Carb Counters - Food Log: Feb. 9-15

Getting us started.

Breakfast:
Coffee with cream and sweetner -- 3
Almonds -- 2
String cheese -- 1

Lunch:
Bacon -- 0
Cheddar -- 1
Broccoli -- 2

Snack:
Peanut butter -- 3

Supper:
Chicken -- 0
Cauliflower -- 3

TOTAL: 15 carbs

Ok, I'll try this... Feel free to jump all over me if Ii'm doing something wrong.

Breakfast
Bacon- 0
Coffee with cream and splenda - 3

THE PLAN:

Snack string cheese -1

Lunch
Ham - 0
Asparagus - 2

Snack before Class: none


Dinner

Pizza- 6

total 12

Shimma - looks good! Your carb count for the coffee is probably a little off, though. Coffee is 1, splenda is 1 per pack, and I think cream is 1 per tablespoon.

Breakfast:
Extra sharp cheddar - .5
Sausage - 0
Green tea w/purple antioxidents - 1

Lunch:
Baked salmon in pesto - 2
Celery - 2

Before school:
Buffalo wings - 1.5
Celery - 2

After school:
Peanut butter - 2.5
Cream cheese - . 5

Total: 12

I am dying for ice cream lately. How strange is that?

thanks, keep forgetting coffee has one

A new day!

Breakfast:
oopsie - just realized I did not eat breakfast - was in meetings all morning...no wonder my tummy was so noisy! (did bring some cheese to work)
Decaf w/cream (3)
=3

Lunch:
chicken ceasar salad:
dressing (1)
parmesan (.5)
chicken (0)
romaine (1.5)
=3

Snack:
3 pepperoni sticks (1.5)
gum (1.5)
=3

Planned dinner:
pot roast (0)
brocolli/cauliflower (4)
grated cheese (1)
=5

Meeting tonight??? - decaf w/cream (2) or diet pop (1)
=3

Total 17

Now where do you guys find 0 carb bacon??? I found a brand here which is low salt and coincidentally sugar free!!!...on the package tho it is listed as 0.7 carbs for 80 grams which is about 3-4 slices.......and I count it as such or round up if I have more!

Froufy:)

Yikes! Then I bet none of us are eating 0 carb bacon. The producers don't have to put down percentages so they just say 0 carbs. I'll start counting 1 for every 4 slices.

...and i was so jealous - thinking why couldn't I find 0 carb bacon!!! I bet most bacon does have a few carbs - and I think 1 carb for 4-5 medium slices should be about right?? (in my book two eggs (1.2) and my sf bacon (.8) equals a nice 2 carb breakfast!....which is still pretty good!).

Froufy:)

P.S. I will now confess that I have been known to eat raw bacon? Will something bad happen to me????

Good Evening Ladies! I started Induction today. Thought I would post my food log here and that way if I'm doing something wrong, please let me know.

Monday, 2/9
Started Atkins Induction Today
20 grams of net carbs per day

Breakfast:
2 cups coffee w/davinci sf syrup & cream - 3
2 egg omelet w/ 1 oz cheddar cheese - 2.5
and 1 tbsp crumbled bacon

Lunch:
grilled chicken breast
asparagus - 2
crystal light lemonade

Supper:
grilled fish with
grilled onion - 5
salad & dressing - 5

Water: 64 oz

Exercise: 45 minute walk

Total Carbs: 17.5

Scale: 205

Fod log for MONDAY!!! :)

Breakfast
swiss cheese: 1
1 liter if water

snack:
string cheese: 1
diet pepsi

lunch
steak: 0
green beans:4
butter: 0
sf jello:0

snack
cucumber: 2
1 liter of water
diet pepsi

dinner:
tuna: 0
mayo:0
Pickle:1
la tortilla: 3
cheese: 2
steak: 0
jalepeno:1

total: 15 total!!!

fitday never says my bacon has any carbs :(

No worries, Frouf! I've been known to do that, too. It's cured, so it's not like you're eating something raw. ;)

Welcome Cathy!!!

