A Atkins kitchen

[Raheemah]

Do you find it hard to keep a atkins kitchen with a spouce or kids?

[SugarFreeSheila]

I think the real question is rather, do the non-low-carbing members of your family find it difficult to keep a low-carb kitchen with you?

But seriously, with my husband and I, only the side dishes differ between us - the entrées consist of everyday, normal, deliciously-prepared fare. I can assure you that this lifestyle is much easier than you think! If anything, eliminating all the junk simplifies rather than complicates things.

[Pineapple]

Since I came back home to spend with my family over summer break, my dad's actually been pretty great about it. He gave me a row in the fridge too store all my things that weren't veggies, too!

Although I suspect my mom's been eating half of them...

[Courtney]

I dont find it that hard, but my boyfriend keeps eating all the foods ibuy for myself. sometimes its frustrating because i go to set (say a cucumber) and it will be gone - it frustrates me because there is so much other food in the apartment that he has more to choose from, why choose the foods i am limited to? we joke about it though and i told him if he keeps doing it to just start Atkins - and Monday, he did, haha!
The "junk" food cabinet is just off limits - anything that i can really eat is in the fridge or freezer, so i just dont go in those cabinets. now with him doing this with me, i did clean out the cabinets though, so it should be easier....

[meena-beena]

Well, I have both a spouse and kids (3 of them all under and in the beginning of my induction, which was last week, I informed all of them that they would be eating nothing but vegetables and fruit for a week until I got things under control.

I got rid of anything in the cabinets that would derail my efforts and went to do an induction friendly shopping.

I loaded up on the fresh and frozen veggies, meats, whole grain bread for the kids, healthy snacks like raisins and applesauce, fresh fruit, and all kinds of cheeses. I didn't buy anything processed or hydrogenated (since, after reading Atkins I don't want my kids to eat ever again anyway).

They were troopers and actually, they enjoyed the food much more--and the funny thing was, they actually were telling me they were hungry a lot less. These kids normally tell me they want something to eat every half hour. I now know it was all the sugar and junk they were cramming in their bodies that was causing unstable blood sugar making them hungry faster.

Now that a week has passed, I just went back to the market and bought another round of induction friendly foods. However, because I am not feeling cravings and have already dropped 12lbs in the first week, I allowed them to have one indulgence. I bought a box of ice cream for them to enjoy after dinner. But that's it. You won't find a cookie or cracker in my house.

Another happy side effect to my shopping and discovering Atkins is my husband. Last week he was telling me how terrible for my heart a high fat diet would be, and now that he has seen me use full fat everything AND lose weight--he's rethinking that and has started taking cues from me on what he should be eating and what he shouldn't.

So, a little selfishness on my part has gone a long way in benefiting my family's overall health and well being. And I only had to be the monster who took away the cookies for a couple of days.

^.^

[rox4jc]

This is so funny that you posted this! My husband had a craving for something sweet last night and just about tore the house apart looking for something. He finally settled for some peanut butter and celery, get this, with sprinkles! I still have them in my baking cabinet. I was just joking with him the other day that he was on the diet whether he liked it or not!

[meena-beena]

HAHAHA! Peanut butter on celery with sprinkles! That's hysterical.

I've turned my 2 year old into a celery freak. Whenever I open the fridge she screams CELERY! and she wants a stalk with some cream cheese in it. I suppose it doesn't really matter that she eats the cheese out of it and leaves the stalk--but it's a beginning!

lol, monkey see, monkey do!

[tabekat]

Carbage isn't good for anyone. The family can eat healthy food right along with you.

Being an Atkineer means changing your entire
life style. Its permanent.

Your health - your number one priority.