Low Carb Archive - Weekly Food Log Aug. 11-17/03

Ok Ladies, it's a new week, let's throw last week's bobbles out the window and have a fresh start. GO TEAM!

B
Coffee with Splenda
3 slices turkey bacon with butter
(4)

L
1 cup salad with 1 tbsp of ranch dressing
1 cup hamburger
(1)

D
1 chicken breast grilled in oil and vinegar dressing
1 cup salad with ranch dressing
1 cup cucumbers
(5)

Ratio: 65/31/4
Total: (10)

I always eat the same thing! I really am a stickler for rountine OMG.

"Officially" back to 200.4 (altho yesterday scale did read 199.4??) What gives? This is driving me nutso:p ...just in time for PMS next week...oh goodie, something to look forward to!:devil:

Monday:

Breakfast:
chocolate mock danish (added 1 tsp of cocoa..yum) (4.5)
decaf w/cream (1.5)
=6

Lunch:
spinach salad (2)
caesar dressing (1)
roast chicken tossed in (0)
=3

3 pm Snack:
diet soft drink (1)
2 slices cheddar (.6)
=1.6

Dinner:
strip loin steak
mushrooms/onion (2)
1 c cauliflower w/grated cheese (3.5)
tea w/splenda & cream (1.5)
=7

Total: 17.6

So if I'm back to 199.4 tomorrow can I count that as my "official weigh in"??? (as I begin to gain a few lbs prior to TOM next week?:D ) (My luck I'll be up another lb instead of down!)

Oh ya...had a handful of SF jelly bellies that a friend had given me (had them in my desk)...will I ever learn that the maltitol monster is NOT MY FRIEND...I have been having stomach/gas pains all evening! When will I ever learn!

Froufie:cool:

Im gonna start posting here with you all!

Here was Sunday's Journal:

B - 2 scrambled Eggs
3 sausage Links


L - 4 oz Cheese Burger - Broiled
4 43 inch celery stalks with 1.5 TBSP of cream cheese


D - 6 oz of home smoked salmon
1 cup asparagus with olive oil
1 cup mixed greens with olive oil, herbs and a dash of parm. cheese

72% / 25% / 3% acording to FitDay

11 Carbs

Sat

B 2 eggs, 3 strip bacon, 2 tomato slices

L handful of nuts

Had supper out at a Resort, so did not count carbs, but stayed away from the breads, potatoes and such.
S crispy fried oysters (done with cornmeal), seafood bouliabasse (sp?), 1/4 of a slice of cheesecake and too many martini's hee hee hee. Not low carb but not as overboard as I coulda gone!

Sunday

B chicken breast, needed something in my tummy

L ick nothing tummy not so good after the martoonies!

S Low Carb Chicken Alfredo over spaghetti squash.

Today was good so far -

B scrambled eggs and breakfast meatballs

L Salad with ranch, bacon, almonds, deli turkey, cucumbers,mmm

D I haven't eaten it yet, and I won't tempt you with telling...

I finally lost the 10th pound. Every 5 pounds I get carbs. So, tonight we are going to eat Chinese. That is all I am saying! Back to it in the morning. I can handle this as long as I know I get carbs in 5 more pounds...

Froufy, I have a recipe for a mock danish like yours that I think is peanut butter chocolate...I will look for it and post it in recipes!
Yes, you count that 199.4! You go girl!!!

Hey Karen,

Where did you get the 43 inch celery sticks! Awesome...gotta get me some of those (what's the carb count by the way...lol)

Froufy

Monday:

B: 2 Eggs Scrambled
3 slices of bacon

L: Chicken Breast cooked in Olive Oil Diced on a bed of Romaine Letuce

D: 6oz pork roast
1 cup Zucchini sauteed in olive oil


58/39/3

11 carbs

Froufy - that was supposed to be 3 - 4inch stick of celery! LOL! what a typo!

So with all the motivation of a 2 ton truck now, here's another day...

B
coffee with splenda
2 poached eggs
(4)

L
1 4oz. steak
1 cup Romaine lettuce
1 tbsp caesar dressing
(2)

D
1 chicken patty
1 cup lettuce
1 tbsp ranch dressing
0.5 cup broccolli
(5)

Ratio: 64/31/5
Total: 11

Tummy

Okay...first two times I got on (before my shower) scale read 199.8....third time after my shower it said 200....but I figure that was the water weight...you know all those droplets....and wet hair weighs a ton (even tho mine is fairly short!:lol: )...anyhow I am counting the 199.8...and moving forward (or should I say downward?).

