Welcome alora. Be careful about salad dressings as often they have hidden carbs or sugar in them. Try switching to just plain salt/pepper to dress up your salads, 1/2 an avocado, or make your own homemade dressing.

Today's plan for myself:
Water: Half my weight in ounces
Exercise: 4 mile WATP video
Breakfast: 3 boiled eggs- out of grocerie
Lunch: Egg omelette w/ veggies, butter, salt/pepper, cheese
Dinner: Chicken breast and caulimash

Hi shan84, smith1313 and Aloravictory!
Welcome Aloravictory!
It's good to have friends here who share the same journey and who have the same goals: weight loss and better health!
I hope you ladies had a great day!
Hey, good motivator Aloravictory: hot tub in the snow after a good workout! Enjoy it!
Congratulations shan84 for doing so well and seeing results for many days in a row. Don't worry about TOM. That tends to be water gain (if at all) and will come right off. Hopefully you will continue to see great results even with TOM present!

Yesterday: 1/3
I stayed on plan 100% and even got my 10,000 steps (treadmill and "Sons of Anarchy"on Netflix) hahahaa
Good water intake.

Today 1/4
I left early and forgot my lunch.
Total steps for the day and only while at work: 9198 but I will get my 10,000 by the time I go to bed.
I didn't have breakfast, just black coffee. No lunch because the choices I had at work were full of carbs.
Dinner - omelet with: 2 eggs, one hamburger patty, one small red bell pepper, 2 cups of spinach, mozzarella cheese, bacon. Yummy!!
Also: 10 small radishes. All within the 20 carbs!
Low water intake today but the day is not over.

Tomorrow 1/5 I will work late so I might not check in here or check in later in the evening.
Here is the plan:
Breakfast: coffee, water
Lunch I had already prepped (omelet with mushrooms, bacon, hamburger meat, spinach, 2 eggs (total 8 g carbs)
Dinner cooked by my hubby since I will be late: grilled fish (tilapia or salmon, haven't decided) radishes and broccoli. Fish and broccoli will be cooked with butter (6 to 10 carbs total based on how much broccoli I will have)
Snack: 1 cheese stick (1 g carbs)
Exercise: 10,000 steps

Best of luck Ladies!
Have a wonderful day!

yesterday didn't go as planned....got out of work late, power outage...bags packed and almost out....blackout

did stay on eating plan yesterday, no corn dogs, only 7035 steps,

10,000 steps today, 20 min tone scheduled for tonight,

that makes sense, but isn't feasible when at hotels

the doctor I'm working with has actually OK'd certain dressings, but I've been off dressing for about...oh...10 years, so I'm re-adding it to see what tht feels like. No verdict yet.

ehading back to the hotel now to work out and drink water. It just doesn't work when traveling, so frustrating.

:/

alas, the snowstorm made the hotel close the outdoor hot tub. But, that's ok.

Back for another day. Poor weather has me staying at school for lunch today so I planned an egg morning and afternoon.

Water: Half my weight in ounces
Exercise: 10,000 steps
Breakfast: 3 boiled eggs w/ cheese
Lunch: 3 egg omelette w/ veggies, salt/pepper, butter, cheese
Dinner: Baked chicken breast w/ caulimash

Such a creature of habit. Ah well

Got home only one hour later than usual.

Hi smith1313!
Sorry about all the troubles with the power outage, etc. Good job staying on track with your food intake.

Hi Aloravictory!
It must be difficult traveling and planning for all these details related to the type of foods and nutrition we follow.
Since the offices you work in have kitchens, maybe you could cook some protein (not just have canned tuna) or buy some roasted chicken and store it in their fridge. As for dressings: maybe there are some out there with just simple ingredients like oil, vinegar, water and spices (without any sugar added). I don't know how long you travel for and how long you spend in one place. If you are there long enough, it might be worth buying ingredients to make your own and just store it in their fridge.
Hang in there!
Maybe you can use the hot tub today!

Hi shan84!
Good thing you were prepared and had lunch ready since you had to stay at school.
I am also a creature of habit. If it works and keeps us on plan, then it's good enough!

Yesterday
Ate on plan 100%. Got my 10,000 steps in.
Not enough water.

Today
Insignificant change on the scale - 245.2 (at least it's down and not up)
Ate all the foods I had planned but made one change for dinner. I had my version of coleslaw (raw cabbage, homemade mayo, pepper) with fried fish instead if grilled. Delicious!
Got my 10,000 steps in but I think that is not enough.
What I mean is that these are regular steps, walking pace while at work.
When I check my fitbit stats it shows no strenuous exercise (already knew that…) at all (based on heartbeat I guess).
I need to actually add some physical exercise like fast walking on the treadmill at an incline or one of my many videos!
Watched part of the Biggest Loser last night! Wow, 17, 20, 14 etc pounds lost in a week. They must be exercising like crazy and for MANY hours on top of eating right.

