I need some help knowing what veggies are good and which are bad when you are LCing! Any suggestions?!

This is one of the many reasons we tell people to read the book.

All the food you can or cannot eat on Atkins are laid our very clearly in Dr Atkins' New Diet Revolution.

Low carbing is too different from "other" eating to attempt it without arming yourself without as much information as possible. Would you drive a car without taking lessons first? To me, attempting to low carb without first doing some reading is much the same.

Until you buy the book, you will find lists of suitable vegies and other foods on www.atkins.com

Cheers.

Rosebud

thanks!! yeah, im plannin on gettin' the book this weekend, but i'm in college and live small paycheck to small paycheck!! I appriciate your input tho!

i avoid all starchy veggies (corn, beans, beets, potatos)

Have u gotten the book yet? There's also lots of info on www.atkins.com which vegetables are high on carbs and which ones that aren't..

Goodluck

atkins.com, plenty of info on what veggies to eat and how much.

Do not eat any root veggie... IE: Potato, beet, (radish are ok).. also stay away from anything that tastes sweet... like corn, an excess of onion... those are what I stay away from, primarily..

I hate onions anyway yuck! I wonder about sweetpotatos? Has anyone ever had turnip fries?

i'm pretty sure both are starchy veggies dustbunny

I've made the Spicy Turnip Fries from the recipe section on Atkins.com. They're really good and suitable for all phases of Atkins.

There are also tons of good advice on the web...At first I stayed away from all starchy veggies...but you know potatoes are such a comfort food and they are healthy too, that I decided to add them to ONE dinner a week...As long as you dont gain (and some people DO) then you should be fine to add starchy veggies in moderation...
Everyone has such different metabolism's that really..the thing that helped me is to write in a journal...I started on last december (just using a plain old notebook)..and wrote down the foods I ate...I did noticed if i had starchy veggies to often-my weight stalled...but how can you keep track if you dont write it down ? lol...so my advice is to maybe rent some low carb books from your library...and search the internet and definetly start a journal -that will help you more than anything
*Good Luck* !!!

There are heaps of "Carbohydrate counter" 's on line. Do a google search with the words that I put in inverted commas - including the inverted commas - and you should have a plethora of sites to choose from. They allow you to check the veggies or any other food for carbohydrate levels. That way you are always informed about what you can and cannot eat.
The Atkins online site is fully comprehensive and tells you exactly how to follow the diet (without purchasing the book - sorry Rosebud!). It pays to spend a good amount of time reading through the different articles on the site. It also has a printable list of allowable foods in the section dedicated to describing Induction. Spend a few hours browsing, you'll be more informed as a result.

i suggest getting the book, i went the route of online but later grabbed the book and found out there is a lot more info in the book.

I also eat a sweet potatoe once or twice a week. But, i work out 6 times a week for 1 hour, and do weights 2 times a week for 1 hour. due to the workout schedule i was able to increase my carbs some, and with the potatoe i would have about 45 carbs that day, without about 25-30.
Starches can stall, just experiment.

libaries are these wonderful places you can go to read books. For FREE! Just the place for starving students looking to learn more about diet....