Starting 02/10-02/11??

[Alien Monkey]

Good Morning all and welcome to all the new ladies that have joined us!!! Wow Brittany 3.6 in 3 days is great! I hope I can show such progress.

Well im in day 2. Had some headaches yesterday but it wasnt too bad. I know I will have more before the week is over so im prepared. Dinner ended up being a bunless burger with swiss cheese and a cup of brocolli and cauliflower. It's funny reading all the post this morning that its about breakfast food. I was thinking the same thing this morning. I went shopping again last night for some sausages and bacon and every single one I picked up had sugar in the ingredients. Mostly less than 2 or 1% but still had a trace of it. The last time I was doing atkins I had always cooked up 2 farmer john sausage links and cracked 2 eggs over it and that was my breakfast. So not really thinking anything I bought one cuz I wanted some this morning. So as with most of you I got up late but really with no excuse but the fact that I was being lazy. I ended up making the same breakfast and looked at the stupid pkg and sure enough it has traces of sugar. WTH I thought this would be good but I was wrong. So looking at all of your post on breakfast will help me to come up with some other things to eat. Just out of curiosity is there a certain brand of cold cuts, bacon or sausage that doesnt have ose (thanks Brittney) it them?

Lunch will be cobb salad with maries blue cheese dressing. Dinner will be a steak and some steamed veggie. Snacks I have egg salad and some turkey meat to roll up some cream cheese in. I actually do like veggies and try and mix it up as much as possible. Im also good with water. I have a big 64oz jug at my desk every day that I finish before leaving and then I have about another 40oz or so at home between breakfast and dinner so I think my water intake is pretty good.

Well i better get back to work. Will check in again later. Hope everyone has a great day!!!

Lica

[kristi2578]

I figured out what my real problem is. I guess I'm just not counting right. I love veggies, I just have to figure out what to eat including my salad veggies and other veggies. I too, may cook up a spaghetti squash tonight. They are absolutely heaven! Of course that will be for tomorrow since I've already had cauliflower today. Looks like steak and romaine salad with cucumbers and and cheese for dinner tonight!

[kristi2578]

Oh and one more thing! We definitely should come up with some inventive ways to conquer the almighty sweet tooth! I'm gonna do some research when I get home from work tonight for some idears. I am really craving the chocolate...ugh. PMS sucks!!!

[MrsBrittney]

LOL I'm PMSY this week, too - what a GREAT week to start Induction! ;-) Oh well, it only makes us stronger!

My sweet tooth kicker is still having a cup of coffee with 1 tbsp heavycream and 1 tbsp Coffeemate SF .. or only 2 tbsp Coffeemate SF and no heavy cream.

One great thing about this diet is that I've never been so painfully aware of how many times I just STARE into the fridge or pantry everyday. LOL. I open it now, and upon realizing there isn't anything in there for me and I'm not even hungry, I close it and realize -- GEEZ! I used to just open this up, reach blindly for the first munchie that sounded good and head right back to the couch!

[theamazingunderdog]

I started 2/9, and I'm on day 3. I'm keeping a journal and I'll get a link to that going in my signature.

Can I pleeease have the recipe to the cheeseburger quiche?? That sounds awesome.

I'm going to keep all my foods and physical symptoms and measurements in my journal, so I can focus on one spot... But I'll be back here for motivating and tips and to see how we're doing.

For exercise, I'm just doing 20 minutes of walking on my treamill, 5 days a week. It's not the most I can do, but it's what I know I have time for and can stick with. I think that's more important.

Stickin' to my guns....

[MrsBrittney]

Thats my exercise goals - things I know I can acheive, even on lazy days. I'm a big fan of walking because I'm just tired of jogging and am lazy. *admits it* LOL

Not sure if anyone likes excel spreadsheets, but thats how I track mine with formulas (link in my signature). Though I'm going to keep the food log in my journal here, I prefer to just update the excel with measurements and weights.

Cheeseburger Quiche (its in here somewhere, I didnt create this):
1/2 cup mayo
1/2 cup heavy cream
4 slices bacon cooked to crispy/crumbley
1 lb ground beef
8 oz shredded cheese
3 eggs
*garlic salt - I use this over onion powder etc for taste
pie container or really any shaped bakeware

01. Ground the 1 lb ground beef and be sure to keep it fine - no big chunks as this will be pressed into your "crust"
02. Mix everything else in a bowl and whip it as much as you can
03. Drain the ground beef as much as possible. I usually press it down with a spatula in the drainer to remove all excess.
04. Mix the beef with the crumbled bacon and press it into the bakeware as crust.
05. Top with the mixture from the bowl and spread fairly evenly.
06. Bake 40-45 min at 350, then allow 20 minutes to cool out of the oven.
07. Doesnt freeze well but lasts in the fridge 2-3 days!

Makes 6 slices.. 1.8 carbs a slice.

[theamazingunderdog]

Originally Posted by Hot_Mama

Also, what do you do for sweets when you are craving?

Thanks for letting me introduce myself........
Good luck to you and good luck to me
Sarah

You know what? After a few days, my sweet cravings go away. I have lost 40 pounds on this and never got past induction, just did induction over every few months... (different plans this time. lol.) So, I don't know if later on I will get cravings. I think if you avoid sugar and sweeteners entirely, you won't have any cravings.

Also, you might have had Candida yeast in your digestive system... it's a parasite (well, yeast technically is, though it sounds gross) - it relies on your eating carbs to "feed" the yeast... and when you don't eat carbs, it starves the yeast. It will actually cause you to crave carbs and sugars to keep the parasite in your system alive! I was told this by a doctor.

I'm not saying you're cheating. Not even. It's just an interesting subject. Good to meet you! I started 2 days after you. Let's do it!

[theamazingunderdog]

I'm sorry you guys, I guess I can not figure out how to make my posts go where I want (replies going with the original post, etc.)

Can you help a girl out? I thought I was down with this already! *sulks*

[MrsBrittney]

Its not like a journal or a blog, where comments get tucked neatly underneath and so forth (I'm an organized freak, so this drives me insane as well LOL) - the next post, regardless of where the quote is or what it pertains to, gets tucked right to the very bottom.

[socalcurly]

Hello everyone,

Ok I actually started this on 2/04/08 but I must not have done it right (even though I read the 1972 book) so I will count my start day as yesterday the 11th.

Here is my food so far for today:

1 flax 1 min chocolate muffin
w/ sweetened cream cheese frosting
coffee
1 16 oz bottle of water
2 deviled eggs
1 16 oz bottle of water
salad with ham and cheese and ranch dressing
1 12 coke zero

dinner plans are for fried steak and some photatoes (smashed cauliflower)

then sugar free jello with whipped cream for bedtime snack

walked 1 mile this morning!!!!!

Ana