WAYYY too much?

[JKurz1]

Is it possible to have TOO much veggies? I'm looking at my diet and it's 75% protein and 25% fiberous veggies...I'm talking all kinds of veggies at every meal and tons of them.......feel like I'm gonna explode.........

 

[junk]

good question. bump...

 

[serbyte]

You cannot eat too much veggies, as far as veggies are concerned. But you could possibly eat way more carbs than you want. Im guessing you would have to have the stomach of a cow to eat this much though.

 

[Deleted member 33117]

Jkurz, no, the human body has actually evolved to eat over 50% of its food mass in the form of raw veggies. If anything your diet is still a bit short of what you should be consuming. Granted, none of us really get what we need. I shoot for 1 ibs of raw veggies every day.

 

[JKurz1]

If I'm not there, I'm close....trust me......maybe I should switch from broc and cauli to something else.....what do you use besides romaine?

 

[Deleted member 33117]

I use mostly romaine, but sometimes throw in broc or cauli for vairity. Cucumbers and celery are pretty common for me as well.

 

[chewyxrage]

i thought lettuce didn't have much nutritional value?

 

[junk]

MMm.. I'm following the ANPB diet.. Currentl my carb intake
stats at about 9% of cals a day and that's about 35-45 carbs
a day. I would love to add veggies as they fill you up and besides,
Brocolli for example is very yummy (especially when it's hot),
I wonder if that would sabotage the diet a bit, since the carbs
can quite add.

 

[obiwan9962]

i thought lettuce didn't have much nutritional value?

iceberg contains mainly water and fiber
romaine has more nutritive value
stick to darker leafy lettuces and spinach

 

[obiwan9962]

Is it possible to have TOO much veggies? I'm looking at my diet and it's 75% protein and 25% fiberous veggies...I'm talking all kinds of veggies at every meal and tons of them.......feel like I'm gonna explode.........

good post
i do not believe you can get too much veggies
as long as it is varied

when i was on induction on atkins that was where all my carbs came from
i still don't eat much in the way of starchy veggies but i eat lots of veggies too
almost 25%

one concern
if you are hypothyroid as i am, minimize calciferous veggies (broccoli, caulifower, cabbage, brussel sprouts)