Sorry House, and others, but Can I just add one thing please? You don’t need to count carbs on this plan! The 50g carbs count comes from the collective wisdom of the internet but it is not from this book/diet. You don’t need to limit ‘overground’ veg, except by the natural limits that are imposed by including variety and limiting calories. It is helpful to read, and then re-read the book once you’ve gone a few weeks into it, because it can help to tighten up and tweak what you’re doing.
Re:veg. Mediterranean veg is ok. If you do shakes, he suggests you can have up to 200cals worth of veg on top, (about 500g peppers/ 32g carbs) so please don’t worry about including a variety of veggies throughout your week. But, if you read the book you will see that the menus also don’t pile plates high with veg; they will often have just one veg type with each dish, maybe two, and all calorie counted within the 800. The BIWI boot camp is interesting but it is not the same as this plan.
If you are counting cals to 800, choosing full fat first, avoiding fruit, cereals, rice, pasta, bread, potatoes, and sugar, and hugely limiting (ie. a small tbsp) Of things like quinoa, buckwheat etc (I avoid these too) and not having them every meal, you do not need to be concerned about the carbs in peppers or kale, or other green veg or any veg that grows above ground. Things underground, treat with more caution (celeriac, carrots, beetroot). If you do these and stick to 800-900 cals it it quite difficult to exceed 50g carbs anyway, it’s naturally self limiting. If you’re finding at the end of the day you’re regularly having quite high carbs, combined with not losing weight, then you need to address the fat in your diet- eat more of it! If you still restrict to 800 calories, your carb count with inevitably drop if you include more fat.