Yeah!
 

Hi YaYa. Thanks for the Costco tip. I'm there several times a week -- in Utah, no less! I'll look for the bacon. I always hate cooking the stuff because it's such a mess. I found the precooked sausage there several months ago. Nice to be able to pop one in the MW and not have to cook a pound of the stuff. Thanks again. Diane

I was wondering if anyone knows if Crystal Lite and Decaf Coffee are acceptable??? Thanks

to diane
 

I'm also w/ sugar busters!....but I can't live without a diet soda a day(I need caffeine!!!!!) I tried to quit and what happen?? what a terrible headache

any ideas for me???

:confused: :confused: :confused:

to JLee
 

Hi JLee,

Decaf is fine, (in fact, its preferred over regular by Atkins),
Crystal Light has aspertame, which may contribute to stalls in some people. However, having said that, I have to say I'm drinking regular coffee and Crystal Light with no problems so far.

judy

Thanks Judy, that's good to know. After 7+ weeks and only a 4 lb. change, I'm investigating all aspects to find a happy medium. John

Hi John,

Are you recording at Fitday? It's a great way to keep track of what you're eating, particularly if you're getting enough
calories. You should be eating 10 x your current weight. There are several threads in "Hot Links" that will explain why, plus several on stalls and plateaus. Hang in there. This does work.

http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthre...&threadid=28939

judy

i know it's frustrating to hear that "Maybe you can have Crystal Light, maybe you can't" .. but it's true....I drink the stuff religiously and it's never affected me but a friend who is LCing thinks that it stalls her

Wanda's question
 

The terrible headache is the caffeine withdrawal. Try cutting down to half a drink a day for a week and then every other day. It's a killer to go cold-turkey off the blasted stuff.

As far as diet anything goes -- I don't want to put the chemicals into my body. I believe that artificial sweeteners make me hungry, plus they also give me headaches since I've been off them a couple of months. Tried a diet Pepsi this week and it about killed me. Not going to have to learn that lesson again. I'm really trying to stick to foods in their natural state. I feel better and it certainly is less expensive. Diane

to dianne
 

thanxxxx a lot!!!!

I will try(and believe me is going to be very hard for me, but not imposible)

i have a question..since dr.atkins stated that during induction one msut take out "frakenfoods"stuff or those that might have fillers like hotdogs,bacon,meatloafsetc....i was wondering if its ok to eat spam which stated on its label that it has 0 carbs per serving..but under its ingr. i see some sugar in it(maybe they placed a minsicule only :p )...anyway, jsut wanna ask if its ok to eat them and if honey cured bacon is ok to eat too....since i cant seem to find a bacon that doesnt have a sugar listed on its ing.... :confused:

I am making my shopping list for late next week so I thought I'd toss it on this thread with comments. My choices are limited by what my local super walmart carries. So some is what I choose and some is just based on what they have, or what they have in a brand that isn't sugary.

Beef Roasts*
Pork Roasts
Chicken**
Bacon ***
Sausage
Salami
Pepperoni ***
Canned Tuna
Canned Chicken***

* I split a 1/2 side of beef from a butcher shop with my parents. It is ultra-lean, and it is double wrapped for good storage, and has a variety of meats, from some filet mignon to T-bones and Sirloins, round steaks and roasts, to hamburger (lots of that). Cost me vastly less than buying all this stuff individually fresh at the market. Now and then if I've used up most of my meat though, I'll buy a roast. I recommend looking into a bulk-purchase -- even in cities you can do this, just find a butcher shop. If you live in a rural area, it's easier. Go into any farm-related store and ask the first person you see... they'll probably know. :-)

** pref boneless/skinless breast. Sometimes thighs. Sometimes frozen breasts. Someday when I grow up I'll actually buy an entire chicken or turkey and do something with it. At this point, throwing something in a crockpot seems like work.

