Pickles???

**Elliscountyhunter** · July 29th, 2009, 07:13 PM

I just started yesterday and have been eating:
Breakfast: 4 scrambled eggs, 3 pieces of bacon and 4 ounces of venison breakfast sausage
Lunch: Half a package of fatfree turkey breast and 3 chucke cheese string cheese packages
Dinner: 2 seasoned chicken leg quarters and a whole dill pickle.

I'm always in a truck and have hard times stopping to snack or eat. I love pickles, and the ones I got said 0 carbs. Would I be able to snack on these throughout day (lets say 3-4 whole pickles a day)?

**Alaskansonya** · July 29th, 2009, 07:16 PM

Good question, I'll let someone else answer that...however, I would assume that you would end up with a lot of sodium with that...maybe drink extra water??

**Elliscountyhunter** · July 29th, 2009, 07:20 PM

still not understanding the whole process about carbs and sodium. I've just honestly been making sure I'm not eating hardly any carbs. What would high sodium do? Don't know!!!

**Alaskansonya** · July 29th, 2009, 07:21 PM

just makes you retain water (bloat up) and too sodium (salt) is just really not very good for you is all.

**Elliscountyhunter** · July 29th, 2009, 07:25 PM

oh okay thanks!!

**Alaskansonya** · July 29th, 2009, 08:45 PM

The pickles that you have that say 0 carbs are for the one serving..if you eat more than that, they will have some carbs...they can legally say 0 carbs because it is .5 or less gram carb. So more than one might start adding up. Make sure to use a carb counter like fitday or something similar.

Since they are made from cucumbers and cukes have carbs...its likely that your pickles do too.

**Elizellen** · July 30th, 2009, 07:53 AM

As Sonya said, as they are basically cucumbers then they must have 'some' carbs in them

Though there is nothing wrong in using them as a part of your 3 cups of veggies I would hesitate to make them all the veg you eat, as relying on just one measn you will be missing out on so many other nutrients.
I notice you wrote

I've just honestly been making sure I'm not eating hardly any carbs.

contrary to the media's notion of Atkins it is NOT a 'no carb' way of eating

You can eat up to 20 net carbs which are to come from up to 3 cups of veggies from the two lists, plus the carbs from cheese (count one net carb per ounce)/eggs (about 0.6 per egg/cream/processed meats (if you allow yourself these)/salad dressings etc. )

However 'most' of your carbs should come from your veg, so if you eat very few of those you should not be eating many carbs from the other foods I listed, which will limit your food choices just to meat and might get boring after a while.

**CC ya ya** · August 5th, 2009, 05:39 PM

What about Pickled jalepenos? The jar says zero carbs but there probably is a couple carbs in them. Thoughts????

**sweetz0625** · August 5th, 2009, 05:47 PM

You really need to be careful about the sodium. Not only does it make you retain fluid, but it can make you really thirsty.
This actually happened to me. I started eating bacon on my salads, and probably some other things with sodium (forget what). And I was so so thirsty I could have cried, no matter how much water I drank I was ALWAYS thirsty. It took about 1 week- 1 1/2 to get it out of my body, no joke. This time around (yes I started again). I eat absolutely no bacon, because of what it does to me, and so far so good

**WetBanana** · August 5th, 2009, 05:51 PM

My thoughts are if it's not on the list, I don't eat it. Pickles aren't on my list, so I don't eat them. Jalepeno's aren't on my list, so I don't eat them.

Of course it helps that I don't particularly enjoy pickles and jalapeno's...but I digress.

There's plenty of time after induction to try those things out and see how they affect you.

If you're always in a truck, you need to plan ahead with your meals in a cooler. Plus - after you open those jars of pickled foods, they need to be refrigerated.