Breakfast:
Extra sharp cheddar - .5
Sausage - 0

Lunch:
Buffalo steak - 0
Salad - 2

Snack:
Peanut Butter - 2.5

Dinner:
Oven Roasted Chicken - 0
Pan Fried Zucchini - 3

Digestive aide ;)
SF chocolate - 10 (and it didn't work!!! :mad: )


Total - 18

Shimma: I've put bacon into Fitday and not gotten any carbs, too. Also, I have just been going by the package, which says 0 carbs. I know that they don't have to put down percentages, but I double-checked on Fitday. Why would bacon have carbs? :?:

Breakfast:
Coffee with cream and sweetner -- 3
String cheese -- 1

Lunch:
Taco salad -- 5

Snack:
Peanut butter and cream cheese -- 5

Supper:
Ceasar salad -- 5

TOTAL: 19 carbs

Breakfast:
3 hard boiled eggs-1.8

Lunch:
taco salad- 2?


Supper:
2 hamburgers-0

Snack-
1 C cauliflower- ?


Water (so far): 8 glasses (64 oz?)
TOTAL:

Tuesday, Day 2 Induction

Breakfast:
Atkins Shake - 2
2 coffee w/davinci sf syrup & cream - 3

Snack:
Homemade Deer Sausage
(made only with deer & pork)

Lunch:
grilled chicken
romaine lettuce/radishes & ranch dressing - 3

Supper:
grilled fish & onions - 5
green beans - 3

Water: 80 oz

Exercise: none today

Total Carbs: 16

CathyXXX - just a note on your eggs the other day??? Need to count those too...along with the cheese.

Also for those who are interested another good website for nutritional info is: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl I sometimes use this in cases where info is not available on Fitday or just to double check!

Tuesday:

Breakfast:
cheese curds(.5)
decaf w/cream (3)
=3.5

Lunch:
roast turkey & roast beef (2)
brocolli/cauliflower w/grated cheese (5)
sf jello (1)
=8

Snack:
1 slice cheese (.5)
decaf w/cream (2)
=2.5

Dinner:
veal chop (0)
greek salad (3)
dressing (1)
=4

Snack:
plain yogurt w/sf raspberry syrup=4

Total:22 carbs

25 minutes wild froufy salsa dancing

80 oz water

Dare I weigh myself tomorrow?

Impatient Froufy! :lol:

Tuesday food log

Breakfast
Swiss cheese:1
1 liter of water

snack:
diet pepsi
sf jello :0

lunch
(we had a graduation lunch since we graduated from our training class! :) )
pizza tops: 7
spinach: 2
olive oil: 0
olives: 1

snack:
cheese: 1
1 liter of water

dinner
Carl's Jr LC burger :4

Total:16 carbs

Froufy - thanks for the info on the eggs! I did not know that! duh! that's why I'm here cause I need the help! I went back and edited the carbs for Monday and posted them correctly (I think)
Thanks!
cathy

Hi Cathy! So not meaning to pick on you here.....do those shakes have sugar alcohols in them? I know you've seen me :censored: about them often enough. I'm just curious :D

Breakfast:
Coffee w/splenda - 2 (can't believe I can drink French Roast w/only 1 pkt! Thanks Froufy!)
String cheese - 1

Lunch:
Ham & turkey wrap - 7
Peanut butter - 2.5

Snack:
Peanut butter (loving that stuff right now!) 2.5

Dinner:
Steak - 0
Jicima Orange Salad - 2
Grilled zucchini w/basil and lemon - 2

Bad-ness:
2 glasses of wine - 4

Total: 23 :cheers:

Hey Star! I know you're not picking on me girlie! I'm here cause I need all the help I can get. I want this to work, and it is so hard for me to even lose a pound, that I sure don't want to do anything wrong.

I went to atkins.com and looked up the Advantage Shake under their products and tried to copy the ingredient list to post here, but it won't let me copy it. But I don't see any sugar alcohols. The main ingredients they list are "water, calcium caseinate, soybean oil, whey protein concentrate, cellulose gel" splenda & some other flavorings.

