It's my favorite fish! Most places consider it a trash fish, but they don't know what they are missing. I have family in Jacksonville that catch them that way occasionally. I ended up not even eating the skin, she'd fried them slightly too hard and cleaned them wrong LOL. So I think I actually managed to avoid much of the corn mill.

Still, only carbs for the day really, so I feel okay about it.

They are also really good smoked, but grandma didn't have a smoker.

You peeps are kinda quiet lately.....

L-chicken/shrimp teriyaki with veggies
D - 7 oz ribeye, broccoli, and summer squash

Down to 229 today! Yep, makes sense. I will FINALLY start losing now that I have a planned b-day party coming up. GRRRRRRRRRR

Food for 7/25/15

Breakfast.. Coffee with Nestle's Sugar Free Coffee Mate,Hazelnut
2 Jenny -O sausages with scrambled egg

Snack. celery with cream cheese and chives
Diet Coke

Lunch.. Lettuce wraps with leftover ground turkey with veggies

Snack Iced Coffee with 1/4 cup of Atkins Vanilla Shake

Supper Grilled Shrimp Skewers, broccoli
Lime sugar free jello

Exercise Walked 2 miles

Net carbs 14

Group very quiet..

L - pollo loco
D - hot wings
S - 2 babybel cheese wedges

Weekends go by way way too fast.

A good day today.

Lunch
Fat, beef tallow, 1 tbsp
Walmart - Beef Chuck Roast, 7 oz

Dinner
Sunny Meadow - Jumbo Egg, 3 egg
Great Value - Sweet Cream Butter Unsalted, 2 tbsp(s)
Hannaford - Real Mayonaise, 2 Tbsp

Snacks
Radishes - Raw, 15 large (1" to 1-1/4" dia)

TOTAL: 1,262 Calories, 5g Carbs, 108g Fat, 62g Protein

Goal: 1,500 Calories, 19g Carbs, 117g Fat, 94g Protein

Yesterday I had party to celebrate hubby's 40th and my daughter's 20th birthdays...

B-Chia custard
L & D-sausage and peppers, 1/4 of an Italian sub (no bread)
Plus: 5 Doritos, 3 pieces of Penne, 1 bite of ice cream cake and 7oz of Muscato

The scale was up a pound today. Not surprised. My plan is to drink 100oz of water, exercise and keep my carbs at 20 or lower.

Not sure on food today really.

So far my plan is:

B-5 deviled eggs
L - leftover roast and squash
D - parmesan chicken wings if the hubby heads that way.

So TOM is here and this month I am not that bloated so far! Scale is still showing 229, so I'm rather ecstatic. My plan for my Biloxi trip is to stay on track and just have a piece of cake on Friday. We're doing the buffet at the Beau Rivage, so I should be able to stick to LC pretty easily. I think the hubby is going to go a little nuts, but that's okay. I am not getting back to the 220's again to screw it all up now! I seem to get down to 227 and then quit for some dumb reason or another.

NOT THIS TIME!

FickleHearts-congratulations on getting to the 220s!

I could really relate to your saying you always stopped around the same point, and shy of your goal. I do the same. Once I get to a certain weight, I start to feel like this is good enough (and forget how horrible I felt 40lbs heavier) and start backsliding...

Well ended up having bbq wings for dinner last night. I didn't eat any carbs up to that point save for a few veggies at lunch, which ended up being pollo loco again. I didn't go over 20g, I just don't like eating my carbs up with sugar. :|

Anywho -

L - deviled eggs, coffee with sugar free creamer.
D - Taco Pie

Can't wait till Thurs!

B-Atkins bar (I was running late)
L- Tuna salad
D-Shrimp and broccoli
100oz of water
Coffee with cream

Amending Tues:

B- coffee with liquid splenda and creamer
L - 6 hot wings and 6 deviled eggs
D- low carb taco pie (not that good) with lettuce and sour cream
1,279 calories 10 grams of carbs

Today:
B - coffee with liquid splenda and half and half (ran out of the good stuff)
L - leftover taco pie
D - grilled ahi tuna in herb garlic marinade with broccoli and butter
S - peanut butter fudge fat bomb
1,152 calories 17 grams of carbs (not net)

I think I need to eat more calories. I'm not hungry really so I don't feel like I'm starving, but that's less than the 1200-1400 I was eating daily on CICO..... I guess if it ain't broke don't fix it?