*** ok, enough nitrates to kill you slowly, but it tastes awesome, and the Pepp makes a great 'crust' to Donald's Deep Dish Pizza Quiche http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthre...&threadid=44087 Is also a good snack, or cooked till really crispy, is also yummy to drop in a salad or cold-salad for tangy crunch. For using many meats (choose a combo), try some in Chris's snack: http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthre...&threadid=61500

*** for desperate moments when I haven't anything to eat and limited time, canned white meat chicken (it's in the aisle with the tuna) can be dropped into a saute pan (er... minus the can :-)) with almost any spices or sauce. Really good w/curry.

Cheddar *
Swiss
Mozzarella
Parmesan (real cheese) **
Blue (crumbled) ***

For a cool way to use a couple variety of cheeses, try Harley's idea (I couldn't figure out how to paste a link to their message in here, instead of to the whole thread and it's quite a ways down in the thread, so here's the quote instead:

<blockquote><i>Alternate layers of chicken/turkey/whatever slices/pastrami type meat and cheese. Fry them then cut into small squares. Majorly yummy, not naughty, and filling. Also good for entertaining as they look nice with the different coloured layers. Put them on toothpicks, can add olives etc. I also have this as a meal (not cut into squares though) with a fried egg on top or between the layers. Sometimes a dab of cream cheese too.</i></blockquote>

* I was surprised to find the USDA shows cheddar as being lower-carb than colby. I used to consider them interchangeable.

** Real parmesan is awesome and it lasts quite awhile if grated finely. They now have graters that are much better than the old towers we used to use, based on woodshaving tools, quick and easy to clean and can shred parmesan (or any cheese, but parm's hard so you can use an even finer grater) delightfully. "Microplane" is my favorite grater, amazon.com has it but other sources do too. Try Shark's Bacon Fajita Salad with Edible Parmesan Bowl -- the green can crap can't compare! http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthre...&threadid=54354

*** Karen posted the recipe for blue cheese dressing http://www.lowcarb.ca/karen/recipe015.html - WAY yummy. Thin it out with water and it mixes wonderfully into a super-big salad without having to use massive amounts. Much better than anything from a bottle IMO, it only takes a few minutes to make, and I'm guessing would store for at least several days in the fridge (maybe longer if you added in the SC or vinegar just before eating).

Whole Cream *
Half & Half
Cream Cheese **

* I only use this in recipes that call for it, which require the whipping-thicker nature of it. I don't drink coffee or tea now, as I figured a small fortune in supplements was kinda wasted drinking diuretics that would help me pee them out! Gee that wasn't a very ladylike way to put it, sorry...

** Of course, this can be used in 1001 awesome foods. But if you're not on induction or supersensitive to sweet, try Natrushka's to-die-for "Mock Danish" (add some s-f rasberry jam in the middle... oh. my. God!) http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthre...0435#post560435 that thread also has a TON of awesome variants, too, from chocolate to cinnamon to pecan to....

My store's plain yogurt has so many carbs, I can't figure out how people rave about plain yogurt. Same for the cottage cheese (and the dry-curd I once heart someone recommend has twice as many!). So I don't buy those. Maybe it's just the brands my store carries. I live in a 15K pop SuperWal-Mart city... they OWN this town. Not many other options, as refrigerated dairy stuff doesn't ship well for online buying.

Red Leaf Lettuce
Romaine Lettuce
Spinach Leaves
Cabbage *
Cauliflower **
Broccoli
Bell Pepper
Jalapeno Peppers ***

I'm not a veggie fan really. Salads with multiple types of leaves taste much better to me.

Cabbage and cauliflower appear to be some of the lowest carb versatile-for-experiment veggies when you're feeling brave, and they seem to 'take on' the flavor of whatever you cook them with.

