Does anyone have a menu they'd like to share? Like what's a normal day for you?

Today I had egg and sausage for breakfast, then salad w/a little cheese and for snack I had some smoked salmon and cream cheese. I know I need to lay off the cheese because I'll go overboard.

Anything special you all snack on??

Ugg hate it when I lose a long post, sorry for the condensed version....

for those that lost- way to go! For those who didn't- keep working! yadda yadda yadda-lol

Actually was slightly down today, but only to my previous low so it doesn't really count as a loss. I did measure last night and I have lost a total of 1/2 inch in each arm, happy about that. Even when I am at my goal weight my arms still bother me so I am focusing more on them this time around. I am doing some light weights and really trying to lose the grandma like jiggly wave-lol.

Tomorrow is the meeting I was dreading, even though I am not where I wanted to be, I have made some progress so I feel okay about it. Haha I bought a dress that makes me look skinny at least to wear so I am just gonna wear it and fake it! Eating is great today, but tomorrow will be the challenge. They always bring in the food and it is awesome...including desserts. I plan on eating what I want but just in moderation and using it as a high calorie day to shake things up...not sure if it works but I am going to test the theory tomorrow! haha

Have a great night all...may check in later and try to redo my original post with the sincere personals: )

Exactly Serenity! :) LOL

I know I have to limit the cheese to 4 oz which is why I said I need to cut back. :) I always over do it b/c I want to add that to foods, or have as a snack. I didn't know that about the meat, but really, I don't think I'll be eating more than 6 oz at once (you never know though)..

What do you suggest for snacks and a good lunch or dinner? I'm having salmon tonight with some butter and dill, and asparagus on the side. I know, I probably need to cut back on the salmon too! Ha! I don't think the book says that, but I think it's probably not good to have too many portions in a week.

Thanks for the NYC tips (or offer of tips). We go quite a lot and love it, but I would really love to get tips from a local on where to go and not to go. We'll be there for a full week this time. I think this will be my longest visit. We're staying at the NY Hilton and will be going all over I'm sure. We have family in Roslyn Heights and will be there for a cookout the first weekend, then we know we'll do China Town/Little Italy twice, maybe the Statue of Liberty and have to see Ground Zero since the fountains are open now. Of course Central Park, and I want to do a bike trip along the Hudson (I read something in a magazine). I want to get some more exercise while we're up there (even though we'll be walk, walk, walking everywhere). LOL

Rocki, I don't really need to snack muchwhen I'm eating low carb, I stop being hungry between meals. But I sometimes have a couple of almonds, or one of those mini portions of cream cheese (Philly here do them in little snack packs).

The salmon sounds yummo! I can never remember what the warnings are on that (it's because of mercury, right?)

lol peach! Sorry you lost it, so annoying. But your condensed version made me laugh out loud.

My typical menu for a day is

Atkins shake or MIM for breakfast (I have an egg allergy and limited time so I opt for quick egg free, at breakfast)
I have a big salad with lots of fixens for lunch
and at dinner I have one or two servings of a protein and a small serving of a carb friendly veg.
I dont snack during the day with what I eat and all the water I drink I tend to always feel very full. I do sometimes have a SF jello with a bit of whip cream at night if I am really wanting something sweet.

I usually have a MIM or omelet for breakfast. And coffee with half and half.

For lunch I usually have a large salad with Boars Head low salt turkey or low salt ham. Since I work outside the home, this is easiest to do.

For dinner I have meat and veggies and a salad.

For dessert I have low carb yogurt and some berries.

Usually I have a snack when I get home to hold me over for dinner, usually celery with cream cheese.

I keep some Atkins shakes on hand when I don't have time to make a salad for lunch or if I need a really good snack.

Hi all.. long time no type! :)

I have so much junk going on right now... everywhere I turn, it seems life wants to challenge me and I'm sooo over it! BUT I have been doing pretty good with my diet (with all the stress AND being almost 2 weeks into induction I'm not hungy... I have to make myself eat to keep my metabolism going... lord knows I don't want to cause any more problems that way.. I am hypothyroid as it is)... Anyhoo.. down another 1.5 lbs... I'll weigh in Wed, which will mark my 2 weeks. :cp: I am determined to stick with this, in some form, forever.

Great losses everyone!! Glad to see you're all doing so well.

As for the salmon, I don't think that's limited so much.. it's Tuna (particularly albacore), shark, swordfish, and a few others that you should limit your intake of due to mercury. So enjoy your salmon!! :)

Yesterday I had total calories of 1250, I did 1 hour and 22 minutes of step aerobics at a moderate intensity and I did about 10 minutes of light weight lifting and today I am up 2lbs. I am seriously beyond frustrated!

