carbs and fiber

when you calculate carbs, do you use gross or net (carbs minus fiber) numbers?

Per the book you take the total Carbs minus the Dietary Fiber to get the NET # Grams. During induction, try to stay at 20 NET GRams... with 12-15 of that being from Veggies. This was the misstake I did a year ago, I didn't know to have 12-15 NET Carbs from Veggies... needless to say, I gained more than I wanted.
I quit smoking and knew I was going to gain a little... did'nt realize by doing the Atkins diet wrong would cause me to gain it. Last time I weighed this much I was 9 months pregnant with younger son who is now 23 years old. This time, I'm under a doctor's watch and I bought the Book to go with it.
Good Luck to You Delani!

so are you referring to atkins? is it the same for the zone?

I follow the original Zone book it says nothing about net carbs, just the GI is important when it comes to carbs. The website has people on there that do net carbs but that concept is from Atkins' books not Sears' books.

I just joined here and after one day of following the Zone am already feeling better! How could I forget how very much I love being in the Zone?