No Loss on Induction--Please Check My Menu

[babypiggy]

Hi, I've just finished what I believe to be a clean 14 day Induction and did not have any loss (in fact, up about 1/2 pound). I posted a fairly long account of what I've been doing on the 14 day Induction forum, so I won't repeat all that here. This is my earlier post:

http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ml#post1011936 (No Loss on Induction--Now What? Please Advise.)

I was advised to post a menu here for review and comment, so here it is. This is a fairly typical menu for my Induction period. Please let me know if you see any red lights, or even yellow ones! Your help is much appreciated.

Breakfast--5.2 net carbs
2 eggs [0.8] scrambled in 1 Tbsp. butter [0] with 1 oz. green pepper [0.8], 1 oz. sweet onion [1.8], and 1 oz. mushrooms [0.6], and topped with 1 oz. cheddar cheese [0.4]; 1 cup decaf coffee [0] with 1 oz. heavy cream [0.8]

Lunch--5.5 net carbs
tuna salad made with 1 can tuna [0], 2 Tbsp. mayonnaise [1.1], 1 oz. red pepper [1.1], and 1 oz. celery [0.4]; served on a bed of greens consisting of 1 oz. spinach [0.4] and 1 oz. green leaf lettuce [0.4]; topped with 2.5 oz. avocado [1.3] and 1 oz. grape tomatoes [0.8]

Snack--0.4 net carbs
1 oz. cheddar cheese [0.4]

Dinner--7 net carbs
oven roasted vegetables consisting of 4 oz. mushrooms [2.4], 2 oz. green pepper [1.6], 2 oz. zucchini/courgette [1.2], and 1 oz. onion [1.8] tossed with 1 Tbsp. olive oil [0]; 4 oz. chicken breast [0]

Other
Water--72 ounces spread throughout day
Multi-vitamin
Calcium supplement
2 Tbsp. Psyllium Husk (8 grams soluble fiber)

Daily totals:
18.1 net carbs (14.6 from vegetables)
1429 calories (64% from fat)
105 g fat; 99 g protein

My statistics:
50 years old, female, need to lose 18 pounds, exercise most days 30 minutes to 2 hours (various--biking, hiking, running, skiing), not taking any medications, no known health issues

[liv]

That menu looks pretty perfect to me.
Even though you are just starting Atkins I think you are in the boat many come to when they try to lose those last pesky pounds. You are within healthy BMI. I agree with the advice you got in your other post. Hang in there-maybe also work in some veggie carbs to see if that will help. Move up the rungs. Patience is going to be the key.
Thought about adding some weight training?
About your "regular" question. I have to say that I am as regular as ever.

[babypiggy]

Thank you so much Liv! I thought I was "getting it" but it never hurts to have experienced eyes check things over. It's a relief to know I haven't been sabotaging my efforts unwittingly. I did decide to go to the first rung of OWL so I got to add in 5 net carbs of extra veggies today. The extra veggies are roasting in the oven for dinner as I write this. YUM! I feel like I'm in HEAVEN to get so many more veggies!!! Weight training is the one thing I don't do (mostly just aerobic stuff I do as part of regular life). I am not much of a go-to-the-gym person but have thought about trying to add some weights and also stretching (yoga). Maybe I'll actually do it. Thanks again for the fast feedback on my menu. --Heidi

[not2late]

This might be a long shot, but Dr. Atkins mentioned in the book that onions and tomatoes are veggies that are relatively higher in sugar and that might mess up some folks.
I'm using the USDA's website because it gives the cup equivalents to the weight. I'll post the USDA's carb values and cup equivalents in red
1 oz. green pepper [0.8], net carb = 0.8, about 1/3 cup sliced
1 oz. sweet onion [1.8], net carb= 2.3, about 1/3 cup sliced onion or about 1/4 cup chopped
1 oz. mushrooms [0.6] net carbs 0.5, about 1/3 cup whole mushrooms or about 1/2 cup mushroom pieces
1 oz. red pepper [1.1], net carb 1.2, about 1/3 cup sliced
1 oz. celery [0.4] net carb 0.8, about 1/3 cup chopped or about a 7 1/2 inch long stalk
1 oz. spinach [0.4] net carbs 0.3, about 1 cup
1 oz. green leaf lettuce [0.4]; net carbs 0.5, about 1 cup
1 oz. grape tomatoes [0.8] net carbs 0.78, about 1/4 cup
4 oz. mushrooms [2.4], net carbs 2, about 1 1/3 cup whole mushrooms or about 2 cup mushroom pieces
2 oz. green pepper [1.6], net carb = 1.6, about 2/3 cup sliced
2 oz. zucchini/courgette [1.2], net carbs = 1.4, about 1/4 cup
1 oz. onion [1.8]net carb= 2.3, about 1/3 cup sliced onion or about 1/4 cup chopped

In the book, there are two vegetable lists a "salad list" and an "other vegetable list". You may eat either 3 cups of the salad list vegetables per day or 2 cups of the salad list vegetables and 1 cup of the other list vegetables.

Onions, zucchini, and tomatoes are all on the "other vegetable list". From what I've calculated, you're eating over the 3 cups daily limit!

I did notice that you are eating about 17 ounces of veg. That I assume is a "dry weight". Cups are a fluid measure. So I have to warn you....1 ounce of dry weight is not equal to 1 ounce fluid measure. There are only 3 things where dry weight and fluid measure are the same and that's water, butter and sugar.

It's okay to weigh your veggies, but if you do, make sure you are weighing the "cups" worth for that specific veg.

[babypiggy]

Megs, thank you for that information. The celery is the only one that's really off between Fitday and USDA...odd. The others are pretty close. I hadn't compared the two sources before. Then again I notice that Fitday will often have two or more different entries of apparently the same thing, but with different nutrition info. Must come from different lab studies. Same goes for USDA--sometimes there's more than one similar listing.

[jpark7]

Hi there! Some times it works better with excersize, so go outside and walk your little buns off girl!