Last night I made pesto sauce and put it over shrimp, zucchini and cabbage and it was so freakin' good. For lunch I usually make lettuce wrap sandwiches or get a salad with chicken. I don't really snack unless I grab some cheese from my son's plate.

Hey gapeach I understand your frustrations but you could be gaining muscle and remember muscle is heavier than fat.. plus it could be water as well.. just try to keep in the back of your mind that there is no way you have gained weight or let's say fat. You haven't eaten over 3500 and you've worked out. I know it is easier said than done especially when you are working so hard.. being a scale addict I understand but look at the inches you lost as well.. hang in there :hug:

What do you all do when you're not feeling well? I had half of a one minute muffin, a string cheese, and a bit of homemade applesauce. I know the applesauce isn't induction friendly, but I was feeling really sick and thought it might help settle my stomach. I'm not sure if it's the head cold that's got me all funky, or if it's TOM which just started today. I've had a headache for a full day now and I can't get it to go away. I just don't feel like eating anything.

Rocki sorry to hear you aren't feeling well. With TOM I definitely can understand and I know people tend to get what they call the atkins flu.. I remember when I first started atkins I had a headache as well but after 2 days it went away.. the apple sauce definitely isn't induction friendly but if you aren't feeling well you have to take care of yourself first :hug: get better

I'm back, I was bad. Husband brought his truck in for inspection on Saturday, they found something wrong and we were stranded waiting for it to get fixed. Was not on plan. Then I just kind of gave up for the rest of the weekend since we were at my in laws the whole time.

I gained almost 6 lbs in water weight! Today is day 2 of being back on plan and 2.5 lbs down already so I should be back on track properlly by the end of the week.

Maybe figured out my problem... I started thinking why am I having such a difficult time when in the past I was able to drop lbs very quickly...the only thing that is different other than that I have aged 5 yrs since the last time I had to lose weight is that I have had my gallbladder out. Started doing some research and it seems pretty common, I had gained about 15 lbs since the surgery slowly and now it doesn't want to come back off. I am going to schedule an appointment with a Dr. because it is the only thing that makes an sense to me...and now seeing how the gallbladder has to do with processing fats it makes sense that maybe the Atkins way wasn't the right way this time. Hopefully I will get some answers!

I've been sooo good at <20 carbs a day for almost 3 months now, but today it's been so hard to keep my hand off my kid's fruit. All I want is sugar. What gives? I'm at cycle day 32 right now, so I should start my period any day now - could that be it?

I'm here just been crazy busy. I posted in the other section in the part 2 the other day .. But didn't want to duplicate it here ;). I'm in a stuck phase but Not stressing about it yet because I had a super month last month and I know that is usually followed by a stuck. Hoping it is followed by a great month though to get me to goal

Hubs hurt his back the other day and today took a tumble off the stoop and is really really sore .. Hoping he is better after agood nights sleep ... Not the best patient going lol

I've been doing fun things like stripping decades of wax from my kitchen floor :p

Ultra, I get like that around TOM, you are probably PMSing. I start dreaming about donuts and chips!

When I started Atkins again on Monday I was 179.6, then yesterday 177 and today 175. I'm pretty much back where I was, happy to be back on track. One thing I realised when I wasn't eating on plan was I felt like crap! I just felt so sluggish and horrible. I don't know why I do that to myself.

Steph that is awesome, great loses and great getting back on plan!

Rho- Hope your husband feels better and can totally sympathize with men being bad patients! Haha

Still doing my thing even if the scales don't reflect. Had 1143 calories today and just finished 45 minutes of cardio.

Good job Steph! I have a question for you - you lost weight and then became pregnant, right? I am hellbent on starting my next pregnancy not overweight (even though my midwife didn't act like it was a big deal) but I'm afraid that I'll just gain like 70lbs during my pregnancy to make up for starting lower. Like, that my body will work extra hard to get to my previous high weight when I don't restrict my calories - did that happen to you?

Steph glad you are back on plan.. sound like you gained water and usally that is what it is.. like I said the way the weight is going up and down it can't be fat.. we women will always have the water weight gain unfortunately..

gapeach keep up the good work.. it'll show up eventually on the scale and take your measurements that has helped me now that I'm at the last 4/5 pounds. the scale hasn't moved at all for me and I've been working my but off and calorie counting making sure I have a deficit and keeping an eye on my carbs.. eventually I'll see a loss as well.. I've gotten this far and definitley not going back..

was trying to find where I posted..I finally found this thread..hope you all are doing well.. I guess I'll try to post in the June thread, that's the one you use daily, right? Hard to keep up..

