Is it okay to eat more vegetables than is recommended by Dr. Atkins? Also is it okay to eat more veggies on induction than what is allowed?

I think that you should eat the 3 cups salad/ 2 cups salad 1 cup vegies on induction if you want to lose the most weight but after that count your carbs and keep them below 20. This worked for me.

I began Atkins with help from the Atkins site and I don't recall specific amounts of veggies listed. I do recall reading a big list of allowable vegetables and the carbs they contained. I ate my favorites veggies from the list and kept my carbs under 20 grams per day. I also did not worry if I was in ketosis or not. Now I am approaching pre-maintenance and I eat a low carb diet without counting carbs. Not because I think counting carbs is unnecessary, I just have a pretty good idea of how many carbs I am consuming.

I sort of eyeballed it, honestly. During the first couple weeks, I got so paranoid about veggies... but really... it's just lettuce. And it's only like .3 carbs/cup for it. I stayed between 15-20 carbs/day... and some days I'd have 3-6 cups of lettuce... and sometimes a little cucumber in there... a pickle here or there... or steamed broccoli with dinner. I don't think you can hurt yourself with veggies, but keep in mind that your best friend is something like bacon or beef. If you're gonna splurge and have a cup of broccoli with dinner, put butter all over it and you better get cheese on that burger. Remember to keep your fat ratio up up up!!