So I'm only on Day 2 of Induction and while I don't think I've screwed up by any stretch of the imagination, I'm very, very frustrated with the 'low-carb' food tracker apps that I'm using. If I go to other trackers, they seem to emphasize low-fat/low-calorie.

I don't WANT to do net carbs, I want to count my carbs the way I learned this years ago. I was a bit thrown off by the Atkins' website (which was *kind* enough to send me a package of 3 Endulge bars within 3 days of signing up) and the pre-planned menus full of packaged food. That's not why I'm here - pre-packaged food is what I'm trying to avoid. It's what got me into this mess in the first place. But I want to track my carbs/fat/protein with the actual numbers.

So I went back over yesterday's menu today after I realized it was giving me net carbs and luckily, I'm still only around 20 carbs total for the day. I'm eating whole foods (meats and veggies) and some dairy (1 - 1 1/2 oz of cream cheese in roll-ups, 1 oz of hard cheese, and a tbspn of cream in my tea at night). I may revisit the dairy amounts if I'm not losing next week, but a small amount of dairy has never been an issue for me, so unless I realize it's broken, I'm going with it.

I can't seem to get the Atkins app (or any low-carb app) to count full carb amounts for me - is there one out there? (I've got an iPhone if that helps). Or am I better off just getting an old copy of the book and using that manually? (Which I'll do if that's the answer).

Thanks for any help!

Eliza