Veggie Question

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Registered: 02-19-2007
Veggie Question
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Tue, 04-29-2008 - 9:42am

I realized that on SB you need a minimum of 4.5 cups of veggies a day. My question is does lettuce in my salads count? I have been trying to bring a salad to work that has about 2 cups of lettuce mix (regular, romaine, spinach) and then cucumbers, carrots, ff cheese, tomatoes, few raisins(for flavor) and then some turkey. And with lettuce.. how do you define a cup if it counts? Do you pack it in like measuring brown sugar or just fill it up pretty full?

Thanks.



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Registered: 12-06-2007
Tue, 04-29-2008 - 2:59pm

Lettuce definitely counts; you can use a cup to measure if you want, and loosely measuring it is fine.

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Registered: 02-19-2007
Tue, 04-29-2008 - 3:13pm
I literally only put 10 raisins on the whole 2-3 cup salad. I have been in phase 2 for awhile now. and I only have them once a week or so. Is it really that bad?


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Registered: 12-06-2007
Tue, 04-29-2008 - 3:15pm

If they don't cause cravings, then they are probably okay.


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