So far today... (Is this okay?)

[MomtoCarli]

Does this sound fine?

Breakfast (We went out.. talk about TOUGH)
Omelet with provolone cheese
a few slices of tomato (3 slices)
3 slices bacon

Snack
Pumpkin Cheese Cake (6 carbs)

Lunch
Top Round Steak (sliced thin) and marinated in 0 carb marinade (teriyaki-ish)
2 eggs, over medium.

Snack
Pumpkin Cheese cake (6 carbs) .. I admit, addicting!

I just need to get in more veggies. I am going to have some chicken tonight (salad) with some garlic mushrooms.

How does that sound so far?

[liv]

I think you are on the right track
*Breakfast looked good.
Some restaurants add pancake batter to their omelet so next time make sure to ask about that.

*Lunch was good but add a bit of veggies to it. All your carbs no are coming from cheese cake and on induction most of your carbs should come from veggies.

*Supper plans look good Remember that you are restricted to only one cup veggies from the "other list".

I would watch that cheese cake for two reasons. You have a cheese limit for the day and you should not go over that and you have a sweets limit and again you have to stay under it.

And do remember to drink plenty of water.
Good job!

[Lyssie]

It depends how many ounces of cream cheese are in each of the pumpkin cheesecake...

I feel like each one has 1/2c of pumpkin (so 1c total of veggies from the "other" list) = 12g net carbs
3 tomato slices (veggie from the "other" list) = about 2g net carbs
Assuming 3 egg omlette, is 5 eggs total with .6 per egg = 3g carbs
Each ounce of cheese (about 1 slice) is 1g carb... not sure how many slices would be in an omlette, and then each ounce of cream cheese is another gram..

The mushrooms and chicken salad are a great choice for dinner since you've had no veggies from that group, and should have about 2c total of these.

I think it sounds really great. I would probably only have the pumpkin cheesecake for one snack (and I do realize how addicting it is - I used to have it for breakfast every morning), and sneak a little something from the first group of veggies into breakfast, but it's fantastic...

[MomtoCarli]

Originally Posted by liv

*Supper plans look good Remember that you are restricted to only one cup veggies from the "other list".

What is the "other list"?

[MomtoCarli]

Okay - I just realized I screwed some things up. Luckily it's only the 2nd day and I can "fix" things. I was having way too much cheese. I can only have 3-4oz daily. (The pumpkin cheesecake is 12oz/8=1.5oz per piece. Which means I should have only had 1 piece - really.)

Though- Lyssie counted the egg carbs and the book doesn't state we had to.. so I am confused about counting specifically like that. With the veggies - I can have 3 cups of veggies a day (or 2 loosely filled salad, and 1 cup veggies).

[Lyssie]

With the veggies, there are two separate lists. From the first list, you can have 2-3 cups. From the second list ("other" veggies), you can have one cup if you've only had 2 cups from the first list.

Eggs only have .6g carbs each, so depending how anal you are...

[MomtoCarli]

Originally Posted by Lyssie

With the veggies, there are two separate lists. From the first list, you can have 2-3 cups. From the second list ("other" veggies), you can have one cup if you've only had 2 cups from the first list.

Eggs only have .6g carbs each, so depending how anal you are...

Why am I not seeing this in my book?

[ImREADYImREADY]

Just becasue I am confused on Eggs and you guys are talking about them here.. I put eggs in fitday and it says it 1.3 carbs per egg. is it .6 or 1.3?

[MomtoCarli]

Originally Posted by ImREADYImREADY

Just becasue I am confused on Eggs and you guys are talking about them here.. I put eggs in fitday and it says it 1.3 carbs per egg. is it .6 or 1.3?

Maybe that's total for the amount of eggs you put in Fitday. When I put EGG COOKED WHOLE in fit day, it's .6 carbs.

[Lyssie]

In the Atkins book, on the carbohydrate gram counter, it says .6g. I'm pretty sure this is also the value in Dailyplate. I haven't used FItday in years.

In the 2002 edition of DANDR, most of the induction foods are listed on pages 124 and 125, if you flip to page 126, it gives the list of "other" veggies.

Hope this helps.