Thanks SeeMyFeet and congrats on day 1... I know those first few days can be tough... I've just begun my 3rd week and I think I'm finally starting to feel like I'm "stabilizing"... Although I'm still just not hungry in the morning which I had hoped would have changed by now, especially since I'm no longer eating at night or snacking... Thankfully with Atkins '72 I can have a half cup of cottage cheese with 5g of carbs a day now if I like, so I'm going to give that a try this morning and take it from there... I hope everyone here is having a great day!

I'm was/am under the Diabetes-Prediabetes thread…come visit,and I'll be back to post here as well. I'm kinna a downer in that I'm not losing this is my 16th day…sorry no whoopies to share,sure could use some ideas why I'm failing tho.
Take care everyone...

So my day so far...

B: coffee w/1tsp HWC and 4oz of cottage cheese... so 5g of carbs there...

L: 2 cups of salad greens, 1oz of grape tomatoes, 1tbsp Caesar dressing, 0.5oz shaved Parmesan, and 4oz of chicken breast with 1tsp of EVOO...

So I'm at a total of 12g of carbs, 500 calories, and pretty good ratios of protein to fat so far...

Would you be willing to post some of your daily menus?

So I've been feeling a bit off today and on top of that my back is really bothering me for some reason... and it's snowing here AGAIN!... anyway, I did my best to stick to plan, so here is what I had which is going to have to count as my "dinner"...

Earl Grey tea w/1tsp HWC
4oz chicken breast with 1tbsp olive oil mayo
2 slices of extra sharp cheddar cheese
3oz pink grapefruit
1oz macadamia nuts
1/4 cup ricotta

So 775 calories in total... and 16g of carbs... So I'm at 1275 calories so far for the day and 28g of carbs... If I get hungry again I can always have some chicken broth and that still brings me in under 30g of carbs for the day.

don't feel like typing. Here's my daily tally from the spreadsheet:

Cals carbs
30 HH w/coffee 1.2
30 .. HH w/coffee... 1.2
144 . eggs 2 ........... 1.2
35 ....1 Tmayo oo ..... 2
4...... 1t muatard ......1
20.... lettuce 1/4 .......4
100... egg yolk ....... 1.2
125... tuna, 6oz
10 .....6 picl;es .......... 5
120 ... avocado, 1/3 ...4
16 .....lemon juice,2T... 6
150 .. chicken pieces
50 .....butter
794...... total............ 26.8
Miracle of miracles.....major drop on the scale this am! I had such trouble sleeping, first cold, then hot, aches and pains... and did not have as much water today, so hopefully the scale won't take it back! So day 2 went pretty well, but any joy in that was taken away by one look in the mirror. Ugh. So much work to do!


....keep your snow, Trip!

Good Morning All!

Hope everyone had a good day yesterday... mine turned out to be pretty OK, even though I had a few minor issues... my back pain seems to be better today, but I made an app. with the doctor this afternoon so I'm going to keep it anyway... and they usually weigh everyone so I'll be curious to see how much Ive lost since I was last there...

So I've been telling myself I really need to start eating breakfast regularly, which I really want to do, but I guess all the years of not doing it have really made it hard... And also I regularly go to Mass on Wed but it's not till noon and I don't eat before receiving communion... so I won't be eating this morning... but I've decided that I'll have some broth... I'll talk with the Priest about it, but I'm sure it will be OK...

I actually asked to switch to the gluten free hosts that they have available a few weeks ago, because at my Church one of the Priests actually likes to make homemade communion "bread"... So I asked what was in it and lo and behold, SUGAR, FLOUR, eggs, and MOLASSES, etc... SO it was no wonder that after Church I wanted to run to nearest bakery and buy a big birthday cake even though it was not my birthday, nor anyway near it... lol...

Actually, it was good to see how just that little bite of what I like to now call the "Communion Cookie" really set me off with the cravings for sugar... I mean WOW!... Anyway... now I just have the gluten free host and my big dilemma and the "Communion Crisis" have been averted... lol... Thank God!

Wow, that some sugar trigger, Trip! I actually don't have much of a sweet tooth, but do like things like dates....salivating at the thought! (good thing I don't have any in the house!)

So today:
B: 2 eggs L: salmon with lettuce S: tuna salad w/ lettuce and avocado D: mushrooms sauteed w/ butter and sesame oil

987 calories and 41 total carbs. Dinner was late, so braced for a disappointing weigh in tomorrow. Plus I didn't have much water. Today's weigh in was pretty much the same as yesterday, yay!

...so day 3 went ok....no headache...tired, but working a lot....not too fuzzy-headed....slept a little more, but not much better....wish I had a magic wand....

I am new but wanna jump full force into this site/ group.

Breakfast- none (I slept in first day off)
Lunch- 1/2 green beans fresh, 1/3 of broccoli and 2 chicken on a sticks.
Dinner- a turkey sandwich with lettuce, tomato and light mayo on half a crescent bun.