* a leaf of cabbage can go in my salad, small amounts elsewhere It's not my favorite food, but my bunny likes it a lot. :-)

** Try the chinese chicken fried 'rice' recipe in the kitchen section 'Cauli-Fried' Rice Karen's original: http://www.lowcarb.ca/karen/recipe052.html I hate cauliflower but I LOVE it in this. It will inspire you to the many other ways it could probably be used as well.

*** Try Paul's stuffed, wrapped & roasted japanenos (here's a pic, too!) -- http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthre...&threadid=49553

Ginger Root
Garlic Bulbs
Sour Cream

If I'm out...

Helleman's Mayonnaise
Natural/lowest-carb Peanut Butter
Sugar-free or low-carb jam/jelly (rasberry)
Splenda in packages (not bulk)

I was searching desperately on the web for some low-carb-ish things my store didn't have, or didn't have in large bottles, and did find that netrition.com had some stuff (just one source of many I'm sure) like the davinci syrups for example.

I already have most the spices I need, but when I began LC I had to buy one or two spices every time I shopped.

PJ

food I buy
 

Lets see

As far as bacon goes

I go to the institution size huge canned food Isle, and they
have precooked crumbled bacon, in a large can. I think its expensive, but :idea:
your not buying all the greese that you cook out of the uncooked
and it lasts a long time in the fridge. Handy for salads or whatever you want.

For some reason I crave soy, :confused: so I buy Trader joe's oragnic soy milk when I can. Only 8 per cup, so no worse than cream.
You really have to watch soy milk, there are lots of soy drinks,
and beverages out that that can go clear up to 27 a cup.

I also buy tofu, and julieane it in very fine threads, and use that for pasta. At kroger its like 3.00 a pack, :thdown: at trader joes its only1.19
so I stock up if I can get there. :thup:

I bought the keto crisp cereal and all it basicly amounts to is
puffed tvp.
I just buy the tvp and pour cream on it, and a pack of splenda.
Really gets me though a cruchy sweet craving. :p
You can also soak it in a little water, warm it, and eat it warm.
The other thing that gets me though a craving is sf jello, blended with cream cheese. Sets up and a couple of spoons full tastes very nice when you want a goody.

I keep chicken thighs in the fridge, I usually barbicue them with a little splenda and a tomato mustard sauce.
Lots of mushrooms ;)

I rarely eat fruit, but have added regular yougurt and a few berries to my plan, will see if its ok. :rolleyes:

I have lots 26 pounds in 2 months so its working like gangbusters for me. :thup:

The only thing I have eliminated is EQUAL,
and I only eat a Atkins bar, a couple of times a month now.
They will stall me, if I eat to many. That peanut butter one is
awlful good though. ;)

My reward meal, If I loose well the previous month, is some
pizza on the first, and a lc choclate bar. Thats one evening out
a month, and I just LOVE real pizza with crust.
I usualy make the crustless kind which even my husband will eat.
:roll:

Good posts PJ and Sandy- I enjoyed them a lot. As a single guy I don't prepare any elaborate recepies or devise any solutions for repetitive meals. Meat, fish, chicken, salads, cheese, salami, heavy cream, decaf, crystal lite, and water are my mainstays. What I don't do is count carbs or calories or use ketosticks. Where am I going wrong?

Apparently you're not going wrong if it's working for you! :-)

What I learned from "not planning" and just "eating good foods" was that I wildly overate carbs (from my goal of sticking to 30 ecc or less, as recommended for engendering ketosis). For many people this might not be a big issue, but for me it apparently is, but that might vary depending on the person, genetics etc.

For some people, merely eating enough protein and eating well can take their weight down. But I'm heavily insulin-resistant, so being forced to plan a limited carb-set per-meal is good for me. I get swings of mood, cravings, etc. if I go overboard (like have 28 carbs in one meal, then none in two).

Once I get re-acquainted with everything it won't take so much conscious planning as I have now. I just need to get the general values of different kinds of food in my head, so I can make an educated guess about what I eat. Right now I'm having to look up every ingredient's values, and planning recipes and daily menus, but that will pass. :-)

PJ

Great 'Stuff'!!
 

