Mims rock. Dh and I had this morning and it kept me full til lunch. However I would like some sf jam on them but not ready to add that yet.
Elizabeth, could you have gall stones? This diet will aggravate gout and gall stones if you have either. If I were you, I would raise my carbs to between 50 and 100 grams and see if you feel better. If that works then slowly try lowering them from that point. If you can't get below a level then count calories and carbs. Also, the usual - are you drinking enough water and eating enough salt? I get dizzy if I don't get enough of either and feel faint. Three things you need plenty of on Atkins are calcium, potassium and magnesium.
CAMom - I don't have gout or gallstones that I know of, I will look that up. As for sodium according to daily plate i always go over (they want me to have like 2200mg per day) though the majority of it is from the evening. As for drinking water I am heavy on the diet coke side (which I know isnt technically atkins friendly but its my one vice lol and I know this could cause stomach issues too, i really need to cut back. i have 2-3 cans per day at work only 1 per day on weekends) during the day but I drink water all night at home. Also i take a daily vitamin but I dont always take it. I get sick when I take vitamins, I have to have it at night after dinner or I want to throw it up, actually it makes me feel kinda like what I do now. I sometimes forget to take it at night. So I could be low on vitamins too. Also I have been using alot more spices in my food. I ate very bland before now i am seasoning everything because I am following a recipe or am just trying to make something more flavorful. Maybe i will make something bland tonight but still on plan to see if that helps. Also it could be beef. I always feel worse after eating ground beef (dinner last night was beef as were the leftovers today at lunch). Chicken days I don't usually feel as sick if at all. I was never a big beef eater before either. I always preferred chicken/turkey/pork. So lots of changes for me, could be lots of things I guess. Thanks for the reply!
It's my 19th birthday! I'm having a bit of a splurge...gluten-free pizza from an Italian restaurant, a diet coke and a slice of sugar-free carrot cake for dessert. The carrot cake isn't really on plan because it has raisins and applesauce, but it's much healthier than a cake made with flour and real sugar. I'm also not sure about the pizza crust because it might have been made with rice flour or something which isn't on plan either. I'm definitely going to be far over Induction level carbs today but that's okay. Birthdays only come once a year.
Hi everyone! Still plugging along on my third week of induction. I am down 17lbs so the weight loss has slowed but I am fine with it, I am still in ketosis. I am getting a little bored so I am searching for more ideas before I 'fall off the wagon' lol. I am not hungry in between meals, just finding I am in a rut and fear that I may want to eat something I'm not supposed to. I've added olives and an occasional half of an avocado.
I am trying the low carb pizza recipe tomorrow night, it looks delicious! And I will make the heroin wings on the weekend.
Dragonfly, are you trying the one I sent out? Here is a tip--- do not try to reheat it, it's gross, lol.
And I made MIMS for the first time. OMG so good! I am thinking, take away cinnamon and add some garlic powder or some cheese? what variations do ya'll use?
And dragonfly 17 is great!
Linsy, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Elizabeth, get to feeling better!
Besides MIMs i made turkey meatballs (sooo good, i ate these on all phases before) and I made this low carb "cheesecake" no crust. Here is the recipe. SO YUM
12 oz cream cheese, soft
4 packets of splenda
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup Heavy cream
Combine cream cheese, splenda and vanilla in a bowl and mix well
beat the cream until it has soft peaks
fold the cream into the cheese mixture
but in a class bowl and chill for 25 minutes
can be refrigerated for 2 days.
serves 6- each a 3 carb serving. more if you add berries.
Ok, well off to watch idol and crash. my mono is just killing me!!! i need sleep.
Tomorrow will complete my 3rd full week on Induction, and I can't tell what my weight is at all. My weight has changed daily by several lbs. I can't tell if I've lost or gained! I hope it works itself out by Tuesday ,though, because that is my weigh in day for the biggest loser contest I'm in. I'm not sure if this is due to mid-cycle hormones, or the fact that I ate a biscuit on Sunday and I ate a small serving of potato salad last night. I ate it because it was served to me, and I was just talking and eating without thinking. I ate half before I remembered that I shouldn't eat it. Next time, I'm going to remove all contraband from my plate before I even begin my meal.
I had a lot of problems this week, mostly due to a lack of planning. I went to bed way too late Sunday night, and without preparing things for the week. Every time I do that, I feel off the entire week. This weekend I'm going to try and prepare some food for the week. My schedule is just really starting to stress me out, and I need to make things as easy as possible on myself food-wise, so I don't fall off the wagon.
Yes I am trying the recipe posted here I am not sure if I should make 1 or 2....my DH fell off the wagon so he may eat lots lol. He is struggling because he never followed the induction rules so he didn't get in to ketosis. He's been eating what he wants at work and eating what I eat at home. He has lost weight but is very hungry. I told him I would help him this weekend to get the basics down so he will be in ketosis by Monday, then he will feel better.
