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Common Questions, Ask Questions Here, Find Answers Here => General Questions => Topic started by: bratz984 on February 22, 2016, 10:45:53 AM
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This may be a silly question but I was wondering if the net carbs changed during the cooking process. I recently added the Atkins app to my phone to help keep track of my net carbs. I am a creature of habit and usually eat 2 to 3 eggs scrambled with cheese and real bacon bits with atkins chocolate shake for breakfast. I've been calculating that to be much lower than the app. The app states 3 scrambled eggs with cheese Is 6 net carbs. Is this correct? Does anyone have a better app recommendation on counting carbs? Please help :)
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Hi Bratz984, welcome to the party :) I have always counted eggs as 1 net carb.....cheese depends on what your using. For instance pre-shredded cheese has potato starch added to the mix to stop the slivers from sticking together. Some cheeses do have carbs. If you're eating 3 eggs with zero carb cheese and an Atkins shake for breakfast I would count as below.
3 eggs- 3 net carbs
zero carb cheese- 0 net carbs
Shake(assuming you're drinking the 2 net carb shake) 2 net carbs
Total breakfast 5 net carbs.
My rules are pretty simple, stay under 20 net carbs per day during your weight loss (http://www.fattoskinny.com/) period of time and you will continue to lose weight (http://www.fattoskinny.com/). 8)
I'm not much on apps, I like to do all my own counts. I do use my FAT TO SKINNY carb counter book often for that purpose.
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Thank u so much Doug! I am going to be ordering a few things from you this evening. I will make sure to add the carb counter. I have been doing lower carb for the past 3 weeks and have only lost 3 lbs. I'm discouraged but still determined. Because of your book I have just recently started staying under 20 carbs a day. It's a learning process for sure. Thank you so much for all you do to help pple like me become healthy :)
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Welcome to the FTS family, bratz984! :) :) :)
I've been living the FTS lifestyle since August 2010, and never looked back.
And never been healthier or happier with myself since I was 30 years old (I'm 64)! ;D
Doug's carb counter is a great reference.
Here are a few more online carb counter references for those items not in Doug's counter.
http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list (http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list)
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calorie-chart-nutrition-facts (http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calorie-chart-nutrition-facts)
http://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/ (http://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/)
http://www.calorieking.com/foods/ (http://www.calorieking.com/foods/)
Looking forward to hearing about your FTS journey!
Tony