But the shake was just ok. It left an after taste that I did not care for, so after induction I will make my own protein shakes with my 100% whey protein powder from GNC Pro Performance that has 4 grams of carbs in a scoop (if I remember right).

It's just that a protein shake seems to work better for me in the mornings, rather than eggs and bacon. For some reason just protein in the mornings doesn't seem to settle well with me??? I thought about trying some string cheese for breakfast, but I'm trying to stay away from cheese as much as possible to see if that helps with the weightloss.

Please keep checking my food log and keep me straight. I'll post today's later tonight.

Thanks,
cathy

Good to know! I used to do the shakes all the time for breakfast, but then I decided they were too expensive and just liquid for breakfast left me hungry too soon.

I'm no an egg person, so I tend to stick with cheese around 7 in the morning and then sausage around 9 or 10. How weird am I? :dizzy:

not weird at all! that sounds good to me! yesterday and today I had deer sausage for a snack around 10:30 or so. I just can't cook or eat that stuff earlier then that. But I sure could eat a big ole piece of wheat toast at 8 am! matter of fact I could eat 2 of them1 :yikes:

Breakfast:
Coffee with cream and sweetner -- 3
Cheddar -- 1

Lunch:
Salad -- 3
Spanish meat dish -- 5 (?)

Snack:
Peanut butter -- 3

Supper:
Cream cheese pancakes (Delish!) -- 3
Bacon -- 0

TOTAL: 18 carbs

Breakfast:
2 oz cheese curds (.6)
decaf w/cream (3)
=3.6

Lunch:
chicken salad (1)
greek salad w/feta cheese (4)
dressing (1)
juicy gel (1)
=7

Snack:
2 pepperoni sticks (1)
diet tonic water (1.4)
=2.4

Dinner:
veal chop (0)
bacon (1)
crust off ds' grilled cheese sandwich !!! (??)
slice of cheese (1)
strawberries w/yogurt (8)
=10


Total: 23 carbs...but feeling a bit hungry - did not really eat a proper supper!

May try the "breakfast protein platter" from McDonald's tomorrow for breakfast (there is a big m downstairs in the mall of my office tower).....

I did take a "peek" at the scale this morning - looking good so far - but I don't want to say anything just yet!

Froufy:)

Wednesday, 2/11
Atkins Induction

Breakfast:
2 scrambled eggs w/ crumbled bacon - 2
2 coffee w/4 splenda and 2 tbsp cream - 7

Snack:
Homemade Deer Sausage

Lunch:
1 cup salad & dressing - 3
grilled chicken
caff free diet coke (gotta go buy some diet rite)

Snack:
sf jello

Supper:
homemade protein shake - 4
3 pkts splenda - 3

Water: 80 oz

Exercise: none *sigh*
but there is always tomorrow

Total Carbs: 19

I know that my homemade protein shake is not really on induction, but we had to work a Valentine Banquet tonight at church for 100 teenagers. I thought there would at least be meat and salad for me, but the meat was "sloppy joe" and the salad was a "fruit salad" so there was nothing I could eat while I was there. By the time I got home at 9 tonight I was starving and just whipped up a quick protein shake. I'm still under 20 carbs for today, so hopefully it will be ok??? It was the best I could do. :-(

***I just corrected my carbs for my coffee. I keep forgetting that each cup has 1 carb.

Cathy I am sure that is fine...good job on not eating the sloppy Joe and fruit salad even though you were hungry!!!

Breakfast
egg: .5
ham:0
cheese:1
diet pepsi
1 liter of water

snack:
sf jello:0
PB:2.5

lunch
spinach: 2
oil:0
vinegar:0
olives:1
LC burger :4

snack:
cheese: 2

dinner:
chicken:0
swiss: 1
dressing:1
1 liter of water

total: 15 YIPPEEEEEE!! :lol:

on the bacon issue:

Plain bacon is 0 carbs
But most bacon contains sugar, dextrose, maltodexrin, starch, etc so they add carbs. Delis don't typically show this, but if you get the pre-packaged stuff it typically says:

ingredients: pork bacon, sugar, sodium nitrate

which is why I have not eaten bacon yet--it has sugar and sodium nitrate unless you get the special health food store stuff.

