popcorn

Hi out there , so far the last week of induction is going great , I have a
question " love to go to the shows"Can I have popcorn I know the butters ok
, but love popcorn . Happy girl.

You can have anything you want, but popcorn is definitely not on the low
carb food list. Personally, I would skip it if I was you and take along
some jerky, a small baggie of pork rinds, or something like that. Good
luck.

--
Cheri
Type 2, no meds for now.
Betty Lou Locke wrote in message ...
Hi out there , so far the last week of induction is going great , I
have a
question " love to go to the shows"Can I have popcorn I know the
butters ok
, but love popcorn . Happy girl.

"Betty Lou Locke" wrote in message
...
Hi out there , so far the last week of induction is going great , I have a
question " love to go to the shows"Can I have popcorn I know the butters
ok
, but love popcorn . Happy girl.

depends on which diet you're following. SouthBeach allows popcorn in small
amounts (get the kiddie size!), because it's a good source of fiber and has
a moderate glycemic index (i believe it's around 50 for two cups)

-kelly

Betty Lou Locke wrote:
| Hi out there , so far the last week of induction is going great , I have a
| question " love to go to the shows"Can I have popcorn I know the butters
| ok , but love popcorn . Happy girl.

Although I follow the Atkins plan fairly rigorously, movie popcorn is my
exception. I don't go to the movies very often, because I'm so picky about
the movies I see. But when I do, I still get that large popcorn covered
with that artificial trans-fatty hot liquid that passed for butter. ;-)

The occassional popcorn has never stalled my weight loss. Just very
recently, I think I figured out why: popcorn has a relatively low glycemic
index (55). It's not as devastating as, say, candy, potato chips, etc. It
doesn't cause a huge insulin spike; that's probably how I get away with it.
Go for it, IMO.
--
Peter
website: http://users.thelink.net/marengo

You can have anything you want if you don't mind staying fat.

--
JC

Eat less, exercise more.

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"Betty Lou Locke" wrote in message
...
Hi out there , so far the last week of induction is going great , I have a
question " love to go to the shows"Can I have popcorn I know the butters
ok
, but love popcorn . Happy girl.

I smuggle in a bag of peanuts from the grocery bulk section. Usually costs
me .50 cents as opposed to the popcorn's 3.50 and you get to throw the
shells on the floor, which if fun.

Curt

"Betty Lou Locke" wrote in message
...
Hi out there , so far the last week of induction is going great , I have a
question " love to go to the shows"Can I have popcorn I know the butters
ok
, but love popcorn . Happy girl.

I would say just try it and see what happens.. I have popcorn on occasion
and it doesn't cause cravings or stall me at all.. It is, as most things,
one of those things you will just have to experiment with. However, watch
the salt.. if that causes you to bloat up, you may wrongly blame it on the
popcorn itself. Maybe try a bag of no salt or low salt microwave popcorn and
check it out that way...

Teeb

"Betty Lou Locke" wrote in message
...
Hi out there , so far the last week of induction is going great , I have a
question " love to go to the shows"Can I have popcorn I know the butters
ok
, but love popcorn . Happy girl.

Teeb wrote:
| I would say just try it and see what happens.. I have popcorn on occasion
| and it doesn't cause cravings or stall me at all.. It is, as most things,
| one of those things you will just have to experiment with. However, watch
| the salt.. if that causes you to bloat up, you may wrongly blame it on the
| popcorn itself. Maybe try a bag of no salt or low salt microwave popcorn
| and check it out that way...
|
| Teeb
|
*Perk!* I've been looking for low- or no- salt microwave popcorn and have
never seen any. Where can you get it, and what brand? (Occassional popcorn
doesn't stall my weight loss, YMMV).

Thanks ...

--
Peter
website: http://users.thelink.net/marengo

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"Betty Lou Locke" wrote:

Hi out there , so far the last week of induction is going great , I have a
question " love to go to the shows"Can I have popcorn I know the butters ok
, but love popcorn . Happy girl.



Popcorn is pretty high-carb, and unless they use real butter, then the
"butter" is not good either, because it's full of trans-fats. You should
bring some low-carb snacks of your own, or eat a meal before you go. If
you really _must_ have popcorn, I bet it wouldn't hurt too much to ask them
to give you a courtesy cup of popcorn. You know, the free cups for water.
They're usually tiny. I work at a movie theater and I still cheat
occasionally with a courtesy cup of popcorn, and I'm still losing.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

Popcorn is one of those lower-glycemic things I can sometimes sneak in too,
with no problems. Went to see the Diane Keaton-Jack Nicholson movie the other
night and though I had smuggled in a small bag of sunflower kernels and a few
wedges of cheddar, the will caved and I ended up sharing a medium bucket with
extra "butter." Didn't stir up cravings and no weight gain, happy to say.