Brunch:
Denny's: sunshine slam or something like that?: scrambled eggs with cheese and some onions, peppers, tomatoes (skipped the hash browns and toast), 3 slices bacon, 1 sausage.
Dinner (out again!):
Sante Fe Chicken: grilled boneless chicken breast in mustard dill sauce (butter based) with green/red peppers and goat cheese (with steamed veggies on the side).
MOVIE NIGHT AND I HAD NO POPCORN - CAN YOU BELIEVE IT ?
It helped that hubby did not have any either (usually we get a huge bucket with butter, and then get a free refill...and soft drink too). Hubby got some chocolate covered raisins (shame on him)...I was ok with that, and got a decaf coffee with cream to sip on!!!...and some lemon perrier on the way home!
Lunch: Wendy's Chicken BLT salad (minus the croutons and honey mustard dressing - used my own italian). Checked website and salad is 10 carbs and 4 fibre grams - so the whole thing is only 6 carbs...and well worth it!
Snack: 2 slices bologna (0) and diet crush/splenda (1)
Dinner - had to throw out the burgers I made cuz they smelled REALLY FUNNY - did not want to chance anything, so I chucked them. DH off to McDonald's to fulfill kiddie's cravings. I ordered a quarter pounder w/ cheese (no ketchup or relish) and a side salad: about 4 carbs with some dressing from home!.
It is my #1'son's birthday, 17 today- but we did not go out for dinner as he is studying for exams (might as well have gone out as it is 8 pm now...and no food yet!).
CHALLENGE: BIRTHDAY CAKE!! - I am presuming given my last two weeks behaviour that I will be able to resist. Will prepare a decaf coffee and try and keep away. Need to also make sure I'm full from dinner
Breakfast - very rushed - car going to shop, and meeting at 9 am: 2 mozzarella cheese strings and decaf w/cream
Lunch: Salad bar at work (greens, some green pepper, cucumber and celery) mixed with turkey slices and slice of edam cheese (keep those in the fridge at work) and italian dressing (from home).
Dinner: eye of round steak (currently marinating in greek dressing), zucchini/mushroom/onion combo stir fried with oil and garlic.
Hope I get time to eat dinner! two soccer games tonight - two different times at two different fields!
Will probably bring water and decaf with me!
Still hungry after dinner so had egg salad: 2 hard boiled eggs w/mayo. According to fitday today works out to: appro 1300 cals., 64% fat, 31% protein and 5% carbs! YIPPEE!!
Lunch:
2 cups salad: lettuce, cucumbers, celery, carrots (can you have those?), a hard-boiled egg, and cheddar cheese with Caesar dressing. This is the first time I have had a salad since I started this diet. I didn't think I cared for them much, but this was really good.
Dinner:
4 oz. honey-glazed turkey breast (2.5 carbs)
Water:
I have been drinking 140 oz. per day. But I am having trouble really getting started until the p.m., and then I end up drinking about 40 oz. right before I go to bed.
Worries:
I have been weighing myself daily (which I know is cautioned against). I haven't lost anything the past 2 days, and I have a fear that my metabolism is slowing to a crawl. Yesterday, all I had was 8 oz. of that delicious honey-glazed turkey, which is only 225 calories (5 carbs). In general, I would say I have been eating 300-800 cal per day. Is there any way to have under that 1200 cal bottom everyone talks about and still keep up your metabolism? My goal is to lose 1 lb. per day.
Now, I have heard that you shouldn't lose more than 2 lb. per week, but when I went to the Atkins website and read the following, that is when I knew this diet was for me!
Quote:
First of all, Dr. Atkins doesn't advise losing more than one pound a day. (People with a lot of excess weight may lose more than a pound a day in the beginning. And you may very well lose water weight this fast in the beginning, and that is also OK.) That's about as fast as a normal human body can dump pounds safely and comfortably. Go faster, and your metabolism won't have had time to adjust. You'll be losing an excessive amount of water and minerals and you may feel fairly awful. Back off and listen to your body.
So, how do I lose 1 lb. per day? Should I eat less than the 1200 cal? Eating 800 and less isn't bothering me, and I have heard that some people go on very low calorie diets if they are severely overweight. I could really use some input. Help...
DO NOT EAT LESS THAN 1200 CALORIES PER DAY...in fact the reason your weight loss is slowing down is because you are eating too few calories. Your body goes into "starvation mode"...thinking you are lost in the desert with no food , and is therefore holding on to its reserves, just in case!. You will actually lose weight by eating more food. In fact, varying your calorie intake is good too.
