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Originally Posted by Georgiana

From the menu you gave, no one can say whether you are eating too much or too little, or too much fat or not enough. You need to include quantities for this. Could you re-post the menu, this time complete, or provide a link to your FitDay?

In general, if you are eating until you are "very full" then you are either overeating. What Dr. Atkins said is that we should eat until satisfied (not full/stuffed) and eat again when hungry or when six hours have passed since our last meal. For some people though, ketosis suppresses appetite to the point where they are no longer hungry at all and they go forever without eating or average 600-700 calories per day. Eating very low calorie for long periods of time can slow down metabolism and, coupled with low carbing, it may lead to hypothyroidism. So if the "no hunger" advantage of ketosis becomes a disadvantage for these folks, they'll need to tweak their eating to avoid trouble, and one way to do this is by eating smaller meals throughout the day and incorporating veggies into those meals too.

You might also want to check your vitamins and minerals intake. Being deficient in some of them can increase your body's resistance to weight loss. Are you taking a multivitamin? Did you check FitDay to see how much of each you are getting from food? Your doctor can tell you if you need additional vitamin/mineral supplementation.

I absolutely agree with everything Georgiana said here. You should NOT be eating until you are "very full". But eating quality food that SATIATES you. One thing I've noticed is I RARELY ever leave the table "stuffed" anymore like I used to pretty much all the time.
An "example" of one daily menu for me:
breakfast:
3 scrambled eggs scrambled in extra virgin coconut oil
3 sausage links (try to find the kind without sugar or nitrates)

lunch:
hamburger OR chicken on a bed of lettuce with a slice cheese (usually provolone or pepper jack) of tomato, red onion, sometimes a few black olives or banana peppers. mayo & mustard
a SMALL can (1/2 cup) of either green beans OR spinach with just a little bit of vinegar

dinner:
some sort of higher fat meat or a nice quality omega-3 fatty fish
1/2 cup cottage cheese (4% milk fat) (must be on/past rung 2 for this)
vegee - sometimes zucchini - sometimes green beans - sometimes cauliflower - sometimes broccoli (just depends on the night) and I usually use some sort of dressing either caesar or blue cheese to dip my vegee in.


as for recipes - have you been to Linda's website - this is a FABULOUS place to find AWESOME dinner recipes so you're not always bored...
Linda's Low Carb Menus & Recipes - Home

good luck! and again - PLEASE don't give up! you just have to learn how to work the program and once you do, it'll work out great for ya!