Scale still showing 229. So either I didn't have the TOM water gain like normal, or I'm actually 3-5 lbs lighter. I don't feel bloated this month, so I'm going with the former.

ONE MORE DAY TILL VACAY!

Hi everybody!
I am so inspired by your willpower and proud of you for going "down" and sticking with it.
I have a long history of falling off the wagon….but I am not giving up.
I haven't been exercising at all since coming back which sure shows on the scale. My eating exceeded the total carbs and am now working on getting back in ketosis state, which takes almost a week, as you smart people already explained here and on other threads.
Shopping: While at the store, I bought 2 way too small swimwear bottoms (not skimpy just a smaller size : medium vs. Xlarge) which were on sale for only $5.00. I want these to be a goal and motivation for next summer's vacation.
Today's eating:
Breakfast: omelet (2 eggs, raw spinach, cooked in oil)
Lunch: veggie smoothie (spinach, broccoli, bell pepper - a couple of slices, and 2 strawberries all in the Nutribullet with water and nothing else)
Revised later in the day - No veggie drink: I had fried chicken livers with 2 pickles.
Dinner: Protein and fat: not sure if it's going to be tilapia, sausage, pork loin……haven't decided what we are having for dinner yet.
Exercise: walk on the treadmill while I watch a favorite show: about 3 miles.
I went to the store and bought tupperware with compartments. Each Sunday, I am going to grill or bake chicken, cook other types of protein (hamburger meat, pulled pork, shrimp, fish) and prep my lunches for the whole week, ahead of time. I plan on having a protein and salad or cut veggies.
Another thing I have been doing is buy the Costco roasted chicken, take all the meat apart, portion it into ziploc bags and freezing it. This works well for a quick add-on to salads, omelets, snacking, etc. Now, I just need to avoid the forbidden foods. I have the knowledge, know and understand the benefits, MUST and NEED to improve my health. I must be strong and not allow bad choices to rule/ruin my health.
Lunch is always hard to me, either I don't eat anything and then overeat at home or eat the bad stuff. Planning ahead will help me stay on track.
Best of luck to you all!
Thank you for allowing me to ramble as I try to find my way and motivate myself.

Lulu and Wannaskipandlaugh, are you still here, Ladies?
To everybody else: these two ladies are another example of genuine support and kindness, just like all of you here, on this thread.
I miss your insightful posts and camaraderie and hope that you are both doing well. Stop by and say "hi" when and if you can.

Nice to meet you healthyin2015

I was on Atkins a long time ago and am back.. I was with another local diet program , lost the weight stayed on maintenance for a long time, and maintenance would not work for me after a year so am back at Atkins, where I know I can get the pounds off and get back to where I so hard tried to get at.

This is a great group. I find by people posting what they ate, it helps me stay on focus.

Good luck to you
Dee

Food report for 7/29/15

Ate breakfast out.. Egg omelet, spinach, green tea. Did not eat the home fries toast ,nor the fruit

Snack.. Atkins bar.. Took care of bad craving

Lunch.. Leftover chicken with lettuce, tomato, cuke oil and splash of vinegar

Snack Iced coffee with Atkins Mocha Latte Shake.. I froze this for awhile, they put in blender.. It is like a frozen latte.. Again, took away craving

Supper.. Barbecued halibut fish with herbs, broccoli

I forgot my carb count, but it was not over 18.
Jello

Well, I didn't have to worry about calories last night at all LOL. Ended up adding cheese to my broccoli which pushed me right on up there!

Heading out to Biloxi today. I don't have a meal plan as we'll be traveling. I have decided not to let myself cheat, other than a piece of cake, so that means no alcohol! Naturally I saw 228 today, so nope nope nope nope. I am not going to go off diet and risk staying off when I get back to the 220's at last LOL.

Hope everyone has a great weekend! Welome healthyin2015. This is a great group although it's gotten quiet recently.