If you are doing Atkins, you should not necessarily be counting calories anyways...just eating food on the acceptable foods list and making sure you don't exceed the 20 carb limit.
Are you taking any supplements? These might also help with weight loss!
No, I am not taking any supplements, just a regular vitamin. Which would you recommend that would help me lose weight more quickly?
And also, about how much meat do you eat a day. I have been eating 4-8 oz, which is what I am used to eating. Unless it is hamburgers or hotdogs, I really can't stomach eating 2 pieces of chicken. 1 is bad enough. There is just something about meat that grosses me out. Now, I have been trying to stick to turkey and chicken and fish, because I wanted to save fried hamburgers with cheese and bacon and mustard to the weekends - because otherwise I would eat them EVERY NITE! Anyway, I just want to know how much meat I should eat in order not to make my body start chewing on MY OWN proteins.
Thanks for your help. I'll start eating more calories. But without starches, its kinda hard. Or at least I thought it was until I had that salad yesterday. I think that salad dressing was worth 600 calories by itself. Maybe if I stop broiling everything, the grease would add in some stuff. I'll start reading this food posting thing daily to see how everyone else eats. Thanks again.
Amata - First off I want to welcome you! There are great people here doing various low carb plans and plenty of wonderful advice. Please post on the daily so we can all get to know you. The 'life' support really helps us stay (semi) sane and on plan.
But now I want to voice some concern. You say in your post above that you are on day 9 of Atkins Induction phase but you skipped breakfast, at lunch you had your first salad since starting the diet and you didn't have any salad or veggies at dinner. In Atkins book and noted at his website, breakfast, salads and approved veggies are very necessary and an important component to the low carb way of eating - you CANNOT skip them. Low carb (done the way the plan calls for) IS a healthy way of eating but you must eat the recommended foods.
Please read the book again, especially the part about the science of WHY low carb works and incorporate ALL recommended foods into you way of eating. We want you healthy!
Good luck and please post often with comments, questions, etc. We love to make new friends!
Im back on plan, and back posting my meals.......here goes
Food list for today......listed since I didnt really have breakfast, lunch and supper today.....being such a busy day, it all ran together, and I ate when I was hungry.
1 boiled egg
2 salmon patties
1 cup coleslaw
3 oz garlic chicken
1 cup spaghetti squash
.5 cup cream mushroom soup sauce w/ garlic and parm cheese
Back to taking chromium pic, L-carnitine, and L-Glutimine ....I started back on these today, and they did the trick as far as stopping the sugar cravings Ive been having the last few weeks.
B. Hard boiled egg and dry pepperoni slices with coffee
L. Salad and BBQ chicken minus the skin which tasted sweet
(We went out to lunch and I chose the buffet.)
D. Beef fajitas wrapped in lettuce leaves
2 glasses of wine
I know this is not strict Atkins Induction because of the coffee and wine but is as close as I can get without a brain transplant!
Lunch:
Mcdonald's chicken caesar salad(no croutons, no caesar dressing) (4)
Italian dressing (1.3)
Dinner OUT!!!
Poached salmon w/wine, lemon butter sauce (YUM) (1.5)
lots of veggies (e.g. 1 brussel sprout, 1 mushroom, 2 slices zucchini, 1 brocolli spear, 1 cauliflower)....gave hubby the potato, but ate two of those mini corn things which I think put me over my carb limit!!! (10)
No dessert and only decaf coffee w/ cream at the movies! (3)
TOTAL: a bit over 20 gram limit but not too bad! (24)
JUNE 14TH - busy mixed up day
Slept in late so breakfast at 10:30 am
2 eggs/bacon (1.7)
cappuccino at hairdresser's - I know not supposed to have milk - but only a bit about 2 oz (skipped the sugar and chocolate topping tho) (3)
Kinda skipped lunch!! : - too busy shopping and getting about - did drink water tho!
Dinner out! at Red Lobster
Passed up on those awesome cheese/garlic biscuits
Tossed salad w/ranch dressing (4)
Ordered fisherman's feast?? but asked for no rice or potatoes, just veggies. Ate: 1 small lobster tail w/butter, some scallops, broiled garlic shrimp and piece of broiled pollock (6)....the veggies were peas/carrot mix - was not sure of carb so left them on the plate!!! (got home and checked...not that bad...oh well).
Late nite snack (guess this makes up for the missed lunch?)
5 chicken wings and diet orange crush.
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, and is therefore holding on to its reserves, just in case!. You will actually lose weight by eating more food. In fact, varying your calorie intake is good too.
