So today is Good Friday which means it's a "fast" day for me... Although technically that means I'm allowed a light breakfast, one meal, and one "half" meal during the course of the day... So for my "light" breakfast in addition to my usual coffee I had 3oz of pink grapefruit and 4oz of cottage cheese for 12g of carbs... which is fine because I'll be eating rather light the rest of the day...
I will abstain from meat today as well... So for my one meal I'm planning a homemade egg drop soup made with vegetable broth, and some lightly "wilted" spinach with tofu and probably some really good EVOO... I might have a small salad too... as for my "half" meal, not really sure about that yet... Might have some cheese or some macadamia nuts or both... lol... depending on how I feel... and of course I plan on weighing and measuring, and tracking it as well... so I'll come and post later...
Still struggling with trying to eat breakfast on a regular basis... not because I think it's necessary or anything like that... I just seem to feel better when I do... anyway needless to say I didn't eat breakfast this morning, but I did have a nice lunch...
So far for today... calories are at 585 and carbs are at 13g
So yesterday I wound up coming in at 1145 calories and 20g of net carbs on the dot... And I even did a little experimenting and had some shirataki "spaghetti" with carbona sauce with my dinner and I'm still in ketosis... and it didn't cause any cravings... Truth be told... I'm not really missing pasta... Thank God!
Yesterday I ended up with 1395 calories, but 58 carbs ugh but I'm still ok, one day at a time.
Today I did pretty well with easter day, 980 calories and 32 carbs, Monday will be better, weekends are hard for me but I get better every day, I'm staying focused.
Skelley good to see that you didn't let one day of coming in higher with the carbs derail you and you got right back on track... hope it didn't cause any cravings...
I had a really lovely Easter... Got up very, very early for the Easter Vigil and service... just stuck with coffee and cream and politely said "No Thank You" to all the very well meaning food pushers at Church... Lol... and since I was there for about 6 hours it was a bit rough at a few points, but actually for the most part I felt pretty good... And a very nice women who I guess I haven't seen in awhile gasped when she saw me and practically shrieked "Oh My God! you're lost so much weight! You look great!" which made me feel pretty good... Came home and ate very reasonably, stayed on plan... had some macadamia nuts and a piece of some cheddar to keep my appetite under control and had a lovely dinner with my family...
So for today I came in at 1265 calories total and exactly 20g of net carbs for the second day in a row which I did not plan, but was a nice coincidence...
I finally got around to eating breakfast this morning and I feel so much better...
Decided to have 2 scrambled eggs with a 1tsp of cream, cooked in 1tsp of butter, a few Applegate turkey breakfast sausages, and 4oz of cottage cheese and 4oz of some fresh strawberries... And of course coffee with 1tsp of cream...
So far that puts me at 480 calories and 15g of net carbs... Not bad... and I'm planning to have a small steak tonight with a nice salad and some asparagus, so that will keep me in the 20 to 30g of net carbs neighborhood... no problem
Last edited by TripSwitch; 04-06-2015 at 01:25 PM.
Well, I finished one week of induction. Weekly average for calories was a little under 1200 with an average of around 50 total carbs per day. I had a few items not strictly on the list...endured an RA flare-up and the ensuing exhaustion that accompanies it....but .stuck to it pretty well. I feel FAR less bloated and slacks fit better. This week, I lost around 5 lbs. I expected to lose more, given how bloated I felt and how much i have lost in previous attempts at atkins. But I still have joint swelling and I became low thyroid since the last time so it's prolly not a fair comparison. I'm gonna go for another week of induction and try for no cheats. AND more water.
Congrats SeeMyFeet! 5lbs lost is great! I started back on Atkins on 3/16/15 and I weighed 182 and now I'm down to around 168 which I'm very happy with... But now the hard part begins... The last 15lbs! But I'm determined!
So today I stuck to my plan from my previous post and ate exactly what I planned... Total calories came in at 1230 and 24g of net carbs and I'm very happy with that...
So far today... Calories are at 790 and net carbs are at 22g
Pretty much had the same breakfast as yesterday... except I decided to omit the cream and not cook my scrambled eggs in the 1 tsp of butter... and I added 2 egg whites to the eggs which made up the 50 calorie deficit created by that omission...
For lunch I wanted something easy... So I had a salad of 4oz of organic fresh baby spinach, 1oz grape tomatoes, 4oz tofu, and 2tbsp creamy ranch dressing
For dinner I'm planning on having 6oz of cod and 4oz of asparagus with 1tsp of butter, some lemon and a salad... for "dessert" 2oz of fresh strawberries with 1tsp of cream
For snacks 1oz of chedder and 1oz of macadamia nuts if I like... We'll see...
Last edited by TripSwitch; 04-08-2015 at 10:37 AM.
So I'm within 15lbs of a "normal" BMI (I know, I know... people have all sorts of issues with it... myself included, but the range for me is a good ball park... so that's what I'm shooting for...) And now that I'm so close I expect that my weight loss is really going to slow down... So yesterday I started to think about doing IP to get to goal... I don't know... It's just a thought at this point...
So today I'm feeling a bit sluggish and not hungry... I know I should probably eat breakfast, but I'm just not into it... So I think I'll just have some tea with cream...
I'll be back later to post totals and my carb count...
