Newbie w/ questions

Hi everyone,

Somewhat new to lowcarbing ... my husband introduced me to it last
year. He lost 30 pounds (from 225 to 195) and had kept it off for a
year until last summer when he discovered that he'd gained back 8. He
went on induction for a couple of weeks ... I joined him, and lost
about 12 pounds fairly quickly. Kept it off for a few months, but
after returning to the way I ate before (all winter long) I'm now 20
pounds heavier.

This time, I bought the book (Atkins) and going to do it right. My
plan for induction is to find an approprite daily menu that I like and
pretty much eat that every day for two weeks, and then add in foods as
I learn more about the lifetime WOE.

My question is, whether what I'm eating is okay for induction? I've
been messing around with menus since I started on Saturday ...
yesterday was the first day that I loved everything I ate and was
satisifed.


7am
2 slices bacon
1/2 avocado
1c Carb Countdown chocolate milk

9am
1 McDonald's sausage patty, egg, & eheese
Large coffee

1pm
5 thick slices Hillshire Farm summer sausage
2 oz Vermont cheddar cheese
Diet Coke

4pm
1 cup tuna salad w/ lettuce & dill pickle
2 boiled eggs
Crystal Light

Crystal Light & Diet Coke throughout the day
1 spiced rum & DC in evening

I wasn't hungry for anything after 4pm, after eating all day long! I
did have a killer headache all day though ... my husband says it's
from carb withdrawal. Does everyone experience that?

Thanks for all your help,

Robbin Hernandez
LC'ing since 5/1/04
180/180/145

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Hi everyone,

Hi Robbin, welcome to the group!

My question is, whether what I'm eating is okay for induction? I've
been messing around with menus since I started on Saturday ...
yesterday was the first day that I loved everything I ate and was
satisifed.

I'm not sure if the CC chocolate milk is okay for induction. It may fall into a
gray area. Since it's not on the list of acceptable foods for induction, you may
want to wait until afterward to incorporate it.

Other than the lettuce and dill pickle, I don't see any vegetables included. You
should DEFINITELY add them to your menu. Are you drinking lots of water? If
not, that may contribute to your headache since induction also functions as a
diuretic.

--
Saffire
205/158/125 - 5'2.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

Chocolate milk is not low carb.

--
You take stupid to a new level. -- MFW


"Robbin Hernandez" wrote in message
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Hi everyone,

Somewhat new to lowcarbing ... my husband introduced me to it last
year. He lost 30 pounds (from 225 to 195) and had kept it off for a
year until last summer when he discovered that he'd gained back 8. He
went on induction for a couple of weeks ... I joined him, and lost
about 12 pounds fairly quickly. Kept it off for a few months, but
after returning to the way I ate before (all winter long) I'm now 20
pounds heavier.

This time, I bought the book (Atkins) and going to do it right. My
plan for induction is to find an approprite daily menu that I like and
pretty much eat that every day for two weeks, and then add in foods as
I learn more about the lifetime WOE.

My question is, whether what I'm eating is okay for induction? I've
been messing around with menus since I started on Saturday ...
yesterday was the first day that I loved everything I ate and was
satisifed.


7am
2 slices bacon
1/2 avocado
1c Carb Countdown chocolate milk

9am
1 McDonald's sausage patty, egg, & eheese
Large coffee

1pm
5 thick slices Hillshire Farm summer sausage
2 oz Vermont cheddar cheese
Diet Coke

4pm
1 cup tuna salad w/ lettuce & dill pickle
2 boiled eggs
Crystal Light

Crystal Light & Diet Coke throughout the day
1 spiced rum & DC in evening

I wasn't hungry for anything after 4pm, after eating all day long! I
did have a killer headache all day though ... my husband says it's
from carb withdrawal. Does everyone experience that?

Thanks for all your help,

Robbin Hernandez
LC'ing since 5/1/04
180/180/145

On 5 May 2004 08:29:23 -0700, (Robbin
Hernandez) wrote:

Hi everyone,

Somewhat new to lowcarbing ... my husband introduced me to it last
year. He lost 30 pounds (from 225 to 195) and had kept it off for a
year until last summer when he discovered that he'd gained back 8. He
went on induction for a couple of weeks ... I joined him, and lost
about 12 pounds fairly quickly. Kept it off for a few months, but
after returning to the way I ate before (all winter long) I'm now 20
pounds heavier.

