Vegetable Points

[DebbieBar]

I really don't understand how vegetable points work. How can a serving be 1/2 cup yet 1 cup of tomatoes or cucumbers be 0 points?

Also, let's say a have a salad. 1 cup of lettuce, 1 cup of tomatoes, 1 cup of cucumbers. That is 5 servings and 0 points.

What if I decide to have 1 cup of celery with my cottage cheese later that day.

Would it still be considered 0 points or because I've had my 5 servings of veg already would it count some points?

[SFCatwoman]

The way I understand it, vegetables (except for the starchy ones) have 0 points, and you don't have to count them beyond 5 servings. This has worked for me because I am a really hungry girl! I work out alot and I am a big volume eater (I eat veggies by the pound )!
SFCat

[DebbieBar]

I also am a volume eater and have had no problem with eating all the veggies I want until now. With the new Flex point I haven't been doing as well and I thought I may be because I'm eating too many veggies. Or, perhaps I need more than 20 points a day to lose weight. I've eaten every single one of my flex points on Friday and Saturday. Mabey I need to spread them out more. I love that I can splurge on the weekend and would hate to give that up.

I'm going to post this in another thread perhaps I'll get more replies.

[ September 19, 2003, 08:47 AM: Message edited by: DebbieBar ]

[jlrose]

You can eat as many of the 0-point veggies as you want and they are still 0 points.

[Medb48]

Deebie,

I'm a big veggie lover. But this summer the scale wasn't moving. All those 0 pts were great but I needed to add pts to my program. I've been eating those extra flex points and the scale is finally moving. graemlins/wave.gif