Day 3 could you check me?

[kellyf48]

2 egg omlete with mushrooms, broccoli, suger free kielbasa and half of a 1 minute flax muffin. Lunch was a salad with sugar free dressing and dinner was a chicken breast with mushrooms swiss and broccoli. The vegetabes were all measured. I also drank a lot of water.

[liv]

Hard to say much without quantiles listed. Did you check for fillers in the kielbasa and sugar with other names such as corn syrup or dextrose. Eating salad and just dressing without any protein may not be the best. How much fat did you have?
Did you eat only one cup of veggies from the other list

Looks pretty good though. How are you doing? Feeling good?

[Mbudlite89]

flax mufin..isnt that illegal in atkins (bread?)

[mizski]

Originally Posted by Mbudlite89

flax mufin..isnt that illegal in atkins (bread?)

Flaxseed meal is allowed on Induction. From the stickies:

"Fiber "Rules" as stated in Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution, 2002 edition

For daily fiber supplementation
Chapter 8: "I recommend that you take one tablespoon of psyllium husks daily. Be sure to select a sugar-free product. You can also take one tablespoon of coarse wheat bran or flaxseed meal."

For relief of constipation
Chapter 11: "If you are constipated, mix a tablespoon or more of psyllium husks in a cup or more of water and drink daily. Or mix ground flaxseed into a shake or sprinkle wheat bran on a salad or vegetables."

So there is a limit set forth in the book. Again, if you use flax as a food, then the On-Going Weight Loss phase is the appropriate phase to do that. During Induction it's only used as a fiber supplement or as a constipation reliever in the amounts specified in the book."

The original Muffin in a Minute recipe is an OWL food but the recipe can be adapted for Induction by reducing the flaxseed meal amount. Kelly had half a muffin so I'm thinking she had the equivalent of 2 TBS of flaxseed meal (the constipation relief amount).

[kellyf48]

Oh yes absolutely Mizski. I cannot like without my flax in the am. I make the muffin and split it in half and use it as toast. I also measured all my veggies.
Day 7 and a 5lb loss
breakfast- 1/2 flax muffin with 2 eggs and 1 oz cheese
lunch- 1 cup spinach salad with a chicken breast ( i made firehouse bbq chicken with veg. oil,vinegar, poultry seasoning, eggs and salt and pepper)and grilled it.
dinner- meatloaf (made with ground beef, fresh salsa and some cheddar cheese) and 1cup lettuce with 1 cup cucumbers.
Does this sound o.k?

[liv]

Originally Posted by kellyf48

Oh yes absolutely Mizski. I cannot like without my flax in the am. I make the muffin and split it in half and use it as toast. I also measured all my veggies.
Day 7 and a 5lb loss
breakfast- 1/2 flax muffin with 2 eggs and 1 oz cheese
lunch- 1 cup spinach salad with a chicken breast ( i made firehouse bbq chicken with veg. oil,vinegar, poultry seasoning, eggs and salt and pepper)and grilled it.
dinner- meatloaf (made with ground beef, fresh salsa and some cheddar cheese) and 1cup lettuce with 1 cup cucumbers.
Does this sound o.k?

Congratulations with the weightloss. Sounds like things are going well.
I am still unsure about the fat levels.
Do you use FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal
Try entering the food in there and see if you have around 65% of your caliers coming from fat.
I like how nice and clean your menu is though. Looks wholesome.
Remember to drink you water too.

[kellyf48]

I tried fit day and found it so confusing. I will try again and see what happens, thanks for the support.

[liv]

Fitday is not necessary if you do not like it. Maybe look at sparkspeople and see if you like it.
But if you prefer not to that is fine too.
If you are losing fine and working some fat in there I think it will work out just fine.
Are you feeling good?

[mizski]

Originally Posted by kellyf48

I tried fit day and found it so confusing. I will try again and see what happens, thanks for the support.

The Daily Plate, My Calorie Counter and SparkPeople are also popular food trackers.

FitDay and other food trackers can appear confusing as they ask all sorts of profile questions trying to figure out your BMR, BMI, calories burned based on typical activity level, etc. Forget that for now and just fill in your foods in the food tracker part.