I have disc degenerative disease and the past few months have been painful. It wasn't caused by my weight but I know my weight doesn't help. I now have minimal pain in my back it's amazing how Atkins relieves other issues. I am sleeping way better too.
I am here to confess. I cheated last night. big time. I got a milkshake after work and it made me feel sooo much better. I know a glass of milk would have probably done the same thing to settle my stomach and throat but that wouldn't have been as yummy. lol Anyway I immediately felt better. I also had a grilled cheese for dinner but it was kinda nasty because the only bread I had was white because that's what my husband likes and I hate white bread. bleh. I'm a multi-grain wheat bread girl. lol I feel alot better today though. No stomach issues at all.
I am back on plan with a Mim for breakfast and a spinach salad for lunch and i'm planning on pork chops for dinner. I'm going to keep tracking when I feel bad. So far eggs, beef and spices seem to be the biggest culprits. And perhaps diet coke on a low carb diet in general (i think it might just make it worse when the above items are bothering me). I am going to try and cut down my diet coke habit. That should save money too since I only like Diet Coke not diet pepsi or diet generic soda of any type. I only brought 2 with me to work today so the third isnt even an option (not that I always get to it).
I hope everyone has a great weekend. Here's to staying on track this weekend!
ElizabethG, great job with getting right back on the horse! That certainly isn't easy to do.
I wonder if it is carbs or something else about the milkshake that made you feel so much better so quickly? If you feel better because the milk coats your stomach, I wonder if drinking a couple of tablespoons of cream mixed with some water might help? Just a thought.
So i guess i will join in now and introduce myself too I have been trying to lose weight starting January-I was going to gym 5 days in a week & eating super healthy. But there was literally NO weight change!!
Then i decided to start atkins-my cousin lost a lot of weight on that & she is my inspiration!! So I must be eating something I wasn't supposed to, because thats why I had no weight change-even after burning about 600 calories per day
But then i decided to follow a strict plan, rather than my "own version of healthy food".
Today is my third day on induction!! (no cheating yet, *phew* boy thats hard). Day one went ok, yesterday was HORRIBLE!! My mom cooks AMAZING FOOD! n no its not low carb friendly at all. If I wasn't living at home--i wouldn't worry about it. But her cooking so much good food & me sticking to Atkins was super hard yesterday
I'm not gonna tell her not to cook that food bcz its still healthy and other ppl at home can still eat that
But anyways, I did complete yesterday too-with major headaches and dizziness. Could be because after breakfast & snacks I went to gym and burned 650 calories without eating that much =/ Eh, it wasn't all that bad i guess! lol I know i need to stick to the plan No matter what!!
One food that makes me extremely happy is WINGS!! I got Foster Farms, Hot & spicy wings (frozen one)! They only have 1g carb in about 3 pieces of wings! *I hope they are acceptable??* I add about 1 wing to my dinner-won't go over 3 wings per day!
Also, I haven't had any diet soda in past 2 days. Actually Soda is the main reason for my weight gain-I dislike diet sodas, love regular soda.. so i used to drink it ALOT daily. n VOILA.. lol.
But i know if i can add 1 glass of diet pepsi (no carb one), i will feel ALOT better. Do you guys think would it go against the atkins (it said its acceptable in induction phase) or it won't have any affect on me?
Thank you!! <3
P.s.: the mint chocolate chip sugar free gum from EXTRA is AMAZING!!
Last edited by feelingthin; 02-18-2011 at 01:52 PM.
Feelingthin-welcome!! are you feeling better today? I usually feel much better on day 3 of induction. Diet soft drinks can stall weight loss so I would recommend not drinking it but that's up to you. The book states that aspartame is not recommended. There are a few here who drink it and are doing fine. Time will tell if it affects you
The scale was teetering between 271-270lbs this morning so I will wait for tomorrow's weight to change it I can't wait for my ticker!! Should be sometime next week. Almost at my first goal!!
I cant wait for my ticker either! I am still doing good except leg cramps - ouch! I need to take more potassium. I plug my food into fitday and every day I'm short on potassium by 50 %. It just upsets my stomach so I'll have to take it at night along with my multivit.
I can't keep my carbs under 20 so I am keeping them under 30. I guess that means I ve moved into OWL? I still have not moved up any wrungs, except adding nuts though. Not ready to add fruit or yogurt yet, but maybe in a week or two. I don't like beans much so I may skip that wrung. There are only two things I am missing, not craving, just missing... Hot chocolate and fruit, specifically bananas ( but that could be because I need more potassium). As soon as I add milk and yogurt back I'm making a sugar free hot cocoa from scratch.
No big plans this weekend so staying OP should be easy. DH is doing it too although he eats fruit and oatmeal. He doesn't need to lose weight but he is doing it because it is more heart friendly than low fat.
Oh, does any one count calories and carbs? I am doing both in fitday just because I really can't buy calories dont count. I know Atkins said "I didn't say calories don't count, I said dont count calories.". I just want to double check that I stay within range on calories. So far I stay about 1500-1600 a day with very little hunger. Hungry days I am up around 1800.
