Starting 02/10-02/11??

[kristi2578]

Thanks Vanney! I feel pretty great!

[Hot_Mama]

Happy Valenine's Day Everyone!!
I haven't checked-in for a while, wow....I've missed out on lots!
Here's whats going on with me......I weighed in this morning at 140lbs!! Woot Woot!! That's a total loss so far of 12lbs. I didn't get my exercise in today, like I wanted to. But I feel great! I'm not using the ketostix, but I know I'm in ketosis because of my EXTREME LACK OF HUNGER. I'm a little worried that I'm not eating enough. I am making sure to eat something every six hours, but I'm just eating light snacks.
Today I had:
bkfst: one boiled egg & tbs. mayo, cup of coffee w/heavy cream & 2 splenda.
Lunch: 3 slim jims
dinner: 1/2 cup broccoli w/cheese sauce & deli sliced roast beef dipped in au jus topped with melted pepperjack cheese.
snack: 1 slim jim

lots of water.

anyone else struggling with appetite suppression?

[Effie]

Originally Posted by Alien Monkey

Im also a scale junkie so I stepped on it this morning and Ive lost only 1.2lbs Ugh how can that be? Aside from that stupid canola mayo incident yesterday I have been doing a pretty clean induction drinking lots of water. Eating my 20gms of Carb. I dont think my calorie intake is that bad. I have not been checking so maybe I do need to check fitday and see.

Aside from my so far disappointing loss Im well and will continue to stick with it!!! Have a good one!!!

AM - I know it's hard to listen to people when they say to ignore the scale, but you gotta! Don't get discouraged or disappointed. How about this...

Your starting weight is less than my goal weight. If you want, you can take my 5 pound weight loss and trade me for your 170 pound body.

Also, I did the math and you've lost 1.7% of your body weight and I've lost 2.0%. So really, you're not that much further behind than others. (I know you're not comparing your loss to mine, but I only had my numbers handy. You get the point though!)

One more... if you lost 1.2lbs per week for a year, you'd be down 62.4 pounds, and would probably be committed for anorexia, or dead.

So REALLY... you're doing GREAT!!

[Effie]

Welcome Dez, and congrats Kristi on 21 minutes!!!! I have yet to do any form of exercise, so I commend you for coming out of the gate blazing like that.

Originally Posted by theamazingunderdog

I'm learning that I suck at meal planning. I always have, although I am a decent cook. Waiting until the last minute is not a workable lifestyle, not in any part of life, so why do I think it's ok for what I put in my body?

I'm with ya on this one, for sure. I've been good this week about cooking, but now that it's Friday, I'm realizing that all of my groceries are gone. The meals that I am making only have leftovers for lunch the next day, so even though I'm cooking up a storm, I still have to plan in advance at all times.

I think it's funny that this is my complaint though. I feel like housewives, or our mothers, or anyone who already cooks regularly is probably laughing at that, like "well DUH!". But it's hard to do if you're not used to it! I'm definitely a girl of convenience foods, so planning ahead is not a natural thing for me.

Speaking of which... I need to see if there's anything left in my freezer, otherwise I think I'll pick up a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store on my way home tonight. Yummm, actually I just convinced myself that that's what I'll do!

[theamazingunderdog]

Rotisserie chicken! That's a great idea. I'll have to go to a different store, but what the heck. Yeah, I only have 2 raw eggs left. Planning takes getting used to ... and yeah... the people who already do this all the time must be like, "what's the big deal?" I guess rotissere chicken could be like Atkins fast food, though... Ha ha ha... but better than a burger with the bun ripped off!

Good morning everyone, I'm committed to a perfectly clean induction day today. I'll check back in!

[MrsBrittney]

I agree! I didn't realize how much I lived off premade foods until Atkins when it really dawned on me -- MY GOD! I DONT KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT COOKING! lol

I re-realized this last night when I decided to be crafty and make some quiche muffins by "winging it" - and they're horribly burnt. LOL. So I think I'll remind myself that just because I followed directions twice and made a decent Cheeseburger Quiche and a decent Spaghetti Squash does NOT make me Rachel Ray and I shouldn't venture off on my own just yet, lol.