Tried experimental sides yesterday night. mmmmmmmmmm yummy!

Breakfast:
Cheddar - .5
Jicima orange salad - 2
Sausage - 0

Lunch:
Buffalo Wings - 1.5
More jicima orange salad - 1
Peanut butter - 2

Snack:
Cream cheese pancakes - 3
Peanut butter - 2

Dinner:
Baked salmon w/pesto - 2
Grilled zuchinni w/basil and lemon - 2

Snack:
Peanut butter - 2

Total = 18

No more buying peanut butter!!! I have no control

Star: How do you make your salmon? I love salmon. I haven't found a way to make it that it tastes bad!

Breakfast:
Coffee with cream and sweetner -- 3
String cheese -- 1

Lunch:
Eggs -- 2
Salsa -- 1
Bacon -- 0

Snack:
Peanut butter -- 4

Supper:
Roast chicken -- 0
Collard greens -- 1
Cheddar -- 1

Snack:
Green tea -- 1

TOTAL: 14 carbs

Breakfast:
Coffee with cream and sweetner -- 3
String cheese -- 1

Lunch:
Chicken -- 0
Celery -- 1

Snack:
Peanut butter -- 5

PLANNED...

Supper:
Chicken -- 0
Collard greens -- 1

Snack:
Green tea -- 1

TOTAL: 12 carbs

Thursday, 2/12
Atkins Induction

Breakfast:
1 scrambled egg - 1
2 coffee w/4 splenda & 1 tbsp cream - 7

Snack: deer sausage

Lunch:
grilled chicken
green beans - 3
caff free diet coke

Snack: sf jello

Supper:
coleslaw - 6
grilled fish
cheesecake - 4

Water: 80 oz

Exercise: 45 walk

Total Carbs: 21 (oops)

Cathy - what did you do to that cole slaw to make it so high in carbs?

Ugh - not feeling good today! :(

Breakfast:
Extra sharp cheddar - .5
Sausage - 0

Lunch:
Cheeseburger - 2
Jicama orange salad - 2

Dinner:
Steak salad at Steak escape - 5

Evil popcorn attack - 10

Total = 19.5

Hey Star - well I'm really guessing at the carbs on the coleslaw. I looked at fitday.com and 1 tablespoon of homemade coleslaw is almost 1 carb. I know I had at least 8 tablespoons of it.

This is how I made it tho:

2 Cups of shredded cabbage - 4
5 pks splenda - 5
2 teaspoons celery salt
2 Tablespoons heavy cream - 2
1 Tablespoon water
1/2 cup mayo
(so that totals 11 and I ate half, so that would be 6)

Gotcha. I make a super-simplified version of coleslaw that tastes pretty decent and is much lower in the carbs.

1 cup Shredded cabbage (or broccoli slaw mix)
1/3 cup Mayo
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 or 2 pkt of splenda

I'm guessing on the amounts there. I only add enough mayo to coat everything lightly. It's good and much lower in the carbs. Just an idea for you ;)

Sounds great Star! I will give it a try!
Thanks,
cathy

Mayo has carbs ? Hellmans doesn't, give that one a try. Also, I'm not sure if celery salt has carbs, you used 2 tsp ? wow is it really salty ?

my mayo doesn't have carbs either. Are you using 'light'?

ok duh - i was looking up the carbs for my Kraft Mayo in my little book (I don't have the jar here) and looked up light Kraft Mayo. I use real mayo - so that was 0 carbs.

Leenie - yes I used 2 tsp celery salt - I didn't find it salty at all, but I loved the flavor. I've never tried celery salt before! yum!

But it was still worth every carb! The best coleslaw I've ever made!

I'm gonna go fix the carbs for yesterday (again)....eventually I'll get this straight.

Thanks!