:D This site has been God sent for me! Thanks soooo much to all of you! I am having to switch over to Protein Power LP due to some bad health findings and I have been gathering information! Wow! I now have lists that I can shop from without worrying. This is so difficult for a person who has tried every diet in the books plus making up a few diets of my own. They all worked, for a while, but then you could have guessed that, couldn't you?
Now I have so many things to 'un-learn' :mad:
I am praying that I can understand PPLP well enough so that I'm not 'thrown off' in food choices that I have to make. Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, fuzzy thinking and Chronic Pain Syndrome all 'get in the way' of 'good' planning. THIS THREAD IS AN ANSWER TO A PRAYER! (Yes, I was yelling but only because I'm happy and wanted to share that with you. Lower case just wouldn't have done it! :D
Now "I gotta go shopping!"

Thanks again,
Myrtih :wave:

Does anyone have a problem with Sweet n Low? I use about 4 little pack/day and count each one a 1-carb?

I don't use any artificial sweeteners, but I am hooked on Hall's sugar-free cough drops, which is probably not a good thing. Guess it's my substitute for candy. But I sometimes wonder if it doesn't slow down my weight loss to chew on those.

Coquina

Hi jlee949,

I use saccharine tablets to sweeten tea, coffee etc and have no problems. I think saccharine is the activ sweetner in sweet'n'low. However it may also contain maltodextrose or some other bulking agent which is a carbohydrate. It's very light however so I think you may be being a bit strict with yourself allowing a gram for each little sachet.

Regards,
Robert :wave:

The info seems conflicted on this topic. I know that a strict omission would be optimal, but then I have to drink my decaf black. Dr. Atkins allows it, but the caveat is "stalls". Sometimes it seems like you just can't win! :-))

I drink my decaf with heavy cream, no sugar. I get a Vanilla Creme decaf at Trader Joe's that has no added sweeteners, and with TJ's heavy cream it's so rich it's become a dessert substitute for me, even without any sugar.

Coquina

My grocery list looks something like this :

eggs
bacon
sausages
steak
chicken
lots of fresh veggies
frozen spinach and brocoli
canned black olives
jar green olives
pork rinds
Cheese (all sorts)
equal sweetner
cottage cheese
strawberries
powder creamer
coffee
tea
diet soda (variety)
tuna
mayo
ranch dressing
whipped cream


and all the carb stuff for my family :P

Hmm...grocery staples...

Lettuce
Cabbage
Yellow Squash
Zucchini (?)
Mushrooms
Bell Peppers
Tomato (small amounts)
Onion (small amounts)
Strawberries
Green beans
Black Olives
Pickled Okra
Cheese
Smoked Sausage
Hot Dogs (Schwab's)
Ham
Canadian Bacon
Frozen Sirloin Burgers
Steak
Boneless Chicken Breasts
Bacon
Sausage
Frozen Broccolli
Cream Cheese
Cream
Cheeses
Sour Cream
Cottage Cheese
Salsa
Ragu Cheese Sauces
Pork Rinds
Peanuts
Almonds
Peanut Butter
Keto Oatmeal
La Tortilla Tortillas
Low carb Chocolates (occasionally)
Splenda
Atkins BBQ Sauce
Atkins Steak Sauce

Wow! No wonder I'm broke! Oh, well. These pounds don't fall off by themselves, you know. They need a little financial assistance in one form or another!

Snackies
 

Wow, lots of good tips to be found on this thread.

The only thing I haven't seen though is my very favourite snack which used to be a guilty pleasure before I started LCing, now it's just a pleasure.

-feta stuffed red jalapeneo peppers in olive oil

They're so spicy that I can't really over indulge too much. The only real problem is that the DBF loves them too.

