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Originally Posted by razz  Hmmmn... Sweet rather than salt made me happy.
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My only thought Razz is that one of the things that happened for me on induction and extended induction is that I broke my desire for sweet... and for salt. I was never a carb junkie in terms of sweets, I prefered the salty... but it got to the point that I needed one to balance the other... I would eat salty and need the sweet coke, that is how I was addicted.
I think to be " creative" as you say to satiate your need for sweet may not serve you well in the long run. I needed a long break from the sweet/salty thing and was satiated by the foods outlined in the induction list.
I think you need to overcome that desire for SWEET. I found it interesting that you said that the sweet rather than salty made you "happy". Are you an emotional eater by any chance?
I used food to make me happy. I don't any more. I use it as fuel. I use my exersize to make me happy now... that may sound glib and untrue, but I kid you not... getting my shoes on for my hike is a great feeling. The old me of almost 300lbs can hardly believe the new me of 240ish and diminishing, but thats the truth.
Personally I would use the soy milk. but I would monitor closely my ketosis and make sure that using the soy was not impeding my losses.
I also used a shake initially. I am not a morning eater. and I found it SOOO difficult initially. My logic was that I need to get in the habit of consuming calories as soon as I get up so I will want to eat earlier in the day.. that I would want to eat lunch and dinner. Before doing atkins, and the biggest reason for my obesity I would get up in the morning and not eat until 2-4pm sometimes later... making it sometimes that I was going without food for 10 hours and then I would eat dinner and be compelled to eat another 2 times and almost always went to bed RIGHT after eating. MY metabolism had totally shut down for me...
LONG STORY... I am sorry, but my point is that
I was creative initially to get myself to adapt to this way of life. I am not sure I could have stuck it out till now without being creative.
I am sorry not to have a "pure-ist" Atkins attitude and approach, but I am not too far off and I am behaving my way to sucessful weight loss. 57lbs and 30 plus inches gone and counting!!!!
sorry for the ramble...
Kathy