Hello, went to Fitday.com today and recorded what I have had so far today for breakfast. It seems that I have already comsumed the 18g of carbs out of the 20g that I am entitled to during Induction. Been on it for approx 3 weeks (tomorrow) and haven't really lost much, I am no beginning to realise that I am obviously comsuming far too many carbs a day therefore hendering my weight loss. This is what I usually have in a day:

3 x scrambled eggs cooked in butter = 7 carbs (made from dry eggs?? what are dry eggs anyways, I use your normal chicken eggs)
2 x italian or pork sausages cooked in butter = 0 carbs
1/2 x an avocado (black skin) = 6 carbs
1 x handfull of shredded parmagian cheese = 1 carb
1 x Decaf coffee with splenda = 3 carbs

TOTAL = 18 carbs so far.

I usually have for lunch 1 x soda with splenda = 3.5 carbs, 1 x ceaser salad & crab meat and shrimp salad = guessing about 15 carbs and I don't even want to go on to dinner now! Arghhhhh am I doing my carb count right?

There are only 2 net carbs in 1/2 an avocado too, like Freckles said, be sure to subtract the fiber.

Thanks for your replies so far! *big relief* I was going by the 'totals' on fitday. So, correct me if I am wrong, I should deduct what ever amount in the fiber column to get a more accurate count on carbs consumed?. Now that makes more sense. Excuse my ignorace though but what are 'dry eggs'? I could not find a listing for just normal eggs...crambled.

Thanx

type egg instead of eggs and it will bring up a list it's maybe ten down on the list and will say egg whole,raw

I was looking at fitday.com as well, and it said that an egg white had approx 2.3 carbs in it?? i thought it was like .3. There was no dietary fiber to subtract... what's the deal?

You were looking at a cup measurment. bring down the bar and change it to a single egg.

A dry egg, in the cooking world, means cooked with nothing added, no oil or butter.

Sounds like everyone's got you on the right track now! Just wanted to add that in the middle chart on your food for the day it will show the total Carbs and directly below it the Fiber. Just subtract the fiber and that's your true carb count. Fitday is great, but it takes a bit of getting used too!

Good luck!