-Ashtaroth

chicken anyone
 

my list more or less


chicken,chicken,steak,chicken,steak,veggies,eggs,chicken,steak, butter,cheese,chicken,chicken,steak,cream,cream cheese,chicken


I think you get the point. LOL




Jon

flaxseed meal
tomatoes
lettuce
celery
broccoli
strawberries or blackberries
sometimes a few grapefruit
cabbage
fresh ginger
asparagus
turnips
parsley
sour cream
cream cheese
ricotta cheese
American cheese
Cheddar cheese
Swiss cheese
Parmesan cheese
butter
Light 85 yogurt (lots)
Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom ice cream bars and popsicles
eggs
all kinds of meats
salsa
lower carb salad dressings
mustards, various types
worcestershire and soy sauce as needed
bouillon cubes, beef and chicken
canned broth
pork rinds
olives, ripe and green
walnuts, pecans, almonds, macadamia nuts, pistachios, sunflower seeds, peanut butter (natural), sometimes sunflower seed butter
Slim Jim beef sticks
beef jerky
cheese-flavored popcorn (5 carbs/cup)
mushrooms, canned and fresh
Splenda and Sweet-n-Low
onions
tea & coffee
Fruit2O and bottled Crystal Light
Diet Rite sodas
low-carb bars for my husband's work lunches (his choice)
summer sausages, also for DH's work lunches

I'm sure that's not everything, but it's a good sampling.

In my kitchen:

center cut boneless pork chops
ground beef (the most un-lean possible, it's cheaper, and the fat cooks off anyway, and doesn't weigh anything, and even if it didn't cook off who cares, and it tastes better)
swordfish steaks
salmon steaks
frozen spinach
frozen broccoli
frozen brussels sprouts
sugar free popsicles
butter
mozzarella cheese
ricotta cheese
feta cheese
super/extra sharp chedder
medium cheddar
pepper jack cheese
onion and chive cream cheese
plain cream cheese
pepperoni
half and half
heavy cream
mustard
water
sugar free chocolate syrup
eggplant
cucumbers
grape tomatoes
wax beans (canned)
diced tomatoes (canned)
canned tuna fish in water
peanut butter
hotdogs (ONLY KOSHER)
coffee
tea
spices (I collect these)
diet ginger ale for stomach aches
low-carb bread (6g / slice)
eggs
olive oil from Crete
red wine vinegar
onions
garlic
sugar free chocolate pudding when I can't help myself.

That's pretty much it, although of course I try to have variety and I LOVE to cook so I'm always experimenting with new ways to use low-carb foods.

Best, Kypraia

let's see...
 

eggs eggs eggs
mixed shredded cheese (for the eggs)
muenster cheese
hamburger
pork rinds (for meatloaf only)
worcestershire sauce
mustard
chicken
guacamole
almond butter
bread (reduced carb)
fish, varied...some frozen, some fresh
plain yogurt
Atkins flavored syrup
flax meal
lettuce mixes in bags
ranch dressing
cauliflower
broccoli
onions
butter
frozen berries (sometimes fresh)
tangerines/clementines
garlic
half and half, cream
olive oil, peanut oil
dark chocolate *heh*

That pretty much sums up what I've been eating for the past month...

Cheese :)
Mascarpone
Eggs
Lettuce
Champagne ;)

[I]side question: I LOVE bacon, but hate cooking it. The whole apartment smells like bacon for days. Has anyone found a magic air freshner which eliminates bacon odors?[I]


I buy precooked bacon at Sams Club. It is a huge package and you just take a few pieces out and zap them in the microwave for about 10 seconds.... Yummy. The only bad side to this is it is way to easy for the kids to deplete my bacon supply when it is so easy to make.

My grocery list always includes lettuce, eggs, cream cheese, shredded cheese, mayo, Talking Rain (sparkling water), and TUNA!!!! I buy other items when they're on sale...and switch back and forth between veggies and meats. We have enough butter and olive oil to last awhile, but when they run out....they get added to my list as well. Same thing with coffee and stevia.