carbs.

Karen