Breakfast:
flax-o-meal cereal (2)
sugar sub (.5)
decaf w/cream (2)
=4.5

Lunch:
small can tuna -3 oz (0)
salad (3)
dressing (1)
=4

Snack:
1 slice cheddar (.3)
diet cream soda (1)
=1.3

Dinner??? no plans yet.....

So far 9.8...which gives me room to play with...I am craving fish/seafood today...very weird! May have to pick up some salmon on the way home! I have some shrimp skewer things in the freezer - might make a good appetizer, very lc;)

Too bad about the short celery sticks...thought we were onto something there....mutant celery!

Froufy:cool:

Monday

B salmon patty x 2 with 2 T ranch jalapeno dressing

L green salad

S salmon patty x 2 with 2 T ranch jalapeno dressing

Hope Robin posts the carb count sooooon, don't want to be eating 4 a day if they are high in carbs. :-)

Water water water and 1 coffee.

Hey Meowna,

If you know the size can and the ingredients you have used you can go onto Fitday and figure it out....even create a "custom food" so you don't have to do this each time you eat them.

If you only used eggs, parmesan cheese and salmon..it should be pretty easy. If you used the protein powder I guess you will have to use the info on the product?

Good luck!

Froufy

B- 3 Sausage Links
1 Egg
Decaf with heavy cream

L - 6 oz Smoked salmon
1 cup lettuce
1 tbsp crumbled bacon
1 tbsp Olive oil

D - 6 oz chicken breast grilled
2 cups shreaded lettuce
2 Tbsp shreaded jack cheese

S - decaf with heavy cream

59/39/2

6 carbs

Ok.. can I have that little carbs?

I made the decision to start again today without some of the more questionable items (aspartame, low-carb shakes and bars). I still have some nitrites in there, but that's pretty hard to avoid around here.

B: Vienna sausages (0)
(Thankfully, I like them...so it's easy for me to live off them if I had to)

S: Forgot to take my vitamins in the morning, so grabbed a cheese stick (1)

L: Luby's:
Baked white fish ( max 2 due to spices and sparing use of their unsweetened tartar sauce)
Mixed vegetables (2)
Small salad (2)
Salad dressing (2)

D: Kielbasa sausages (3)
Home-made horseradish sauce to dip them in (1)
Salad (2)
Salad dressing (2)

Total: Around 17. Then again, due to eating out, I don't have really exact counts, but I do tend to count the max for each. I likely hit closer to 12-13 carbs today

Yes, yes, yes...I'll eventually get motivated enough to battle FitDay and start entering the dozens and dozens of custom entries. Someday. At this rate, though, I'll probably be plucking feathers from my bacon before I get around to it.

I did get out to a Sun Harvest (mostly organic foods grocery store) tonight. I took along one of the better low-carb cookbooks I had bought recently. It has a good section in the front going ingredient by ingredient, pointing out the 'low-carb highlights'. I used this to buy a few odds and handle recipes in the book. I now have a bunch of soy flour, soy powder, wheat bran, etc, etc. I found flax meal, but not a prepared flax-o-meal, so I'll be trying to find something to do with it as well.

I'll probably pick up more on that in another thread...

Well I'm going to have a weird schedule today so this is going to be a challenge, I'm working 11pm to 7am UGH! and even worse I'm up at 9am, does not bode well for this evening, I think a nap may be in order.

I'll probably eat quite a bit today becuase I'm going to be awake nearly 20 hours, oh the horror!

So it may be at odd times but here goes...

Meal 1
coffee with splenda
3 slices of turkey bacon
(4)

Meal 2
1 chicken patty (finally figured out how to make them good and not fall apart)
1 cup lettuce with 1 tbsp ranch dressing
(1)

Meal 3
1 4 oz steak with jerk sauce
1 cup mushrooms
1 cup lettuce with ranch dressing
(6)

Ratio:64F/4C/32P
Total: (11)

Almost got lazy today and didn't want to check grams or ratios but not gonna give in to the lazies yet!

