Don't track your "full" carbs, track your net carbs (Carbs minus fiber)! There is no way to eat enough vegetables if you could all the carbs. And you'll need the fiber on this diet, trust me. Truvia has Erythritol in it that will show up as like 3 carbs a packet but it doesn't spike the blood sugar so you don't need to count those either.

I would agree that you may be getting a few too many veggies for Induction or to get into ketosis. The original Atkins New Diet Revolution did not suggest 6 cups of veggies in the first two weeks (I think it was 2 cups of loosely packed salad greens and an additional cup of other veggies) UNLESS you were feeling the effects of the "keto flu" too severely. That being said, the more recent versions of Atkins may have loosened up on veggie restriction. As you can see, there are little bits of carbs in all kinds of other things, too (cheese, dairy, eggs, faux-foods, coffee, etc.) and even though they're negligible at a gram here, or less than a gram there, they do all add up at the end of the day.

My suggestion would be to keep things very simple until you're solidly into ketosis and THEN start slowly adding more veggies back in until you find your comfort zone. My Induction period of Atkins 16+ years ago was stupid simple...bacon (or some other meat) and eggs for breakfast, meat and salad for lunch, meat and a cup of broccoli or cauliflower or other lower carb veggie for dinner. Liberal use of butter, mayo, olive oil to satiate. Stay far away from fake foods at the start, and don't go too crazy w/ elaborate recipes. Once you're feeling all of the benefits being in ketosis brings, you can very, very gradually experiment w/ upping your carbs until you're not losing anymore or the physical benefits you had been feeling are fading.

And don't by any means fall into the trap of thinking that if low carb is good, no carb is even better (been there, done that). Dangerous and it will bring on negative physical consequences that just keeping around 20 will avoid.

Hope that helps! :-)

I would track everything (including sugar-free gum unless the sweetner is completely Erythritol). You will find lots of "hidden carbs" in things you weren't aware had carbs. Basically, if it's processed, you will likely find a carb or two in it. For example, shredded cheese may have a carb or two - how do you think they get the cheese shreds to stay separated in the bag? Luncheon meats will often have 3 or 4 carbs a tiny serving. Don't always trust the nutritional labels either. For example, a packet of powdered splenda has .9 carbs, but they're allowed to "round" that to 0. Your leafy green veggies are a better choice, but they WILL have carbs, so make sure to be accurate even when you're tracking lettuce.

If it goes into your mouth, track it. For example, I'm up to 4g of carbs today. And I've had a 1/4 of shredded cheese, 2 slices of ham, 2 cups of coffee and a tsp of mayo to eat thus far today.