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[laura1986]

hi im new to the board. im just tryin to gather as much info as i can before i begin. but i would like to see some sample menus but people that are doin atkins from UK as american foods and measurements are different and its hard to have ideas on what to eat.

Thanks, any help would be appreciated.

p.s on the food labels where it says carbohydrates, then of which are sugars. do you add those two together?

[Slidesdownmountains]

Hey Laura - welcome!

I am a UK atkinseer - so I know what you mean (what the devil is a 'cup' of veggies?? I have big and small cups so this only serves to confuse me endlessly!!)

The carbs measurements you need to look at are 'total carbohydrate', which will also include fibre and sugars, so you don't need to add the sugar, but you can subtract the fibre from the total carb grammage, as this will not count towards your carb count (bit rambley, sorry - hope that makes sense?!)

I can post my menu - (I don't claim it is perfect but I have been losing weight successfully thus far!). Obviously is a little dependent on things like how much cheese I've already eaten, tomatoes allowance etc

Breakfast:
Either:-
a piece of smoked haddock with butter
or
a 2x egg omelette with grated cheese (currently favouring a mild cheddar and mexicana cheese), ham and ground black pepper
or
2x scrambled eggs with grated cheddar, ground black pepper and smoked salmon (if I'm feeling flush) or ham

Lunch:
Salad of some description - smallish bowl of mixed veggies, possibly a couple of olives, with roast chicken/tuna mayo/salmon/mackerel etc
or
steamed fish in a broth, with cooked veggies
or
meatballs with cooked mixed veggies

Dinner:
Baked Salmon with a ratatouille
Spanish chicken with chorizo, tomatoes, basil, peppers etc
Homemade chilli, with some cheese and creme fraiche
Homemade mixed vegetable soup with a (generous) splash of cream
Homemade Thai [green/red/yellow] curry with king prawns/chicken/beef and veggies
Baked trout with lemon/lime/butter/garlic and green beans/asparagus
Roast beef with roasted veggies and mustard
Homemade mushroom soup
Chicken korma/tikka massala with veggies/saag panneer but no rice/naan/poppadoms
etc etc....

I also fill up an old 1.5litre bottle of Buxton whilst am at my desk and try to get that drunk during the day, and I drink lots of jasmine tea, darjeeling, english breakfast etc. If I feel like a proper coffee, I get a tall soy iced latte (10 net carbs, I think).


As I say, this has been trialled over a number of attempts and months of eating on this lifestyle plan. I find that I am ok with a small glass of white wine, or 1 vodka and slimline/diet ginger ale & lime, but beyond a couple and my blood sugar is through the floor the next day and all I want to do is EAT!!!

Best of luck with your new healthy lifestyle (am trying to avoid the word 'diet' at the moment as it has negative connotations for me!)

Any questions, please post - this forum has been endlessly helpful

[laura1986]

thanks i sent u a pm

[Elizellen]

Hi Laura
Welcome to our international ADBB family

The 'net carbohydrate' thing is confusing as on the whole UK labels (like many non-USA countries) don't count fibre as being a carbohydrate at all, so fibre is listed in a different part of the label to the carbohydrates including sugars.

So on a UK label total carbohydrates = USA net carbohydrates.

AS for the cup thing, you can buy measuring cups if you want from most superstores and cook shops
But you can use an ordinary measuring jug if you have one.
One cup = 8 US fluid ounces = 237 mls

For veggies you can weigh instead - Soliwit wrote a great thread (towards the top of this forum) where she collated the info for most of the induction veggies listing how many grams are in one cup, 1/2 cup, 1/4 cup etc.

[laura1986]

awww thanks for that. so you just count the carbs as the net carbs, but ignore the of which sugars part?