Just Starting Out, Advice Needed

  • I am just starting on Atkins so I was wondering what people would think of my induction phase.

    Today I will eat:
    one slice low-carb bread
    one tsp. butter
    one oz cheddar cheese

    two hard boiled eggs

    chicken breast
    two cups romaine lettuce
    one-third cup feta cheese

    one advantage bar

    two baked hamburger patties
    celery

    Let me know
  • Sounds good. If you find you are not losing any weight though, or not as much as expected, cut out the bread. I did the bread for a while and found that it hindered weight loss for me. Also only 3-4 oz of cheese now . Last year when i started it was like unlimited cheese..... (which i lost weight just fine on). I also found that caffine was not a problem for me. I used to dress up my burger pattys with cheddar cheese and bacon strips with low carb bbq sauce and mayo... really rich and yummy! Hope it helped!
  • personally Id leave the advantage bar and bread out. But thats because I have problems with them. Other than that, Id add more veggies. Your allowed 20 carbs, try to get as many of them in veggies as you can. Looks good tho
  • If you're doing true Atkins induction then LC bread and the advantage bars aren't on the allowed list. But if it's a choice between going w/out eating and having the bread/bars then as long as you're losing weight I say go for it. Make it personable and work for you!!
  • True - It has to be a way of eating that is do-able for you and something you can stick to. But I agree - it is better to eat the LC prefab stuff than junk and just not eating enough food can do you in too.

    I think you need to add some more veggies and maybe a salad with that dinner but then that is just me.

    Kel
  • Ditto's stay away from the frankenfoods and you'll do better. Breads and bars can be tricky.

    Good luck !!