Tummy

Feeling cranky and suffering from a sore throat!:( (that'll teach me to share my water bottle with my youngest who also has a sore throat and a fever...hmmmm)

Breakfast:
none to speak of
decaf w/cream (2)
=2

Lunch (early of course!)
3 hb eggs (1.8)
mayo (.5)
salad (2.7)
oil/vinegar dressing (1)
=6

Snack:
2 mozzarella cheese sticks (.5)

Dinner:
leftover steak w/mushroom & onion (1)
cauliflower (3)
w/grated cheese (.5)
=4.5

Total: 13...room for some snacks as I feel hungry...craving sweets...again....very disappointing. Will drink more water and have a piece of sf gum...hope this helps.

Froufy:cool:

P.S....oh ya...and my evil scale is reading 200.6 this morning...why do I even bother getting on? I will have to start avoiding it....for a while anyways given TOM approaches!:s:

B - Decaf Coffee
TBSP Heavy Cream
3 Sausage links
2 eggs Scrambled in fat from sausages

L -4 oz smoked salmon
1 cup romaine
olive oil
parm. cheese

S - 1 tbs creme Cheese

D - 6 oz pork chop
15 olives
1 cup green beans
with Olive oil


68%/ 23%/ 3%

11 carbs

Wednesday, Day 17 OP

4 slices Canadian bacon
1 oz hard cheese

4 oz deli BBQ chicken
1 cup mixed salad
1 tbsp Ranch dressing

2 Atkins Indulge PB cups
2 tbsp cream cheese mixed with Crystal Lite powder & 1 tsp chopped pecans

6 link sausages
1 egg
1/2 cup green beans with butter

199.2 - dare I believe it:?: I think not....this is just the Evil Scale Monster's way of teasing me.....especially before TOM! Just plain evil I say:devil:

Breakfast:
2 scrambled eggs w/grated cheese (1.5)
decaf w/cream (2)
=3.5

Lunch:
hb egg/tuna/mayo (1)
salad (3)
dressing (.7)
diet jello (.1)
=4.8

Snack:
diet crush (1)
2 slices cheddar (.6)
=1.6

Dinner:
Salmon pinwheels - from Loblaws..salmon stuffed with cream cheese and spinach! (1.6)
brocolli (3)
cauliflower (2)
=6.6

total: 16.5....maybe a decaf at Starbucks/Chapters this evening?
Fitday: 1425 calories: 69% fat, 26% protein, 4% carbs!!!

Froufy:D

Considering I was up at 11 am today, after working very very late last night, only 2 meals for me today:

L
Coffee with Splenda
3 slices turkey bacon
2 scrambled eggs
(5)

D
3 cups taco salad with sour cream
(3)

Ratio: 63F/5C/32P
Total: (8)

tuesday

B 2 eggs 3 strip bacon

L 1 salmon patty with jalapeno ranch dressing

S taco salad


Wednesday

B 2 eggs 3 strip bacon

L spaghetti squash with garlic sage cream sauce

S chicken wings and more squash and sauce

Thursday

B small steak and 1 egg

L spaghetti squash with cream sauce

S had to change the lasagne to curry pork with spaghetti squash and my splurge pappadums! YUM

B - 2 egg omlette with green onions and cheese
decaf with cream

L - Steak with cajun Seasoning
1 cup Romaine lettuce
1 tbsp Cream Cheese
1 tbsp olive oil

D - Chicken breast
2 cups of romaine
1 tbsp parm cheese

57/41/2

5 carbs

Whew, I have to get my schedule organized. Haven't been able to post! Work is craxy...

Today:

B Atkins shake

S handful of peanuts

L 2 cheeseburger patties, caesar salad

D grilled chicken breast on top of salad

S SF caramel thing...oh my, shouldn't eat many of these
decaf with cream


I have to get my butt over to fitday. I THINK I am doing well, but as slow as the scale moves, one never knows! Froufy, I think I have your scale's long lost sister. I 'gained' 4 pounds overnight, lost one the next day, then this morning lost another, peed and lost 1.5 more pounds...I believe it's insane.

Ahhhh, Friday, how fantastic, and I get my hair done tomorrow, what could be better?

