why am i gaining

[Georgiana]

Originally Posted by laura1986

i dont add salt to anything. i walked for miles today but apart from that no. uve messed it up havent i. i did post my menus nd they said it was ok. gutted now. its creame fraiche (sour cream) in with the only 3 tablespoons a day??

I think you are just retaining water, because you'd have to be on a mission to gain 5 lbs of fat in 3 days.

I count creme fraiche as sour cream, so it is limited to 1 oz as part of the "Special Category Foods". Again, remember these foods come with a warning.

[Georgiana]

Originally Posted by laura1986

awww nd i asked on here first day nd someone said you can.i done all this work for nothing. i gained 5lbs now

You can what?

[laura1986]

but its including it 3 tablespoons??? cos girls told me 6. omg ;s thanks anyway

[Georgiana]

Okay. Let's take them one by one.

Double cream. You are allowed to have 2-3 tablespoons per day as part of your beverages. You can also have an additional 3 oz (6 tablespoons) as part of the "Special Category Foods".

Creme fraiche. This is different from double cream. It is limited to 1 oz (or 2 tablepoons) per day and it is part of the "Special Category Foods". However, the book says:

Special Category Foods
To add variety, each day you can also eat ten to twenty olives, half a small avocado, one ounce of sour cream or three ounces of unsweetened heavy cream, as well as two to three tablespoons of lemon juice or lime juice. But be aware that these foods occasionally slow down weight loss in some people, and may need to be avoided in the first two weeks. If you seem to be losing slowly, moderate your intake of these foods.

See, so you can have "one ounce of sour cream" (i.e. creme fraiche) or "three ounces of unsweetened heavy cream", not both.

So you can have either
2-3 tablespoons of double cream + 3 oz double cream
or
2-3 tablespoons of double cream + 1 oz creme fraiche.

But 3 oz of double cream or 1 oz of creme fraiche may cause problems to some folks.

Does this make more sense now?

[kiwimel]

Ahhh Laura!!! Bless you!! I havent been on the forum for a few days so came on during lunch and read all the posts I have missed since I last came on from the start. Reading your progression is better then a week watching soaps! Please don't give up, I had the same thing but sometimes it can be your body getting used to eating so much. I don't know about you but I was a habitual meal skipper and learning atkins as a way of life was to actually force myself to eat more regularly as well as losing weight. I promise you you will notice a difference but you have to be proper strict on yourself at the start.

Do you have the book? It really helps to read it and I have a spare copy at home I will happily post you if you want? I'm a real geek - sometimes I read it on the bus on my way to work but it helps me to stay focussed.

[laura1986]

georgina and kiwimel thanks for your posts.

kiwimel you made me laugh then about the sopas lol.

georgina yes when i said i had 3 tablespoons in the snack part i did mean for beverages i didnt just drink it as a snack. yes i get it now. so if i had a slice of quiche i could still have a decaf tea with a tablespoon of cream? or am i still reading it wrong lol.

do u know any green teas or fruiteas we could drink without cream

[Georgiana]

Originally Posted by laura1986

georgina yes when i said i had 3 tablespoons in the snack part i did mean for beverages i didnt just drink it as a snack. yes i get it now. so if i had a slice of quiche i could still have a decaf tea with a tablespoon of cream? or am i still reading it wrong lol.

It depends on how much cream you've used for the whole quiche and how big is a serving size. I usually make a large quiche with 6 oz of cream and I cut it into 8 slices, so one slice would have 0.75 oz cream, which is equivalent to 1.5 tbsp (1 oz of cream is about 2 tbsp).

do u know any green teas or fruiteas we could drink without cream

I think any fruit tea would do, the brand is less important. I don't know you, but I never add cream to those because the whole stuff precipitates and you get ugly-looking pieces of cream floating on top of the tea.

Also check that the green tea is decaf.

[laura1986]

no i dont have cream in those kinda teas, do you have to check for sugar?

[Georgiana]

Originally Posted by laura1986

no i dont have cream in those kinda teas, do you have to check for sugar?

Teas usually do not have sugar in them. It is a good idea to check though---I remember seeing tea (not the bottled kind) with maltodextrin in it.

[laura1986]

i have seen tea saying carbs 0.5g and sugars 0.5 i cant have that can i? it has to be zero?