Well now you have found it is not something you can go on and off of.
It is a way of eating you must stick to in order to keep those
results.


This time, I bought the book (Atkins) and going to do it right.

Awesome!! :-) Read it and then reread it and read it again
and keep it handy for reference after that.




My
plan for induction is to find an approprite daily menu that I like and
pretty much eat that every day for two weeks, and then add in foods as
I learn more about the lifetime WOE.

My question is, whether what I'm eating is okay for induction? I've
been messing around with menus since I started on Saturday ...
yesterday was the first day that I loved everything I ate and was
satisifed.


7am
2 slices bacon
1/2 avocado
1c Carb Countdown chocolate milk

I would ditch the milk and add water instead.
Stick to natural foods while on Induction and it will be better foir
you in the long run.


9am
1 McDonald's sausage patty, egg, & eheese
Large coffee

Next time switch the coffee to a small and add a bottle of water to
that. Have you tried the protein platters at Mickey dees yet?
I like the breakfast one but do not eat it often due to the sodium
content.


1pm
5 thick slices Hillshire Farm summer sausage
2 oz Vermont cheddar cheese
Diet Coke

That looks okay and this is coming from a diet pepsi lover
but I won't hold the diet coke against you. g


4pm
1 cup tuna salad w/ lettuce & dill pickle
2 boiled eggs
Crystal Light

Crystal Light & Diet Coke throughout the day
1 spiced rum & DC in evening

Try dropping a few diet cokes and crystal lights and add more water.
Put a lemon or lime slice in your glass if you cannot drink plain
water.
Ditch the rum. Add more veggies to your meals. Where was your 1 cup
salad veggies and 2 cups other veggies? Also try to eat fresher meats
like chicken, fish, beef, etc and less processed meats.


I wasn't hungry for anything after 4pm, after eating all day long! I
did have a killer headache all day though ... my husband says it's
from carb withdrawal. Does everyone experience that?

It can also be from that and not getting enough water through the day.
I get headaches if I do not drink 3 litres a day.

(Robbin Hernandez) wrote in message . com...

7am
2 slices bacon
1/2 avocado
1c Carb Countdown chocolate milk

9am
1 McDonald's sausage patty, egg, & eheese
Large coffee

1pm
5 thick slices Hillshire Farm summer sausage
2 oz Vermont cheddar cheese
Diet Coke

4pm
1 cup tuna salad w/ lettuce & dill pickle
2 boiled eggs
Crystal Light

Crystal Light & Diet Coke throughout the day
1 spiced rum & DC in evening

I wasn't hungry for anything after 4pm, after eating all day long! I
did have a killer headache all day though ... my husband says it's
from carb withdrawal. Does everyone experience that?

Hi Robbin,

As others have said, I'd add some veggies - lettuce, cucumber,
spinach, zucchini, brocolli...take your pick. To me, your diet looks
so incredibly unhealthy. I know you can eat a lot of fats on Atkins,
and the fats satisfy (make you feel full) but I still try to be aware
of the amount of fats I eat and try to pick healthier ones when I can.
For instance, all of that processed meat is just really bad (not even
taking into consideration the nitrates and salt which dehydrates).
Trade the early morning bacon for a few slices of turkey breast. Trade
the McDonalds monstrosity for an egg white omelet with some spinach
and feta cheese. Instead of Hillshire Farms sausage for lunch, take a
big pile of greens, add a sliced up grilled chicken breast or some
slices of london broil, crumble your VT cheddar on top and drizzle
some oil and vinegar over the whole thing. Eat either the tuna or the
eggs at 4:00 and then have the other at around 7:00pm. 5-6 smaller
meals a day vs. 4 larger meals works better to keep the metabolism
humming along. And, eating something a little later might prevent you
from waking up completely ravenous.

Careful of your tuna consumption. I've been reading a lot about
mercury content in it. I wouldn't eat more than a can a week, if that.
I love tuna, and would eat a can a day but I'm down to maybe 2
cans/month.

So, add more veggies, trade some of that processed meat for plain
beef, chicken, etc., drink lots of water, exerciseand cut down on diet
soft drink consumption.

