Calorie Intake Low

[BluECliQ]

I'm on my 6th day of induction and this is the 2nd time I've done Atkins seriously. I remember the last time I did this diet I ate a lot, and lost about 50 pounds in a few months. In the 6 days I've lost 7 pounds, but I'm worried about my appetite, its almost nonexistent.

When I woke up I ate 3 hotdogs that I dipped in spicy mustard. And I was stuffed and wasn't hungry again till 6PM or so when I ate another 3. I had some veggies but not a lot. I think total today I've had about 600 or so calories and I'm about to go to bed, not hungry or anything. I feel healthy and fine, I'm losing weight and so far its definitely fat coming off. I look a lot better to myself already.

Today is the only day I've been doing the hotdog thing, I needed a break from the other meats I was eatting. Typically so far I'll eat a boneless chicken breast, half a london broil, a piece of salmon and some veggies. That's really not a ton of calories either. I know skipping meals is bad for the diet and can slow down weight loss.

So like I said I'm confused, because its working very well for me so far and I feel fine except for loose stool the last day or 2. I remember the last time I did this diet I had stomach aches like that every now and then. I'm thinking it might be the Aspartame I had recently. It doesn't slow down or stall my weight loss so I have a drink with it occasionally.

I've tried forcing myself to eat more thinking I should but I genuinely have no desire and can't bring myself to eat more. Tomorrow I get paid and I'm going to buy a larger variety of Atkins foods I can eat, some bacon and ham, some eggs, cans of tuna, etc. Should I be worried?

[Lyssie]

Well, you're not to go more than 6 waking hours without eating something...

The last time I had hotdogs, I believe they were around 200 calories each... I'm not sure what yours were though, but you might want to check the package. Just as another FYI - a lot of hotdogs have sugar as an additive... I think your meals the other day are less calories than your hotdog day but I have no idea about quantities.

[BluECliQ]

I have the wrapper here...they're Boar's Head Lite & Skinless.

Serving Size - 1 frank
Calories - 90 (60 from fat)
Total fat - 6g
Sat fat - 2.5g
Cholest - 25mg
Sodium - 270mg
Potassium - 75mg
Sugars - 0g
Protein - 7g

Ingredients: Beef, Water, Salt, Paprika, Sodium Phosphate, Flavorings, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite

So are these okay? Again my weight loss has been fine, I feel okay, I've been running 2 miles a day and sometimes biking on top of that. Just wondering if my low amount of calories is something dangerous or bad.

[Lyssie]

Ummm... as a strong believer in not eating enough, I track my calories to make sure I eat about 1600/day... but I also stalled from eating like, 900 cal/day and working out for a couple hours a day...

If you don't eat enough, your body will want to not let go of weight. Perhaps you're not affected so much by this since you're a boy (not really sure). :P I think you should make sure you're eating at least every 6 hours.

The hotdogs look fine, but I guess I would also ask why you're eating light and skinless ones instead of real ones? Oh, and I would think the scale won't love you tomorrow since it's a lot of sodium, but I'm not sure about that... it depends on you. I also think I should buy some of these as I do love a good dog...