I need food ideas for my birthday!

[jimenitayo]

Hi all

my 26th birthday is coming up next sunday. ordinarily I would have just had a cheat day. but I think this year I just don't want to do it.

what I did decide to do was cut myself a looooot of slack for it. So, I wanna have a really yummy meal, that still feels like a treat. even though I'm on extended induction, I'm gonna use the day like I was in maintenance, and eat from that list of acceptable foods. so, it won't be an induction day, but I'll keep it low carb.

so, keeping that in mind.....

can you think of yummy things I can eat?

favorite desserts, recipes, etc?

or even great places to eat, or types of food to eat out?

I can't wait to hear your ideas, and I think it's gonna be a great Bday!

[2big4mysize]

WHY?

YOU CAN DO A LOVELY EXTENDED INDUTION MEAL AT ANY STEAK OR SEAFOOD PLACE HOW ABOUT TREATRING YOURSELF TO LOBSTER or another expensive dish as your treat.

you can make cheese cake, pan cotta, home made gelatin whips even marshmellow cream that are ever induction legal and very elegant desserts.

planning to have a cheat day will have major consequences for you. don't do it. read up on the folk who cheated and cant restart in the second time around forum there are folk in there on their 10th or higher attempt to restart all cause they cheated whit high carb stuff and now can't get through even a week of Atkins low carb.

Happy birthday

come to the cooking chat and ask around as well there are lots of good ideas there!

I say enjoy something wonderful with in this program ..I am not at all about "cheating" but I am about enjoying yourself....and food has great pleasure to it...

there are several good dessert recipes on the board...depends on what you like

there is a wonderful tiramisu that Barb tried she can give you the recipe I am sure ...

and I am with 2big seafood would be where I would go!!! prawns, scallops, crab, mussels

ciopino is a great dish to have when you are celebrating and it is fairly low carb!

Happy Happy birthday to you!!!! enjoy the day!!!! OOOXXX

[jimenitayo]

thanks, I had a great birthday yesterday. ate shripm and sashimi for breakfast, a nice roast chicken picninc, with roasted eggplant, and porkrinds with garlic-cream cheese dip. and to finish off, chocolate cheesecake with strawberries!

went to a lovely park with a pool and a waterfall. even got some great pics of myself!

thanks for all the help

jime in costa rica ----- san diego

my kind of girl eats shrimp and sashimi for breakfast...Happy birthday!!!!

[Jayare012]

Go buy half a galon of low carb ice cream. You can eat the entire thing in a day and still be under 40 carbs. N happy b-day

[BeccaResRN]

If I ate half a gallon of low carb ice cream...which I could totally do I LOVE ICE CREAM!!!!!!!!!
my gut would be rummbling and singing happy birthday on its own!!!!!!!

[2big4mysize]

LOL Becca you are so right.

I hope everybody learns while doing Atkins that we celebrate lifes events and not the foods served at those events.

there is no reason to have to have cake icecream nor candy as your birthday treat. Some expensive legal food at your celebration or even taking the cake and icecream money and endulging at your favorite nonfood store would be a great present for you too.

[boonie stomper]

Happy Birthday, jimenitayo! I hope you got lots of fun, balloons and candles (who says that birhtdays are all about food anyhow!)

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