To achieve getting the most from your carbs I'm under the impression that you have to have a salad at least once a day. However, my question is what if I wanted to get my carbs for the day from cauliflower and broccoli? Lets say 12g carbs in them ( I think thats about right). I would split it up between 2 meals. Is this okay or do I have to have to get some of my veggie carbs from salad?

If you would prefer other LC vegetables to salad, go for it! Lots of us don't limit green leafy veggies, or such lc veggies as broccoli and cauliflower.

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i wouldnt sugest getting all of your carbs from just broccloli and califlower.. you should add in other veggies
spinich can be added to casarols or other dishes easly w/ out realy noticeing its in there...

Mushrooms
radishes
celery
greeb beans
u should be able to find a good list of veggies that are low carb

there are tons of other veggies you realy need a broad verity of veggies so you get alot of the vitemans u need..

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Cooked veggies sound fine to me. Not everybody likes salads, I guess.

You might find that your taste for these things changes over time. Low-carbing seems to make me crave salads, not because they're good for me, but because I just crave something fresh, crisp, and non-greasy to put in my mouth.

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I have to agree with everyone. I don't think salads are essential but they sure give you nice quick uncooked alternatives to cooked vegetables. There have been many days that I didn't eat salad since I started this woe, for a variety of reasons. Not the least of which was I refused to buy cardboard tomatoes for $3.00 a pound in January. Counting the carbs is probably the best way to achieve good results.

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I agree also... if your diet is working, don't worry... whatever works best for you... I am lucky enough to love salads, so I dont have this problem. I do know someone who does, and they hate most salad vegetables, but they take a multi vitamin, and eat something different, and they are losing.

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Oh, I am definitely taking a daily multi-vitamin from GNC every day. I feel like I can tell performance wise if I didn't take it.

I am not really a salad person and so I have one maybe once in a week. I eat primarily green beans and broccoli daily and it's served me well!

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This is just my own opinion, and many may well disagree, but I found it the most simple to eat 20 carbs worth of veggies from the Induction list - be they from salads, zucchini, cauliflower, whatever. Keeps things simple & not boring.