Fri, Aug-16-02, 06:43
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Plan: LC, GF
Stats: 241/190/140
BF:
Progress: 50%
Location: Eastern ON, Canada
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hi deze,
The cup measures for salads and vegetables is just a guide. And an inaccurate one IMHO. There could be more or less in that cup, depending on how it's packed in there, or if the vegetable is in big chunks or small dice.
You're permitted 20g of carbs per day .. which certainly allows for larger portions of high-fiber vegetables. Use a good carb counter book, or our carb counter tool (from the orange menu bar at the top) to help you plan your meals. Fitday.com is another tool you can use to keep track of your menu.
Rosebud recently posted this to another member:
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This is an example of what you can have:
2 cups lettuce - remember iceberg lettuce has fewer nutrients than lettuces such as romaine - the ones with darker leaves are generally better.
½ cup peppers
½ cup cucumber
1 cup cherry tomatoes
1 cup broccoli
1 cup asparagus
1 cup cauliflower
2 fluid ounces heavy cream
According to Fitday, this gives you a total of 31 carbs, 12 fibre carbs - making a total of only 19 useable carbs.
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Obviously, if your meals have carbs from other sources .. eggs, cheese, processed meats, condiments, decaf coffee ... then you'd have to take that into consideration before adding more vegetables.
hth,
Doreen
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