Today is the 1st day again

[basketballbelly]

Ok, I thought this might be a good place to post, I have another post over in the main forum as well.

I have been doing my form of Atkins (not really Atkins at all) since the middle of Feb. I am well into ketosis and have maintained that since, I've not cheated (in that I've not eaten off plan at all). What has been brought to my attention is that I am not doing Atkins as the good doc. wanted it to be done, not all of my foods were good and the majority of them were not induction. So after over a month of doing things my way I have listened and instituted the suggestions and here I am.

Day one of Induction.

Now, I've been on and off Atkins for about 8 years now, I've never really measured anything...so I guess I was never doing Atkins properly. Yes, I've read and re-read the book, yes I own it. But it looked simple enough so I figured I would just look at the 'food' portion and wing it...no more.

Today's menu is as follows:

3oz celery, raw
1oz cream cheese
2 cups lettuce, iceberg
2oz mushrooms, raw
1 Atkins shake (I know this is not induction but I have two left one for this morning and one for another morning - breakfast - i refuse to waste anything
1.7oz broccoli
1tbsp ranch dressing (I actually used 2...one was way too little)
6oz Prime Rib
4oz Chicken breast, skin on

my numbers are as follows:

1,237 calories 92.8g fat 16.6 carbs 82.7g protein

67% fat
5% Carbs
28% protein

I am heading to the gym right now and will push the water, I also had a cup of herbal tea this morning.

bbb

[basketballbelly]

Good morning all. Yesterday went well, I did not feel physically hungry all day, though I did have a short bought of being mentally hungry (after I ran out of food at work).

I did well with everything yesterday EXCEPT the water, I had sugar free drinks last night. I stopped at the store this morning and picked up a 3L container of water, I don't know if I will be able to keep this part of the deal...I love my sf tropicana and my sf soda's...no calories and no carbs, what is the harm?

Today my menu looks like the following:

Egg (boiled) 2
Lettuce, raw 2 cups
Cucumber, raw 4oz
Brussels Sprouts, 4oz
Haddock, 4oz
Cheese, Cheddar 1oz
Salad dressing, ranch 1 tbsp
celery, raw 3oz
cream cheese 1oz
pork (chop) 4oz
bacon, 4 thin slices

Calories 1,143 Fat 76.1g Carbs 19.9g Protein 92.6g

Fat 59% Carbs 6% Protein 34%

A little heavy on the protein but I will burn that off in the gym.

Gym today will be two miles on the treadmill.

Have a great day all!

bbb

[basketballbelly]

Hello all. Today is day three of strick induction. I am not hungry. I'm really surprised that I had the induction headache yesterday, it lasted most of the day. I am drinking water, but am still drinking my sf stuff as well. I went to the gym today did 22 floors on the stepper and 6 miles on the bike. I'm down 4lbs! Sweet!

It is 2:30pm and I've had the following so far, I have my 2 cups of lettuce and ranch dressing if I get hungry between now and 4:30PM

2 stalks of celery
1 oz cream cheese
2 hard boiled eggs

That's it!

bbb