Wow Kim, great advice! I suggest using
www.fitday.com, a free on-line food diary that will calculate your calories, vitamins, carbs, fat, etc. Really cool tool, and FREE
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I have been struggling with the water thing but do manage to to get 8 glasses in a day.
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Great job!
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SOme days I'm just not hungry and go without breakfast or somedays it's lunch.
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You shouldn't skip breakfast because your metobalism slows when you sleep and doesn't perk back up again until you eat. If the idea of eggs gag you, munch a slice of cheese, some cucumbers w/ranch, celery stuffed w/some cream cheese, etc. No rules say you HAVE to eat breakfast food for breakfast.
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Well actually sometimes it's because I'm not hungry and other times it's because I can't stand the thought of another egg or piece of chicken. (I don't eat beef or pork so it's that much more limiting!)
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I make an easy Mexican sauce for left over cooked chicken that you may want to try. Mix about 2 oz. of cream cheese, 2 T La Victoria green taco sauce, a sprinkle of cumin, chili powder, garlic powder and onion powder. Heat and mix till smooth, add a little water so it's not so thick, and then add chunks of cooked chicken. YUM!
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Do you think not eating enough will have something to do with the weight not coming off?
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Not eating enough is problematic. Dr. Atkins says not to go more than 6 waking hours without eating. It keeps the fat burning mechanism in high gear. O yeah, eating doesn't necessarily mean eating a meal, small amounts of food are just fine if you really aren't hungry.
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I haven't incorporated exercise in yet either.
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It's really important, if for no other reason than that you don't wanna be flabby when you're at goal
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Does anyone use the ketosis sticks. I have thought about doing that to make sure I wasn't having to many veggies.
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Atkins induction requires 2 cups of salad veggies and 1 cup of cooked veggies or 3 cups of salad per day, so if you aren't exceeding that and are eating veggies from the acceptable list, you should be just fine. As for ketosis sticks... mmmmm. I used them to make sure that I was in ketosis when I first started and it was kinda cool, but they aren't reliable. If you drink a lot of water they register low, and if you eat too much protein they can register high (even if you aren't in ketosis at all). The best way to tell if you are in ketosis is that you'll have an odd metalic taste in your mouth, possible bad breath, supressed appetite, and your urine smells funny.
One thing you didn't mention, are you taking a multiple vitamin and a fiber suppliment? If not, you really need to.
Finally...
People loose at different rates, and unfortunately, the weight doesn't come off as fast as the first two weeks on induction. Your body is dumping a ton of water the first week or two, after that it's all fat! Pick up a box of butter at the grocery store and think that that's how much FAT you lost last week. Pretty cool, huh?
Welcome!
Tenn