Where does the SUGAR sneak in? Biggest culprit revealed :)

[Doug Varrieur]

Vegetables!

As serial dieters we've been raised to eat salads and veggies as a way to lose weight but carbs add up incredibly fast in a salad bowl especially if we don't measure.

Example- A small tomato, 3 carbs. 1/4 cup of onion 2.5 carbs. 1/4 cup of bell pepper 1.5 carbs. 2 cups of lettuce 2 carbs.

9 net carbs for the above salad, not including dressing or any other toppings.

SOLUTION;

Measure everything including your dressing and choose the lowest carb ingredients for your salad. Cut way back on the tomato and onion, add fresh spinach (1/2 cup .3 net carbs) use scallions or fresh chives instead of onions, a little goes a long way. Add cucumber for bulk, 1/2 cup is 1 net carb and be sure to keep an accurate count for your daily total.

Hum......so that's how rabbits get FAT   

[mouseissue]

Yes indeed... Carbs are EXACTLY how rabbits (and other animals including humans) get fat!

Have you ever been on (or considered) a diet that emphasizes "Bunny Food"?
At some point, I think we all have.

With Easter coming up, this is a good example to help explain how carbs make us fat to those who do not understand FTS.
Let's keep winning folks over to FTS that desperately need it!!!

[SuzyQ45]

Thank you for pointing this out.  I have been trained to believe a BIG salad is a good thing.  I will make sure I count every carb in the bowl

[Bella]

Thanks for the info...

[Rena]

Thanks, Doug! I was shocked when I found out a grilled chicken salad at McDs was 12 or 14 carbs, not including the dressing. I like the idea of replacing them with spinach, since it has so much more nutritional value than iceburg.