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Originally Posted by willyb  I drink lots of coffee with Splenda and a diet coke once in a while. |
Are you counting each splenda as 1 carb? Did you know that caffeine and diet coke have been known to stall people on weight loss?
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Originally Posted by willyb Most of my food consists of green salads covered with BBQ pork or chicken. For breakfast I usually do a cheeze omelet with bacon. I eat several handfuls of nuts and sugar free Jello with whipped cream. I still can't see going much over 20g of carb in my routine, |
1. How many carbs are in that BBQ chicken/pork?
2. The omelet with bacon sounds good.
3. If you are in induction nuts are a no no. How many carbs are you taking in of the nuts?
4. Are you counting the jello as a carb? Does it have splenda in it? If so.. you need to count it towards your carb count.
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Originally Posted by willyb Since I have had several 2-3 day attempts at Atkins over the last couple of years I think my system is as you say, something in a starvation mode. I had to fast 24+ hours last week to prepare for colonoscopy and after drinking that nasty NuLytely stuff I was not hungry much at all so yes my eating has been way down overall. Maybe I need to eat more eggs cheeze meats, etc. I probably need to increase my treadmill runs from 350 to 450 calorie burns and go from 2 -3 times a week to 4-5 times. At any rate I may need to kick out of the starvation mode and ketosis for a couple days to reset my system and then go back into it. |
You need to sit down and write out everything you are eating. Look up the carb counts for everything. Your several 2-3 day attempts are not going to stop you from loosing now. I went off program for 2 weeks at christmas eating everything and anything I wanted and I have lost 3.4 lbs this year already and I have not excersices at all. Not that I am proud of that but just saying that if you are eating the way you should you will loose weight. If you are doing lots of caffeine and splenda that may be your problem. Try limiting both for a week and see what happens. Also only 4 oz of cheese a day while on induction and no nuts.
I would love to see your menu written down like this so you can see exacty how many carbs are in what you are eating. If you look at dinner you could have added 2 carbs to your meal somehow maybe you could have added some diced canned tomatoes over your chicken when you baked it and taken off the ketchup.
B- 3 eggs 1.8 carbs
b- 2oz of cheese 2 carbs
b- 3 slices of bacon 0 carbs
b- coffee with 1 splenda 1 carb
Total carbs- 4.8 carbs
L- 2 cups of salad greens 4 carbs
L- 1 oz of cheese 1 carb
L- 1/4 cup diced tomatoes 2 carbs
L-6 oz steak ( from last nights dinner) 0 carbs
L- 2 tbsp dressing 4 carbs
total carbs- 11 carbs
D- 1 cup green beens 2 carbs
D- 2 baked chicken breasts 0 carbs
D- 2 tbsp low carb ketchup 1 carb
Total carbs- 3
Total daily carbs- 18.8 carbs
If you need anything just ask. Good luck with your WOE.
Michelle