I didn't do great last night b/c we had an impromptu party at my sister in laws for our nephew's 1st birthday. I had 2 bites of cupcake and some tortilla chips with artichoke dip . I didn't have a cupcake to myself and I did have salad. TOM is here kicking my butt and I can't wait for that to be gone so I can feel better and exercise again. Been laid up b/c of that.

So I bought a new scale this morning, and of course it is weighing 4lbs higher than my old one! Ack! I got one of the ones that measures body fat and water just so even if the weight part isn't moving I can track progress with muscle instead. Since I weighed midday today and usually weigh in the morning I will wait until tomorrow morning to change my weight to reflect the new scales.

Have a great day everyone!

gapeach you remind me so much of myself :lol: with the scale welcome to scale addicts :D

That sounds like one of those high techie things.. but I'm so attached to my scale that I will keep it until it goes out..

I often weigh more in the morning than what I do after a full meal :shrug: but I do think you are losing.. remember the inches as well.. as I'm switching to more of a calorie count and GI Diet from Atkins my scale hasn't moved at all but I figure that would happen as my body gets use to carbs again and I'm eating good carbs as they say things high in fibre and it is good to have low at yogurt and my fruit again like apples and oranges.. so hopefully I'll be :dance: on July 4th and be at my goal

Down 4.3 lbs as of today. Glad to see the 157 on the scale and not 160+. Would like to never see 160+ again..I need to make that happen.

Not really hungry and had to make myself eat meet, cheese and veggies for lunch.. I have all these great veggies in the house and I'm not hungry :)

Hope you all are doing great!

congrats Rocki :broc: you are on your way...

Down one more! yay! :)

Hope your'e all having a good week!!!

Bwahahaha, down 2 more to 162! 3 more pounds to meet my 4th of July goal and no longer be overweight!

One of the reasons I lost weight is I wanted to be healthy when I got pregnant, and so I would lose the weight easier after. Unfortunately after I got down to 146 we moved and had trouble with money for the few months before, and 8 months of my pregnancy. I lived on Mr. Noodle and was 164 when I got pregnant and got all the way to 224. I really think the reason I gained soooo much is because we couldn't afford healthy food. I ate a lot of toast and discount pasta and Mr. Noodle.

I bet if we had the money to eat better, and I was able to follow the GI Diet my Dr. recommended I do during pregnancy to help with feeling sick, I would not have gained nearly as much. 30 lbs dropped off within 2 weeks of giving birth, gained 2 back, then started Atkins again because I didn't want to be fat again after I worked so hard.

I think starting at a lower weight will help set you up for success, it will come off easier after too. Just don't go all out or eat badly while pregnant, and watch the carbs.

Yesterday I was 174.2, today I am 173.4 :) A new low! Lets hope I make my Canada Day goal ;) I'm done with the 170's. Ooh, and I forgot, after passing 175 I am no longer Obese and just Overweight according to BMI ;)

Congratulations on all of the losses!:woohoo:

I am hanging in there by my fingernails. I have basically been op except for two drinks on my birthday. I didn't even have any cake on my birthday, and didn't even want any. I made them stick a candle in my Greek yogurt with strawberries and sing to me though. :dizzy:

We made it a life style change so I'm just gonna keep truckn along and see where I end up.

Talk to you soon!

Everyoneis doing great.. serenity you are adorable -- for some reason I pictured you as a brunette in my mind lol. And happy birthday late.. When was it?

I have been playing with the same lbs since the last challenge ended - not doing anything different not off plan just my body playing games - I had the good losses last month now it is stuck - hopefully it kicks in soon and starts going down again.

Hubs back is a little better still bothering him at night so he ends up getting up in the middle of the night and coming in and watching tv and dozing in the chair ... So far we have been missing each other - I don't sleep well so I go to bed around 2 am and he is getting up around 2:30 to 3:00. Lol.

Rocki- WTG great loss!

LOL@ scale addicts I am part of that club too!

I dont have anything to post about weight because sunday is my day to weigh hoping its at least a couple!

We have family pictures tomorrow and I am really hoping after this I can take a skinny one and this will be the last fat one!

I have went 34.5 miles of my "non driving" trip to FL in the last 10 days! It is a 1289 mile trip that takes 20 hrs in a car and I have 1254.5 left. I hope to finish by the end of this year.

Its fun having a goal. I am counting miles on all things treadmill, bike, ARC, Elliptical. Anything but driving. I do the treadmill the most and the rest only once a week Id probably be farther if I biked more lol.

Oh well hope you all are well! Have a great weekend and fathers day!

Brooklyn- that is so cute, love the idea of the "trip" I'm going to think up a place to visit too!

:lol: Brooklyn yes join the scale addicts club.. I like the idea of the mile trip..