Positive thought for the day!
We each have our own journey and path to follow!
Don't compare yourself to others. Work hard, do your best and stay focused on your final goal!

Have a good night!
Will check in tomorrow!

Hi Ladies, miss reading your posts and see how you are doing!
Hope your day was a good one!

Today
CW: 244.7 (down half a pound)
Breakfast: Water, coffee, 3 super crunchy and yummy slices of bacon
Lunch: omelet with 2 eggs, mushrooms, hamburger meat, spinach
snack: 2 cheese sticks, radishes
Dinner: fried fish (salt, pepper, fried in oil), raw cabbage mixed with mayo, salt, pepper.
Got 10,612 steps in, so far today.
Water intake: below what I must have but better than yesterday

Have a good night and day tomorrow!
Will check in tomorrow evening!

Hope everyone is doing well. I'm hitting my TOM this week so just feel like crap overall, and of course seeing no weight loss yet because of it. Still as always, 100% on plan.

Slept in late today.

Water: Half my weight in ounces
Exercise: 10,000 steps
Brunch: 4 egg omelette w/ mushrooms and red onions, salt/pepper, butter, cheese
Dinner: Chicken breast and caulimash

so pissed at myself, I know i will do this but I'm having a hard time just staying on the diet. I am successful and I will reach my goal this year!!

Good luck smith you can do it. Committing to it is the biggest battle but once you've been on it consistently then all those desires to "cheat" go away. Trust me I've been on plan a LONG time.

My plan today:
TOM is in full force and I feel awful. Weight isn't moving on the scale either way.

Breakfast: 3 egg omelette w/ veggies, salt/pepper, butter, cheese
Lunch: Chicken breast, Lettuce, Tomato, 1/2 avocado, green peppers, homemade salsa
Dinner: Repeat of breakfast

Hi shan84!
I am sorry you are feeling miserable! Hang in there!
It is very impressive to see how you stick to it no matter what!
Great job!

Hi smith1313!
I am sorry you are struggling with the low carb diet. You are doing such a good job sticking to your exercise routine. How about you find a reward that is not food related?
For example: I stick with it for a week and I can get a ………mani/pedi, new magazine, make up, whatever little thing or not so little thing you want.
Then increase the time: I stick with it for 2 weeks……….
By then, your body should crave less carbs and the willpower might be stronger. I have been struggling for so long myself but have been on plan 100% since the 27th. I feel better and my cravings and hunger are diminished a lot. I need to stick with it for a very long time and then stay on a moderately low carb way of life!
Look at shan, wow, that's determination. She motivates me to make good choices!

Today
On plan 100%.
Coffee, water
Omelet: 2 eggs, mushrooms, spinach, hamburger meat
Radishes and cheese
Coleslaw (raw cabbage, home made mayo, salt and pepper), grilled chicken
9,208 steps so far today (probably get to 10,00 by bed time).

Have a good night and day!
Chat tomorrow!

thanks for suffering through my pity party

I do have goals every 9-11 pounds, maybe I should try duration instead of poundage...thank you

dh made veggie omelettes with bacon on the side and I packed my lunch bag and filled my water bottles....off to finally friday

Hello everybody!
Happy Friday!
I am tired…….and glad to start the weekend.
Yesterday
Update: Didn't make to 10,00 steps. I made it to 9,508
Today
Coffee, water
radishes, 3 cheese sticks, 3 bacon strips
Chicken salad (with home made mayo)
Cucumber, more cheese, radishes
TOO MUCH cheese!
Steps: 9,195

Week at a glance
It was a good week: prepping my lunches helped a lot.
What to do better: find the energy to exercise once I get home, drink more water.
What are your plans for next week?
What helps you stay on track?
Any tips you want to share?


Have a good night!
Check back tomorrow!

Hi all. Sorry I didn't post earlier.

My plan today was solid.
Water: half my weigh in ounces
Exercise: 45 minute walk
Brunch: Chicken breast w/ baked mushrooms and onions
Dinner: Garden salad, salt, chicken bites wrapped in bacon

Two more weeks til my vacation so I'm pushing myself hard to see what else I can lose before I'm in another country and faced with those challenges. The only thing that helps keep me on track is my self control and mentality. I must lose this weight. I want to be healthier. I want to have a healthy pregnancy someday in the near future. I have never had the desire to cheat or stray from plan because those are my truths that I live with everyday. I definitely think exercise is my weakness, but it is possible to lose a ton on Atkins without exercise. Exercise is more for toning up and building muscle. I get in a lot of walking and stair climbing but I know later in my journey I will have to be more committed. But I'm happy with my progress thus far.