B
Coffee with splenda
3 slices turkey bacon
2 scrambled eggs
(4)

L
1 cup lettuce
2 tbsp Ranch dressing
0.5 cup of Ham
(3)

D
2 cups chicken caesar salad
1 cup mushrooms
(4)

Ratio: 60F/5C/35P
Total: (11)

Tummy

Well after a VERY EXCITING NIGHT complete with flashlights, candles a big fire truck on our street, we have power on now...but now sure how long it will last...made sure to eat breakfast while I could still cook!

Now on my way out to find some gas for my van...onl 1/4 tank and I understand there are huge lineups at the pumps and they are running out of gas!

Taking 5 yr old with me...and bringing water bottles, snacks and books to read as it may be a one hour wait for gas! How freaky.

Maybe further brownouts during the day...so far fridge and freezer stuff seem okay despite power off for 9 hours last night.

I am eating a lot today? Not sure if it's cuz of:
-PMS
-Stress due to power outage
-boredom due to being home
MUNCHIES ATTACK!

Breakfast:
2 eggs (1.2)
2 slices bacon (.5)
decaf w/cream (2)
=3.7

AM Snack:
1/2 c whole milk yogurt with sf chocolate sauce = 5

Lunch:
egg salad (2)
3 pepperettes (1.7)
sliced cucumber (.5)
diet jello (.1)
=4.3

PM Snack:
1 tbsp peanut butter (2.1)
1/2 oz pecans (.6)
diet pop (1)
=3.7

16.7 total so far and I haven't eaten dinner yet.

Supposed to go see Miss Saigon tonite with girlfriend - HAVE FABULOUS TICKETS...but pretty sure it is going to be cancelled due to possible power problems....this makes me very cranky!

Dinner? still have those salmon pinwheels I did not eat last night....hope to be able to eat them tonight! (on the bbq if nothing else).

Hope everyone else is managing if their power is off ...at least I did not have to go to work today!:D :D

Froufy

P.S. 198.6 this morning.....battery operated scale is having a power failure??? ha ha. Hard to believe...maybe stress of no power has caused me to lose some weight!:lol:

Today was a good day again:

B Smoothie

L Cajun chicken salad with ranch and salsa

D pizza toppings in low carb tortillas (3)

Ok, I am stuffed from the pizza things, and I ate them 3 hours ago! I forgot...I did have 3 bites of Rob's sandwich at lunch. It was a mufaletta and had some yummy relish on it. It was white bread....eeeks!

Not enough water, too much Diet Coke today...

45 minutes brisk walking!

Seem to be off my "must have something in my mouth at all times" feeding frenzy!...thank goodness:D

Breakfast:
2 eggs
3 slices bacon
cream
=2.7

Lunch:
cold leftover salmon (0)
salad w/italian dressing (3)
yogurt w/sf chocolate sauce (5)
=8

On my 4th 20 oz bottle of water.....staying close to the washroom.

Dinner:
rib steak (0)
1 c. cauliflower (3)
cheese (1)
diet jello (.1)
decaf w/cream (1)
=5.1

15.8 Total

...and time to rent a DVD to watch tonite (no popcorn tho..boohoo;) ) assuming power does not go off. We have been lucky as not further blackouts...but our AC is no longer working ??? and we are sweating in here! All windows open!

Froufie:cool:

P.S. 198.8...amazing!

Well TOM has arrived which siginals a bloated fat feeling and a slight gain (199.2)....but I am feeling more in control of my eating.

Breakfast:
2 scrambled eggs w/grated cheese (1.5)
decaf w/cream (2)
=3.5

Lunch:
3 slices polish ham (.1)
eggplant salad (3.5)
1/4 roast chicken (0)
salad (2)
dressing (1)
1/2 can diet soda (.5)
=7.1

Off to SIL's pool, bringing our own food for the bbq
lean hamburger patties (probably 2) (0)
2 slices monterey jack cheese (.5)
caesar salad (2)
dressing (2)
diet soft drink (1)
=5.5

PM - decaf w/cream (2)

Total: 18.1

Froufie:D

Hi there!
This is my first day on Atkins' and I sure hope I've done it right, more or less.
I didn't measure out my food precisely so these are estimates for the whole day total, spread out over four meals.

1 cup raw almonds(I realise that they're not permitted during Induction, but I'm good otherwsie!)
1 cup mixed green salad
1/4 roast chicken(half breast and small wing)
3oz tuna

Total 1287 calories
67%/29%/4%
30g carb- 18g fiber = 12g net carb

Also went to the gym today... weights and elliptical. :D