Please Help Me!!!!!!!!

[liza2006]

Well here is the question today is my 3rd day and i have few questions and hope someoe can help me soon!!! well not sure if iam getting enough carbs day one i ate eggs and bacon for breakfast so 0 carbs then snack i had few bites of stake so 0 carbs then for lunch i had 1 cup of green salad with ita dress so 2 carbs for dressing how many carbs are in green salad if any?????then i have stake for lunch as well so i olny had 2 grams of carbs for lunch then i had to sauage pattys for dinner which where 6 carbs and green salad with cucumbers with no carbs dress and i had a few pices of cheese and peporoni so no carbs there so i had so by my count i had 8 carbs is that enought what else should i do so iam eating more carbs or is that enough and should ibe counting my salad and cucks too????? please help me soon its 9:15 here and i need to know before lunch so i know what to eat!!! thanks liza

[Sheshy]

Hi Liza, and welcome to ADBB.

To answer your question, as long as you're eating your 3 cups of veggies from the acceptable list, you're doing fine...you do not have to hit 20 carbs.

Just keep trying to spread out the veggies throughout your meals and snacks whenever you can!

If you have other questions, you might want to check out the 14 Day Induction forum, there are many people in the same stage of Atkins and a lot of experienced people to help you though.

Hope to see you around the board!

[dreamof145]

Hi Liza. Welcome to the ADBB. Your carbs will go up and down as you try out different meals. As long as you keep them below 20 and make sure you are eating your veggies every day...you should be okay.

Sheshy gave you some great posts to read that should answer most of your questions - also refer to the DANDR (Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution) as it is the manual to success!! Be sure to drink lots of water, exercise and measure...you'll be seeing good results very soon.

Best wishes and keep us posted on your progress.

[liza2006]

thank u very much ladies i thought maybe i was not doing things right! i have been eating 2 cups of salad a day and 1 cup of cucks a day so thats ok and they dont count as carbs right???? at least that what i thought and i have found sonm realy yummy ranch dress that has no cars so i can use as much as i want right??? and i just wanted to make sure i was getting enough carbs cus i want to start seeing progress. and it seems that the chesse i have been eating has no carbs as well it peper jack with no carbs. hummm... i guess ill have to start loking at other food so i can have few more carbs well thanks for all your help ladies!!!!! and it looks as if this has really worked for u ladies congrats ttys later thanks liza

[SkaPaladin]

Be careful with that ranch. Are you absolutely sure it's no carb? (Because if it is, you have to tell me where you found it) Because just about every ranch I have ever seen is at least 2 carbs per serving. Take a look at the label, and make extra sure, and check the ingredients list, and look for things along the line of corn starch, corn syrup, and other common sugar type stuff. According to some things I've heard, here on the forums, most companies are allowed to "round down" the number of carbs a product has, to the nearest whole number. So, if something has, say... 0.6 carbs, they can put 0 carbs on the label, and after 10 servings, thats a full 6 carbs, that you aren't counting, because they are lying to us. Legally.

Speaking of 0.6... that's how many carbs are in an egg. So, to be on the safe side, I would count each egg as 1 carb. In addition, I would look at that bacon label again, because most bacon is cured with sugar, so it may have carbs as well. Make sure to look at your labels, because if you aren't careful, you may become a victim of "carb creep". It's when those carbs sneak up on you.

I guarantee, soon enough, you'll start reading the labels on everything you eat, but your body will love you for it.

(It kinda sounds like I'm being a stickler, doesn't it... I don't mean to, it's just that my sister justifies her cheating all the time, and she doesn't let me help her. She just refuses to give up her carbs. It's her choice in the end, I guess.)

[liza2006]

thank u for all your help and ill be more aware of what aim eating and what the label says! thanks liza

[liza2006]

JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK U AND I WILL BE SURE TO CHECK THINGS A LITTLE BETTER I SURE I HAVE HAD MOE CARBS THAN I THOUHT CUS I WAS NOT COUNTING EGGS CUS THERE WHERE ON MY LIST OF I CAN HAVE AS MANY AS I WANT RIGHT??? HUMMMM AND I HAVE HAD CHEESE THAT SAYS NO CARBS BUT IAM SURE THERE IS AT LEAST 1 CARB PER SERV. HUMMMM......... I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD PUT ME CLOSER TO 20 CARBS THAN I THOUGHT HUH? WELL COULD U GIVE ME SO ADVICE AS TO WHAT U ATE ON YOUR FIRST TWO WEEKS??? THANKS AGAIN LIZA

Originally Posted by SkaPaladin

Be careful with that ranch. Are you absolutely sure it's no carb? (Because if it is, you have to tell me where you found it) Because just about every ranch I have ever seen is at least 2 carbs per serving. Take a look at the label, and make extra sure, and check the ingredients list, and look for things along the line of corn starch, corn syrup, and other common sugar type stuff. According to some things I've heard, here on the forums, most companies are allowed to "round down" the number of carbs a product has, to the nearest whole number. So, if something has, say... 0.6 carbs, they can put 0 carbs on the label, and after 10 servings, thats a full 6 carbs, that you aren't counting, because they are lying to us. Legally.

Speaking of 0.6... that's how many carbs are in an egg. So, to be on the safe side, I would count each egg as 1 carb. In addition, I would look at that bacon label again, because most bacon is cured with sugar, so it may have carbs as well. Make sure to look at your labels, because if you aren't careful, you may become a victim of "carb creep". It's when those carbs sneak up on you.

I guarantee, soon enough, you'll start reading the labels on everything you eat, but your body will love you for it.

(It kinda sounds like I'm being a stickler, doesn't it... I don't mean to, it's just that my sister justifies her cheating all the time, and she doesn't let me help her. She just refuses to give up her carbs. It's her choice in the end, I guess.)

[La_La]

Diddo, on reading the labels... may a habit of it... good luck let us know how you are doing...

Check out Linda's site she has a TON of really good recepies, go through them and find induction friendly ones...

http://users3.ev1.net/~fontlady/

Good luck!
Keep us posted

[La_La]

Diddo, on reading the labels... may a habit of it... good luck let us know how you are doing...

Check out Linda's site she has a TON of really good recepies, go through them and find induction friendly ones...

http://users3.ev1.net/~fontlady/

Good luck!
Keep us posted

[Scooterjam]

Yeah I agree, keep reading those labels. Also, watch your bacon. I made the mistake of trusting that bacon has no carbs. Right. Have you looked at the ingredients list, cured with sugar, cured with corn syrup, cured with brown sugar, cured with sugar sugar, yikes!! I swear, I think these food producers want us to get fat!! Okay coming down off the platform.

Anyway, welcome. Make sure you use a variety of veggies, suitable for induction, you'll get burnt out real quick just eating greens. I say everything except brussel sprouts.....(shiver).....(of course everything on the induction list.... haha!!!)

Have fun, be creative. I cook now, my wife and son (not eating this way) say, wow, that looks really good. I smile and eat away!!! It is good!!

Anyone can do this! Good Luck!