I think that there are some of us just starting this journey of wonderful eating and keeping track of your carbs and food is a good way to start and learn good habits and then there are people like ME, who need to do this Induction thing every once in a while to shake the body up (and maybe a Fat Fast) so

Please keep track of what you are eating (Post Menus, Calories, Exercise calories burned (if you wish)) and comments on how you feel and your weight (loss) of course! This Challenge is just for 1 week 6/09 to 6/15. Such a short period of time in our life. Tho the results will resonate for our whole life!

What a wonderful ending to this short week if we do our best! Lets GO!!!!

I'm in!!bacon and eggs for breakfast!!

Hello Lulu! SOOOOOo glad to see you! and I thank you for joining me this week! (I hope no traveling for you.....)

Start weight - 219.2 (6/9)

Breakfast - 1 egg and 2 sausage links... 2 carbs thats it! (sausage)
Lunch - Romaine lettuce 2 cups, parmesan cheese, grilled chicken and ranch dressing (takeout) guess 8 carbs
Dinner - 3 oz grilled chicken (marinated in Italian dressing) 1 slice cheddar cheese, mayo 4 carbs

Water - 48 oz and 50 oz tea

Ah, Sue, a good GOOD idea!

I'm in, I need a severe "back to basics" approach right now.

I had a BAD weekend, the worst in over 8 months, an really no rhyme or reason for it - except self-sabotage, of course.

I really REALLY need to break this cycle I've done for years of losing a chunk of weight and then immediately beginning to regain it. I'd like to lose more weight, even a substantial amount more, but even if I don't lose another pound i absolutely MUST stop regaining and then spending so much time and effort working the pounds back off. It's bad for my health, it's terrible for my morale.

Monday June 9th
B : bulletproof coffee
L : bulletproof coffee
S : bacon (55g)

Count me in Sue !! I had a semi back weekend and am back to Induction today...

Breakfast - nothing ...ate so much last night I have no appetite yet. LOL

Carri

Thank you for joining Sarah and Satine! and Me too.. I need this also.. Just another KICK in the pants! LOL and to get the head(s) on straight. I was bad the 1st day tho.. I ate 7 raspberries and had the 8th one in my hand and the LIGHT went on over my head (Silly.. Raspberries are the OWL phase.. booooo ) Raspberries are in the freezer for Next week! Onto day 2! I hope it wasn't too bad for you all and that you did not have a Opsy moment like I did...

I had a good day - Sue, like you I had berries in my hand today, but I managed to grab a knife and cut it up for my 1 year old daughter instead of popping in my mouth.

I'm glad to have the restrictions of Induction for a few days - I need it (I'm also back to dairy-free except the butter).

Mostly, I'm bracing myself for going through all the yuck of getting back into ketosis, the hunger, headaches, grouchiness and fatigue. So darn stupid, I just did this LAST WEEK and then a bad weekend and have to do it again...

Before I get to work, I will go re-read the rules of induction just to make sure I don't make an accidental mistake...

I've been double checking on Induction, most of us are old-hat low carbers, but a few reminders

- Atkins said no caffeine. I'm not following this, today there are several studies showing caffeine has no negative impact on blood sugar or weight loss and in fact may help, so I am ignoring this rule

- no nuts. I will do my best on this, but have a busy week and macadamias are my staple emergency snack, so we shall see... I do think nuts pack quite a calorie whallop and it's generally easier to lose weight when I'm not eating them or at least eating them very infrequently. I'm itching to try a recipe that would use madadamia nut butter (to replace another nut butter) but will put it off for this week due to this challenge

- for those of you who eat dairy I'd go double check the rules and limits on this. I'm back to dairy-free (except my butter) so I didn't look in detail, just my general memory that dairy is easy to overdo... especially cream and cream cheese!

- Small daily amounts of the following foods can be added (count the carbs, however):
2-3 tablespoons of lemon or lime juice
2-3 tablespoons of heavy cream or one ounce of sour cream
10-20 olives
Half a small avocado (Um, I ALWAYS eat a whole one!!! yikes!)