Didn't get to go to the gym today, but played basketball for about an hour with my cousin (shes 10...wish I had that energy) About to head to bedtime yogo before sleep.

Welcome tabbylady! the more the merrier...

Yes SeeMyFeet it sure was quite a trigger... but I'm actually pretty grateful that I got to see how such a little thing could really set me off, so now I know at least... and it's funny you just mentioned dates, because I was just thinking that they might be ok for me as a treat when I get to maintaince... But I've already got a bar of 85% dark chocolate stashed away for that... lol... Good to hear you're doing ok at day 3... I just now in my 3rd week feel like I'm starting to "stabilize"

So yesterday was a bit off because I wound up not eating to late in the day because of Mass and my Dr.'s app.... but here it is...

Morning: coffee w/1tsp HWC, 1cup of broth, and then a cup of tea w/1tsp HWC a little bit later in the morning

Lunch: 1 gluten free communion wafer... 1 calorie and 1 carb... It's actually listed on MyFitnessPal, which I find pretty amusing... so I guess you really can track everything if you want...lol...

Dinner: 1cup broth, 3oz tofu, 1tbsp EVOO, 6oz chicken breast, 2tbsp olive oil mayo, 2cups steamed brocoli, 2tsp butter

Snack: 2oz macadamia nuts

So grand totals for the day... 1185 calories 20g carbs total (11g of net carbs) and all my macro's looked pretty good and I wound up feeling pretty good too so I'm happy...

Good afternoon all!

Hope everyone is having a good day so far... I'm having a pretty good day here... had to fast for some blood work this morning, so NO coffee first thing which was a bit tough, especially since I get up very early... Decided to hit the grocery store before the doc's office at 8am which was great since there was literally no one shopping at that hour... So I thought with all that running around and the fact that I hadn't eaten since 8pm last night I would have been ravenous, but I wasn't (I definitely think the ketosis is doing the trick for my appetite) so I just had my much wanted coffee and some cottage cheese... Then had to run to the vet with 2 of our cats which is always a big production... between getting them into their carriers and the car ride... Let's just say my cats are really not into it...lol... But we got there and back with no disasters thank God... Anyway here is how my food is looking so far...

B: coffee w/2tsp organic pastured raised half&half (my grocery store was out of the same HWC version I like and I didn't have time to run all over God's green earth to find it at 7am this morning all so I could save 1g of carbs in my coffee...lol... and since I just wasn't hungry I just decided to have 4oz of cottage cheese before dashing back out to the vet's.

L: Baby lettuces and radicchio, 1oz grape tomatoes, 0.5oz shaved parmesan, Caesar dressing, 7oz chicken breast (I should have cut 1oz off of it when I weighed it and given it to my poor dog, but I'm just so lazy sometimes... I swear...) and 1tbsp of really delicious EVOO... Yum!

Decided to sit outside after lunch, because it finally is beautiful and sunny here today... YAY!... and enjoy another coffee w/1tsp of the half&half... which I guess I might as well use since I have it until I get some more of the HWC that I like... seriously... Talk about first world problems.... Lol...

And so now even though I've got a ton of food in the house... I still have no idea what I'm going to make my family for dinner tonight...

I dunno ladies....Day 4....I was soooo tired at work today...and bothered by RA.

But I made it through ok...724 calories and 15 total carbs
B: coffee and eggs w/ tumeric
L: tuna salad w/ mayo&pickles
D: scallops sauteed in butter
3 coffees total and not nearly enough water

So yesterday I wound up coming in at around 1400 calories and 15g's of carbs and I'm very happy with that... that carb level has me in ketosis which seems to be keeping my hunger and cravings in pretty good check... and that calorie level is good for a deficit where I'll be losing well over a 1lb a week...

SeeMyFeet... Please don't take this the wrong way... But at that calorie level the only thing I'd be seeing is my bedroom ceiling, because I wouldn't have the engergy to get out of bed... lol... But seriously why are you eating so few calories? I didn't see any salad veggies in that menu, but even that wouldn't bring up that low calorie level by much, so even if you where getting enough protein you would still need to add more fat...

Not sure how you're tracking calories... I'm using MFP and I set it to 1200 calories a day and set the macro's to 5% carbs/ 30%protein / 65%fat... Most days I go over calorie wise, but I do my best to keep my "macros" on target... the first week I was usually at 1500 to 1700 a day... Now I'm between 1100 and 1400 a day... and I was definitely eating too much protein and not enough fat, which is why I felt so sluggish... for me too few calories and even though I'm in ketosis I'm hungry and don't feel good... too much protein and I'm sluggish and don't feel good... Not enough salad and foundation veggies and I'm "irregular" (if you know what I mean...lol...) and I definitely don't feel good... So for me getting the right amount of fat "dialed in" so to speak seems to be the key to feeling good and having really good energy, while still losing weight with this way of eating for me...