day 10

[ej15]

hey all,
im getting the hang out it now. it is becoming a habit now. i haven't lost as much weight as other people on the board. i think so far i have only lost 3-5 llbs, which isnt bad. anyway, any advice for the last couple of days?

i have to admit that i have not induction as strict as i should. i am thinking of staying one more week just to stick to it some more.

breakfast is still a challenge for me so i thikn i am going to set those atkins bars.

anyway, hope all of you are doing well.

[Tracie515]

Water and Excercise i think are the two most important things. You will lose and tone more if you do these two things. Water 64 Oz plus 8 OZ per every 25 lbs you have to lose. I can't stress to you how important it is. Good Luck and looking forward to watching you reach your goal.

[Lulubell]

ej-

good deal. it's day 10 for me too. i was also considering staying on induction for a little longer, but after doing a bit of reading, i dunno... maybe the veggie rung is what i need more. let me know what you decide!

renee

[kylie]

Hi - another day 10-er here! Glad to hear it is going well for you!

This is my 2nd time on Atkins, and I am having at least as much success if not more than I did the first go round three plus years ago...I won't count anything officially loss-wise until Day 15 but it's looking good so far. The one thing I did differently this time was to start exercising from Day 1 and I really think that that has made a HUGE difference. Now, granted, my Day 1 exercise was pretty paltry, because I am completely out of shape, but I have managed to quadruple my time and distance in just over a week - so it's getting there one day at a time! (how's that for a run on sentence?)

I plan to move right to OWL on day 15 since not doing so last time landed me too close to goal before I learned what I needed to learn to maintain - which explains why I am back here three years later carrying around all the weight I worked to lose last time. This time, I am determined to continue beyond a number on a scale.

It's nice to have some folks that started at the same time! I think is an excellent tool on the WOE!

[not2late]

Let me just say that in our collective experience on ADBB for the last 3 years, we have found that those bars and shakes have the tendency to slow or stop weight loss in some folks. So we don't recommend them during the first 14 days of this diet. This is a "your mileage may vary" type thing and since the results you get during the first 14 days helps to plan the rest of your Atkins, we discourage their use at this time.

[Brook]

Originally Posted by not2late

Let me just say that in our collective experience on ADBB for the last 3 years, we have found that those bars and shakes have the tendency to slow or stop weight loss in some folks. So we don't recommend them during the first 14 days of this diet. This is a "your mileage may vary" type thing and since the results you get during the first 14 days helps to plan the rest of your Atkins, we discourage their use at this time.

A big, fat, ginormous DITTO!!!

Avoid low-carb junk food.

While Megs will say "we don't recommend them during the first 14 days of this diet", I'm going to up the ante and say that low-carb junk food is still junk food and when you require a degree in chemical engineering to pronounce the ingredients in whatever you're eating, you negate the whole "eat whole, natural foods" thing. ~~shiver~~

There are plenty of great things you can eat for breakfast with very little time committment, but it's going to take some planning and prep on your part.

One thing I can guarantee you though- the planning and prep are not only going to be easier on your body/digestive system/weight loss goals, it'll be MUCH easier on your wallet than those nasty bars too.

Keep on keepin' on!
~Brook

[Laceylyn1031]

Congrats on making it this far!! Im on the same day, and I dont think Ive been losing as fast as some others either, but thats alright, its a loss! Those bars are dreadfully good, but really try and stay away from them. I fell off the wagon the first time because of frankenfoods like that. Kill the sweet tooth and eat things with more nutritional value.

[boonie stomper]

You are thinking of using the bars, I assume, as breakfast? Why is breakfast a challenge?


If lunch and dinner are not a challenge, why not just have the same for breakfast? I quite often eat things one normally doesn't consider to be "breakfast food" in the morning. It doesn't matter, so long as you do eat something, but why take the risk with trying something new at this stage when there is the chance you'll be triggered with cravings from them.

Maybe you won't have trouble but you may wish to hold off a little longer before proceeding with caution, and try as you would any new food on OWL, every other day, at first.

[ej15]

thanks for all the wonderful replies and encourage.
i want to answer the question of why breakfast is so hard.


i think i am used to thinking that breakfast foods are a certain type: ie cereal, bagel, pastries...basically carb-infested foods. i do not eat pork or bacon so i have never really had breakfast meat. i usually am running late in the morning so picking up something fast is my best option. i know its not a good idea to skip breakfast but i cannot fathom the idea of eating meat until about noon.

is there anyone like this? if so, any advice?

[sadie147]

How about eggs? You can make and freeze mini quiches tht you can take with you. There are a ton of legal veggies you can add to them!