Sarah.. thank you for the reminders of the food.. and GOOD for you for not popping that fruit in your mouth! You are a better person then me! LOL

Day 2 Weight - 218.4 (-.8 lbs total)

Breakfast - 1 egg, 2 sausages and 1 cheese 2 carbs
Lunch - Chicken, Cream Cheese, Mayo, Hot sauce 6 carbs (gotta cut out the cheese!!!)
Dinner - 1 1/2 cup romaine, 3 1/2 oz grilled chix, Bacon bits, 1 oz cheddar cheese, 2 tbsp ranch 7 carbs

Water = 40 oz Tea 60+ ozs 15 carbs and I am full!

Sue - lots of travel...planes, trains and automobiles!!! I actually blipped up but I'm at 172 today so I'll take it!! I don't usually get to worried about the usual fluctuations in the scale...they never have any rhyme or reason when I'm eating on plan but when I eat off plan....watch out!!

Not eating at true induction level so I did eat almonds on my salad for breakfast this morning .....I know it sound funny but I wanted a "big" breakfast" and salad is so satisfying for me! Something about the mechanics of eating that adds to my satiety...I know sounds crazy but it is what it is!!

Best wishes for an on-plan day!!

I'm in. I felt a renewed commitment today so was glad to see this induction challenge!
SW: 211.0

Breakfast: bacon, 2eggs, cheese- 2carbs
Snack: coffee-2carbs
Lunch: ham. Patty, slice cheese, 1 cup raw brocolli/ranch dsg-3 carbs
snack: boiled egg-0.5 carb
supper: gr. chic salad/dsg- 8 carbs
snacks if needed: coffee, cheese stick, pepperoni-3 carbs
total: 18-19 carbs
WooHoo I'm excited- let's GO!

Sarah – I’m with you, dealing with the Atkins flu due to my nasty cheat weekends …and my TOM, so doubly miserable - lol

Nuts – I’ve been eating them ( small amounts of almonds normally ), but I’ll cut down and try to cut them out for a while

Sour cream – I think I had about two ounces of that today on my taco salad …so I’ve not done good on induction rules today I guess

Breakfast – 2 sausage patties with one pce of cheese melted between
Lunch – taco salad with sour cream as dressing
Afternoon Snack – pepperoni slices
Dinner – pork chops, broccoli

Have a great day ladies !

Carri

I'm in! I'm doing Induction until I'm within 15-20 lbs of my total goal - so for a really long freaking time lol


But that's ok, there is still SO much you can eat and the weight coming off is totally worth it!

I don't really remember yesterday, and while I didn't have anything not allowed, I was super low on calories and carbs, spent most the day working outside with hub HA! So I'll just start with today:

B 3.8 carbs: 2 slices of bologna, 3 scrambled eggs with shredded cheese (I must admit, usually only have 2 eggs, but was STARVING this morning - worked outside all day yesterday and didn't eat dinner night before)
L 3.5 carbs: Deli ham (6 slices) with mustard, a thin slice of cheese (1 american slice for all 6 pieces) and 2 slices of tomatoes
D: Pork Chops on the grill, with low carb BBQ sauce; broccoi and cauliflower (subject to change - will update with total carbs after dinner).

Day 3 weight - 218.8 (-.4 total boooo)

Oh well.. I weighed less last night HHHMMMM Well only had 4 1/2 hours of sleep ... that coulda done it too....

Breakfast - 1 egg, 2 sausages, 1 cheese = 2 carbs
Lunch (Capital Grille with a client.... Ceasar salad (small) with Ranch and a Parmesan crust/shell and grilled chicken... Guessing 10 carbs... but everything is on plan.. that Parmesan circle crust was Salty!!
Dinner - 2 eggs, 4 sausages and 1 oz cheese - 5 carbs

Water - 55 oz
Tea - 48 oz
Carbs: 17+ carbs.... guessing

SW: 211.0
CW: 210.0

Yesterday went pretty well. I did end up eating an atkins bar and I had planned on leaving them off a week or two to see if it made a difference in my weight loss. But I caved last night when I got off work! It was either that or something worse so I ate the bar.
I did leave off the nuts and I increased my water to 100 oz. I have really been slacking on it!

break: 2 eggs, bacon, cheese, peppers- 4 carbs
snack: coffee- 2 carbs
lunch: ham. Patty, raw brocolli- 2 carbs
snack: boiled egg- 0.5 carb
supper: fish, cooked brocolli 2 carbs
snack: cream cheese, jalopenos-3 carbs