Only eat your carb meal postworkout. They let the protein rush into the muscle for max recovery. Yes veggies count on your total carbs. Look into the net carbs of veggies, there not much at all....
I use it everyday. It gives me awesome energy to get it done. Try it you will like it. Start with one scoop and work your way up to you tolerance level. I only use 1.5 scoops.