Friday, 12/13
Atkins Induction

Breakfast:
2 coffee w/4 splenda & cream - 7
cheesecake - 4

Lunch:
chicken
coleslaw - 6

Snack: sf jello

Supper:
grilled fish
salad & dressing - 3

Water: 72 oz

Exercise: none today

Total carbs: 20

Cathy your doing wonderful !! SMOOCH !!! I'm so proud of you.

hey star, what do you put in jicama orange salad? I thought oranges were a no no...

Orange Divinci Syrup ?

Don't forget you can make orange chicken using orange extract, Oil and splenda, its fabo.... same with maple ckn, use maple extract.

Saturday food

breakfast
slice lc bread: 4
PB: 2.5

snack
forgot!! :(

lunch
ground turkey:0
salsa:1
cheese:1
dressing:1
mixed veggies:4

snack:
ham:0
swiss cheese: 2
dressing: 2

Dinner:
sf jello so far....not hungry but I will find something.

Total: 17.5 carbs

Thanks Leenie! *smooch* right back at ya!

Saturday, 2/14
Atkins Induction

Breakfast:
2 scrambled eggs - 2
deer sausage
2 coffee w/4 splenda and 2 tbsp cream - 7

Lunch/Supper
2 cups ceasar salad & dressing - 4
grilled chicken

1 cup coffee w/2 splenda & cream - 4

Water: 64 oz

Exercise: none today
(spent the day with dh)

Total Carbs: 17

I use grated orange rind. DH disposes of the rest of the orange for me. The recipe is on the atkins website.

Saturday

Breakfast:
Faux french toast - 1

Lunch:
Grilled chicken salad - 4

Dinner:
Grilled steak - 0
Broiled lobster - 0
1 little piece o' sf chocolate - 6 :eek:
1 glass of wine - 2

And then there was a popcorn attack! - 10

Total = 23

Jina - I'm sorry! I somehow missed your salmon question! I'm a big fan of baking and easy cleanup, so I tend to get a filet and cook it in a foil lined pan for easy clean up. Here's some of my favorites:

Spread a thin layer of mayo over the top of the filet and then sprinkle with lemon pepper or seasoning salt. (mayo keeps the fish moist)

Cover the top of the filet with a generous amount of pesto. (the oil will keep the fish moist).

Spread a thin layer of mayo over the top and then cover with thin slices of lemon. For this one, use the foil to make a sealed packet. You can add capers after it's finished cooking if you like.

I tend to bake everything at 400 degrees. Depending on the size of your filet, it takes 15-20 minutes to cook. The trick is to not overcook it - the moisture retaining ingredients help with this.

Also, if you have a choice, wild and fresh is always better than farm raised or frozen. I won't use frozen at all. It tastes too 'fishy' to me.

Hope that helps!

Pre-dinner (didn't get up until noon):
Peanut butter - 2.5
Extra sharp cheddar - .5
Sausage - 0

Dinner (at 4:00 with the fam):
Steak - 0
Grilled green and yellow squash w/basil - 2
Sauteed mushrooms - 2

Post-dinner:
SF ice cream - 5
Glass o' wine - 2

Popcorn :mad: (I'm going to ban it from the house!) - 5

Total = 19

Sunday, 2/15
Atikins Induction

Breakfast:
2 cups coffee w/splenda & cream - 7
homemade protein shake - 4
3 pkts splenda - 3

Lunch:
2 cups salad w/dressing - 4
grilled fish

Snack:
2 tbsp heavy cream - 1
w/4 tbsp water
1 splenda & some drops of vanilla -1

Supper:
grilled chicken

Water: 48 oz

Total carbs: 20

whewwwww I made it my first week on Induction and it wasn't bad at all. I actually feel good, which kind of makes me wonder, cause when I did this a year ago, I felt awful???

sunday foods!

Breakfast
PB: 2.5
deviled eggs: 2

snack:
ham:0
cheese: 1
dressing:2

lunch
SF jello:0 (still full from snack)

snack: none :( off schedule

dinner: buffet
chicken: 0
roast beef:0
turkey:0
salad: 4
(didn't even cheat at the buffet!!! Hometown buffet was great for finding lc items, they had roasted chicken, other meat and of course plenty of salad fixins)

Total: 11.5 carbs