New P2 is one week step down (old P2) and 8 weeks depending on weight loss & your comfort with it) of stabilization. In terms of the veggies, the ones that “don’t count” are the occasional and select veggies that are the same as P1. If you want to keep that in check without having to keep track of just those net carbs, pick the unlimiteds and the select and keep your occasionals to 4 cups or less per week. Everything else vegetable/fruit/grains/potatoes/beans counts toward the net carb limit. So, 4 cups zucchini you don’t have to count. Technically, 2 cups of tomatoes you don’t have to count but if you think you are quite sensitive to the carbs sugar in them, then just keep them to up to 4 cups per week. Keep either a paper or IP app food diary so that you can see if those make an impact that you will have to track. Does that make sense? Limit Greek yogurt or cottage cheese to once a day then cut back if that becomes the problem. Some people are very carb sensitive and actually do need to count ALL the net carbs and limit them ALL to 40. Do you think you might be in that group? I am surprised that P2-stabilization works as written and works well for me—stunned, actually. (I’ll have my struggles when there is actually opportunity to eat at restaurants and more socialization opportunites that revolve around food or just eating stuff that other people cooked and figuring out how to count it. )
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