Fickle-Sorry to hear about dh's job.I hope he finds a new position soon.

Today is my eldest's 20th birthday. Which means I baked a cake that I will now have to avoid. She also wants Chinese Food for dinner...I was thinking of getting Chicken & Broccoli for myself (not really interested in plain steamed veggies) but have no idea what the carb count would be. Hmmm not sure if it's worth it... (not to mention the major water retention all that sodium will cause) I also took my younger sons for ice cream today...at least the cravings aren't that bad, more of emotional "missing" than a physical craving.

Otherwise:
B-Flaxbread/MIM with peanutbutter
L-Leftover Kielbasa with sauerkraut
D-???

Food for 7/21/15

B Coffee, no sugar soy milk, stevia
Jenny-O lean turkey sausage (1)
scrambled eggs

Lunch.. Tuna, with mayo , stuffed pimento olives( o carbs)
Put tuna in between cucumber slices

Snack. Jello

Supper.. ate out with friends.. Chinese.. Ordered chicken with broccoli, steamed, with sauce on side. Had about 1 teaspoon of sauce.

Snack.. Atkins Mocha Latte Shake

Walk.. Cut down to 2 hours last night due to the heat.. Brutal humidity. Beach had no air at all.

Wishing you all a great weight loss day.

I second the emotional missing. At my aunts b-day dinner I wanted the cake simply because it was a family thing to do, not because I really wanted it.

Ended up having fried shrimp for dinner instead of chicken last night. All in all though, still stayed under 20g so I think I'm doing okay.

B - scrambled eggs with sausage and cheese
L - not really sure yet, possibly left over taco salad
D - definitely the chicken dinner I should have ate last night

I started checking my blood sugar last night and honestly, not the numbers I was expecting. 177 after dinner, 143 two hours later, and then 123 this morning after fasting. :| I figured on LC for a month they'd be much lower. Went to the health department and was told for my weight and condition that I was overreacting. I'm just like, I'm not eating hardly any sugar at all or carbs. How do those numbers make sense?

Monday was my 71st birthday and I celebrated with family at the Outback Steak House. I had the bone in 22 oz rib eye with 1/2 cup steamed broccoli. I passed up the complimentary birthday ice cream they offer but I was tempted. My Atkins carb intake was on plan at 13 grams but my calorie count was 400 too much. So yesterday I cut my calories to 850 which is 650 under my goal and my carb count was ZERO just to balance things out from Monday. Today I should be back to normal.

The scale rewarded me today with a 2 lb loss. YES!!

Happy Birthday, Larry.. And you did well eating out.. You have great determination and that is the key to a lifestyle change in diet.. Will get you to maintenance before you know it.

B- deviled eggs
L- leftover chicken
D-crockpot chuck roast with broccoli and cheese

Broccoli last night left me a little bloated today, but down a lb from yesterday maybe that's a good sign for Saturday. I'd hope for a good weigh in but I'm also due for TOM that day, so..... blah

Going to Biloxi for my granddads 90th birthday next Thurs! I'm thinking a piece of 90th birthday cake is in store. I mean, he's my only granddad left and it's a super special occasion. One piece won't like totally derail me? I hope I hope.....

Happy late b-day Larry!

rpm3060 Thanks for the kind words and the Birthday Wishes

FickleHearts Thanks for the Birthday Wishes

WOW!! I lost another 3 pounds today.

That makes 52 pounds in 93 days and just over 1/2 pound a day!

Congrats on the weight loss, Larry... Awesome..

Dee

Food for 7/23/15

Breakfast.. Egg omelet with broccoli , soy cheese, salsa.
Coffee, soy milk, stevia

Snack. cream cheese, manzanella olives(3) with pimento chopped into cream cheese , with celery sticks

Lunch. Meatloaf made with ground chicken, salad , oil and vinegar, herbs

Snack. Iced coffee with 1/4 cup of Atkins French Vanilla Shake.

Supper. Grilled Salmon, string beans
Lemon sugar free jello

Exercise. Walked two miles

hi all new to Atkins but not the site. i used it a few years ago when i was IP. i have i have as good of results with this i lost almost 100 lbs in about 7 months. i hear this is the spot to get tuned up when you been bad. look forward to chatting and maybe learning a few thins you you all.

Grats Larry!

Welcome Big Daddy!

B- coffee with splenda, trying to IF today just to see if anything changes
L- fish with cabbage (fried mullet, it's a Gulf coast thing, but my grandma lightly mills them before frying so I'm hoping if I eat no other carbs today it won't be too bad)
D - left over chuck roast or chicken parm wings, still up for debate and laziness

Maybe finally tonight I can get back to my walk. Dogs are getting pretty tee'd off LOL.

It has been a challenge to find new and creative ways to increase my fat intake. I have been on low fat diets for so many years that I have had to totally change my thinking.

I tried something new for breakfast. Last night I cooked a hamburger steak and I saved the fat that was in the pan. I suppose it would be called unrendered beef tallow. I scrambled three eggs in the tallow and the eggs soaked all of it up. I must say they were some of the best tasting eggs that I ever had.

Now I am looking into using non hydrogenated lard in my cooking as well as beef tallow. This opens new possibilities

Welcome...
Dee

FickleHearts..

I live on the intracoastal waterway in Florida and I see mullet jumping . We do not fish, but ones that do, say mullet is plentiful. There was a place in Flagler Beach that used to serve fried mullet and place was always packed. They served a mullet dip that was to die for. They are not longer there.

This week I had a good loss and I'm thinking it may be because I varied my carb count. I ate between 23-28 carbs every day but yesterday I ate 13. I'm going to do it again this week and see if I get another loss.

As for food:
B: Atkins shake plus a few slices of chicken cold cuts (was in a rush)
L: Shrimp Scampi with broccoli
D: nothing yet- my microwave blew a fuse 2hrs ago so I think I'll just have eggs
S: 1oz chipotle peanuts
Coffee with heavy cream

I also did 45min of exercise today.