Please tell me how 2-3 cups of salad adds up to 240-320 grams. (8-12 ozs.)

I just measured two cups of lettuce lightly packed as detailed in the book and it was barely 1 oz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just to get 8 oz on a plate will take a ENTIRE leaf head.

Those bags of pre-made salad are smaller than the required amount and how is that consistent with 2 CUPS????????????????

What am I missing??

THank you

By "salad" Atkins means all the salad vegetables listed on page 84 of 2002 DANDR. That includes some heavy vegetables such as jicama, cuccumber and diakon as well as very light ones like sprouts, lettuce and chives.

What he wants you to do is have 3 cup of those listed salad veggies perday OR 2 cups of them and 1 cup of the "other" lo carb veggies listed on page 85. A much more interesting list BTW but higher in carbs and higher on the glycemic index and therefore to be restricted.

Then I am doing this totally wrong and not even close to eating enough veggies.

Now, I better get myself over to Fitday and check out my calories. I bet I have actually been on a Low Calorie diet even with the fat it may not add up to minimum 1500!!!

UGGH, I am not hungry but i sure would like to get the details right. I even have the book and still have questions.

Thank you
Melissa