Lee

Lee wrote:

Careful of your tuna consumption. I've been reading a lot about
mercury content in it. I wouldn't eat more than a can a week, if that.
I love tuna, and would eat a can a day but I'm down to maybe 2
cans/month.

unless you're a child or a pregnant woman, it's not that big a risk.
you can eat two or three cans a week. it's a concern, to be sure, but
you don't have to restrict yourself as much as you are.

http://www.tunafacts.com/mercury/qanda.cfm

http://www.mercurypolicy.org/

Robbin Hernandez wrote:

This time, I bought the book (Atkins) and going to do it right.

How strictly to the book do you want to be in other words how much
risk do you want to eliminate?

My question is, whether what I'm eating is okay for induction?

1c Carb Countdown chocolate milk

Not on Induction list so theoretically not allowed. The least bad
of your breaches of following the exact directions. Since is a
product that did not exist when Induction was designed and it
follows the original design intent of what foods are allowed
during Induction.

Large coffee

Caffeine also forbidden if you want to be completely by the book.
This is probably the single least obeyed rule!

Diet Coke
Crystal Light

Aspartame alert. Rite Rite uses splenda. The bottled Crystal
Light uses splenda. Second least observed rule?

1 spiced rum & DC in evening

Alcohol is verbotten during Induction. You can wait 14 days.
The other breaches run from trivial to debatable but this one
is potentially serious. Exactly how driven were you to have a
drink? Half of Induction is resolving food intolerances and
addictions even the mild ones you might not know you have.

Since alcohol is addictive the easier you find it to go for
14 days without the less important it was to skip it. The
condumdrum that you can really only know by the end.

I wasn't hungry for anything after 4pm, after eating all day long! I
did have a killer headache all day though ... my husband says it's
from carb withdrawal. Does everyone experience that?

Nearly everyone.

You list no water whatsoever. All of the other liquids are in
addition to your daily water quota.

Not enough veggies. Veggies are mandatory from day one. You
must get at least 10 or your daily 20 quota from veggies.

(The Queen of Cans and Jars) wrote in message t...

unless you're a child or a pregnant woman, it's not that big a risk.
you can eat two or three cans a week. it's a concern, to be sure, but
you don't have to restrict yourself as much as you are.

http://www.tunafacts.com/mercury/qanda.cfm

Well, I'm not surprised the article above downplays the mercury level
in tuna...it is, after all, a tuna industry website.

Here's the article that first allerted me to the problem in the first
place:

http://www.health.com/health/mindbod...463490,00.html

Read this:

http://www.ewire.com/display.cfm/Wire_ID/1648

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/admehg3.html

Here's a neat little "calculator" to figure out how much tuna you can
safely eat per week

http://www.ewg.org/issues/mercury/20...calculator.php

Looks like light tuna is the way to go - limit white/albacore.

And, for those in the mood for some Bush bashing (yes, the Prez vs.
tuna)

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=18230

It just seems prudent to me to not eat something in excess that has
the potential to do real harm to all women, not just pregnant ones.
I'd like to preserve my brain cells, thanks very much.

Lee

Thanks everyone for your input, I really appreciate it!

I'm hearing more veggies, less processed meat, more water. A
nutritionist once told me that you could substitue Crystal Light for
water, being that it's sugar free. Are your experiences that it stalls
you or what?

I'm slowly weaning myself from coffee ... I used to drink 2 large cups
a day. This week, I'm drinking one, next week 3/4 of one, the next
1/2, etc. I don't need caffeine withdrawal on top of everything else!

Quick question re. Carb Countdown chocolate milk ... if the carton
says 1 cup serving has 3g, with 1g dietary fiber, how is that not low
carb? It's the one thing I don't want to give up in that menu!

Thanks,

Robbin

Lee wrote:

(The Queen of Cans and Jars) wrote:

unless you're a child or a pregnant woman, it's not that big a risk.
you can eat two or three cans a week. it's a concern, to be sure, but
you don't have to restrict yourself as much as you are.

http://www.tunafacts.com/mercury/qanda.cfm

Well, I'm not surprised the article above downplays the mercury level
in tuna...it is, after all, a tuna industry website.

i also posted a link from the mercury policy organization, which is
neither pro-tuna nor pro-mercury.