Steph congrats on the new low andnot officially being overweight :broc: you are doing good.. I can say that I'm doing the GI Diet basically and I have been maintaining but I did read that when you switch from one diet to another you may gain a few pounds back and then once your body catches up with the change then you'll start back to lose.. I'm patient I got this far what is another few weeks before I reach my goal and I will..

Serenity happy b-lated birthday it sounds as if you had fun and that you are very committed to atkins for a life style change. I couldn't do the atkins for a lifestyle change but I still do watch my carbs but Imainly follow the GI Diet and watch my calories as well.. I do like the atkins bar it is a good snack to have just don't like the gas it gives me.. sorry if TMI

:lol: Rho so you and hubby passing each other in the night.. the weight will start to shift eventually.. during all this process I've learned that I didn't put weight on in 4 months so I should expect to lose it all in 4 months..

congrats to all those losers I missed and keep up the good work everyone

I have been sick the past week and had a fever so was not into cooking, ran out of stuff and got a lil bummed and ate carbs. I gained back like 4 lbs. Good grief. It is amazing though to see how all this time it has been the carbs that were holding me back. I would hardly eat and not lose weight and when I cut the carbs it just all started coming off. I gotta get myself back on the horse and back into ketosis now. It's a struggle esp when I have my husband who is a carb loader shoving fries in his face like there's no tomorrow. sigh.

I managed to squeeze off another lb.:carrot: I'll take it.

Rho, you crack me up, thinking I posted like a brunette. hahaha Probably confusing my "kindergarten teacher" way of lecturing with a brunette? lol

Globe, not to be nosey, (okay I am, lol) but are you moving back to the states? I only ask because your profile says you are moving back in June. As I mentioned in a previous post I'm doing sorta Atkins, keeping my carbs very low, but not very very low as Atkins prescribes. If I find I stop losing then I will have to reassess. I haven't eaten one piece of bread since the day I started Feb. 28th. I am going to San Fransisco in July, so I figure I will eat a piece of sour dough bread because I have always heard about how delicious it is.

Brooklynn, love your travel exercise idea! I really have to force myself to walk. Today I have no excuses but I use the too hot/rainy excuse regularly.

Everdeen, don't beat yourself up. If you go back to induction, those four pounds will come off right away. It is all water weight that you regain from eating the carbs. Carbs make you retain water like crazy and your body lost all that extra water when you gave them up.

Great job everyone! xxoo

Serenity congrats on the extra pound :broc: and no you aren't being nosey after 6 years in Italy and 1 in Turkey and 2 in Mexico I'm finally going back on on Tuesday :dance:

It sounds like you are doing what I'm doing but I follow the GI Diet more or less and calorie count as well. I need to work out today myself... with al the moving preparations haven't don't much but I had a bad stomach virus..

I agree with Serenity, Everdeen! I gained 6 lbs over a weekend of not being on plan and lost it within 4 days. It is most likely water weight :)

Drive by post as I am exhausted and it is a busy day, 173.2, a new low :)

Tired because we're working on getting Sloane to sleep in her crib. Wasn't so bad but she woke up every few hours and is now able to roll onto her tummy. She hates being on her stomach so she let us know! In her bassinet she didn't have the room to do this so never did. She is capable of rolling both ways but decides once she is on her tummy, 50% of the time she will whine instead of rolling back.

Hi guys, still plugging along here. No progress but I am staying on plan.

Globe- glad you mentioned that about switching diets, makes sense and to be honest I have gained back 2 of the lost pounds. Even though my carbs per day are still below what would be considered a healthy split it is much higher than an atkins plan.

Brooklyn- you are welcome to the scales addict club...we meet everyday, sometimes 2-3 times a day! HA Seriously though, I am still weighing daily just until I feel like I get my body back into sync with my digestive issues ( or whatever the heck is going on) then I am going to try to step away for at least a few days!

Steph- congrats on the new low!

Serenity- your tracker says you are half way there, congrats!!!!

So I am so confused. I am guessing my floors are uneven because I get on my scale this morning and it says 192 but my digi says 201. both of which are 3-4 lbs loses from where they were the begging of this week. But hubby moves my scale to the bath room and because I have had an upset stomach and havent eating and only went to the bathroom I weighed again just to see. Now it says 197 and the digi still 201. I dont know what to think. Could my floor just be uneven and thats why it was weighing lighter? I guess I am going to just go with the heavier weights I mean either way I am still losing and this would explain why my clothes are still not fitting much better. So if I go with the digi I am down 4 lbs this week and 8lbs since I started keeping track 13 in total if I go with what I have lost since I started LCing. Oh and then I have yet another analog scale that is weighing lighter than both at 190 LOL wth?