Hi Jerseygryl,
I was wondering what you ate to lose weight. You look so awesome! I'm at a plateau right now, only lost 28 lbs. I gained a couple, I know I'm not eating alot of carbs. I could be pms-ing, but I think it's too soon.
Here's a sample of what I eat:

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 or 3 no carb sausage patties, water.
Snack: pork rinds (sometimes) or an Atkins bar
Lunck: Salad w/ thinly sliced radishes, cucumbers and sometimes bell peppers, with about 2 tblsp of 2 net carbs dressing and a diet Rite soda.
Dinner: meat, same type of salad as lunch, water and a diet Rite soda.
I do drink water througout the day.
Sometimes I snack on a few walnuts, or celery pieces.
One thing I do is always have vegetables or salad.
For lunch sometimes I will use a low carb tortilla, it's about 3 net carbs, with some turkey a little mayo and lettuce cucumber and a little bit of avocado.
Basically I eat this same way all the time, I just eat different meats.
One time for dinner I made fried fish with the pork rinds and soy flower. It was very good. I made turnip fries to go along with it.

One other thing I have given in to from time to time is sugar free ice cream made with Splenda.
Is this my downfall?
Anyway, I know I'm not eating alot of carbs so I'm not sure what it could be.
Any help will be appreciated!

Jerseygyrl is absolutely right about this being a way of life. I thought I was in a plateau several times, but when I went to my calendar, I actually had lost 20# in 2 months, so look at your calendar and make sure you aren't doing better than you think. I did have some weeks no loss, then next would catch up. I also agree with Jerseygyrl about the prepackaged stuff except I do eat 3 Carg serving beef jerky and pork rinds occasionally as they are better than eating the other junk you see in the stores. I don't eat ANY atkins products as they have way too many carbs, they also no longer adhere to Dr. Atkins philosophy about sugar alcohols.

Wow, now I'm going to look at those bars alot more closely. One thing I heard is that your suppose to deduct the fiber from the total carbs, so those bars shouldn't be too bad, everyonce in a while. I think?
You both gave me some good advice and encouragment. I do want this to be a lifestlye not just a quick fix.
Thanks you two for replying back to me, you helped alot!
I'm going to keep going until I reach my goal.
Whoo Hoo!

I agree with you Kim... those frankinfoods are horribly misleading. I wish I never ventured into that forbidden zone of sugar alcohols when I was doing Atkins because it totally destroyed my hard work.

.

does this seem reasonable to you?

1 or 2 eggs for breakfast (depending on how hungry i am) (1-2 carbs)
cheese string (0) and 4-6 strawberries (3 grams - 1 DF = 2)
for lunch today i am having 4 turkey meatballs (5g carbs) and cauliflower with butter (8 grabs carbs but 7 are dietary fiber = 1 carb right?)
then likely 22 almonds (5grams - 3 Df= 2)
romaine with 1.5 oz chicken, 1 strip bacon, sprinkle of hard parmesan, 2 tbsp caesar dressing (10grams carbs)
lots of water, 16 oz sparkling water with lemon and an 20oz iced tea with one packet splenda
so assuming i calculated correctly(i use fitday) thats 34 carbs - 12DF = 22

should i have more or less of anything?

yes technically i am and i know i am not supposed to have stawberries or nuts.......but i am having a hard time thinking of things for snacks that are easy.

Yeah, strawberries & nuts are a no-no on Induction. Easy snacks are string cheese, hard boiled eggs, deviled eggs, tuna salad, chicken salad, egg salad, crispy cheese "crackers", pepperoni, pork rinds. Personally, I'd stay away from the nuts for now. I'm also curious about the iced tea...is it bottled or do you make it yourself? Is it decaf?

the iced tea is brewed from a bag its its either white or green tea so no its not decaf but its not to bad i dont think, i am worried about eating to many eggs otherwise i would do HB more often - what are crispy cheese crackers??

i did buy some salami last night and roast beef which i am going to try to eat instead of the nuts - only 1 carb for 5 pieces but i am trying to stay away from to many processed foods.

i will cut out the fruit tomorrow but even though i have been about 19-22 carbs the past 3 days should i still be able to get into ketosis or do i need to restart without the fruit?

p.s have you tried any of the recipes on the atkins site?

Thanks so much - i am starting to notice my sugar/carb cravings starting and its only day 3 - thanks for the website i cant wait to try some of the recipes i figure if i can stand these next 11 days i can stick it out.

do you mind if i asked how quickly you lost during induction? I am hoping to hit my goal by end of november since i am going on vacation and am trying to stay on induction for at least a month thats the plan anyway.

Thanks FitinTime for asking JerseyGyrl how she lost her weight. I was wondering the same thing because she looks fantastic. You're both an inspiration for me!