I think I'm the same way about the scale. I get SO offended when I only have a 1.4 lb loss or something in a few days - and then I realize.. with Atkins, we're just so spoiled. We eat fantastically and the weight comes off so much quicker and with less effort than the "low fat" plans.. that I get a little greedy with the numbers I want to see.. when I should be ESTATIC about the numbers I *do* see because they're so much better than anything I ever saw on a routine basis with my other way of life! =)

Its also why I couldn't stress measurements enough. You weight flucuates constantly: water retention, TOM, if its morning vs night (you weigh less in the morning), if you've pottied, if your tummy is empty, if you are in clothes or different clothes than the last time, etc.

Another good rule of thumb for weighing in: Do it when you first wake up, after going potty. Do it in the buff and try to make sure its the same time every week. Then slowly step onto the scale, get the results, step off. Do this 3 times and take the average. If you see the same weight 3 times, its safe to assume you can use that number.

[MrsBrittney]

Oh! And my menu today I guess is this:

Breakfast: 1 burnt-ish Muffin Quiche
Snack: LC Cheese Wheel
Lunch: Tuna Mix (I haven't been creative all week)
Dinner: Parmasean-Crusted Chicken Tenders with string beans on the side in garlic butter
Sweets: Blueberry tea, 2 cup decaf cofee with Coffeemate SF
Carbs: 15.5 carbs/13.1 net carbs/7.4 carbs from veggies

So today could use more veggies, so we'll see around dinner if I'm hungry. Calories just about 1,670 and my fat % is almost right at 64%.

[Desihue]

Day one for me and I am so greedy. I cant' wait till I'm actually in Ketosis again. I started exercising last night now that I have the green light. I'm recovering from a horrible bout with acute bronchitis so cardio was out of the question for almost two weeks. My breakfast was awesome today!!

3 sausage links w/eggs & cheese, French string beans mixed in and topped with butter. I am determined to get in more veggies than I have ever eaten in my life! I also started taking a spoonful of ground flax meal with water each morning. I had an awful bout with constipation before (TMI -sorry) I am determined to not have that problem again.

[MrsBrittney]

I'm happily the opposite. I have IBS and was a constant um.. poo-er. LOL. So the constipation affects of this diet seem to put me right in the middle at a healthy rate. LOL.

[Alien Monkey]

Originally Posted by Effie

AM - I know it's hard to listen to people when they say to ignore the scale, but you gotta! Don't get discouraged or disappointed. How about this...

Your starting weight is less than my goal weight. If you want, you can take my 5 pound weight loss and trade me for your 170 pound body.

Also, I did the math and you've lost 1.7% of your body weight and I've lost 2.0%. So really, you're not that much further behind than others. (I know you're not comparing your loss to mine, but I only had my numbers handy. You get the point though!)

One more... if you lost 1.2lbs per week for a year, you'd be down 62.4 pounds, and would probably be committed for anorexia, or dead.

So REALLY... you're doing GREAT!!

Thanks Effie, Your right. Im putting too much emphasis on what im not losing and not enough on what I have lost. I see everyone's stats and their progress and I feel like im dragging behind. I dont know why that is. Dr A says to expect about a 5-10% loss of the total you want to loose during induction. So mathmatically it would only be 3.5lbs. Then I see others who have lost more that the 10% already in week one (Brittney, Yeah to you!!! ) and I start wondering what could be wrong with what Im doing. 1.7 is pretty good for a week and if I can keep that up I guess I will be down another 10lb more by 3/21.

The week of 3/17 is an important week as I will be seeing 2 of my X's that I have not seen in over 20 years . I know I wont look the way I did back then but I definately dont want to look the way I do now. I want to be in better shape so Im trying really hard not to screw up on this induction. I am in moderate Ketosis so Im happy about that. Maybe im not having enough fat, **** I dont know. I do know I need to exercise which I plan to start that up tomorrow.

Anywhooooooo here is my menu for the day.

B 2 egg scrambled with 2 sausage links and some parmesan cheese
L Grilled Mahi Mahi and steamed Veggies or maybe just a salad (not sure yet)
S Chicharones and some jack cheese
D Shrimp sauted in garlic butter over salad greens.
W Lots and lots of water. At least 80oz and maybe more.

So does this menu seem OK to everyone

Thanks for all the help and encouragment. I love it here!!!

Lica