roast chicken breast
1 c. lettuce
2T blue cheese dressing
1 oz shredded cheddar cheese
1hard boiled egg
5 black olives
1 T. bacon crumbled
1 cup lettuce
1 egg
1 oz cheddar cheese
2 T blue cheese dressing
4 oz steak
decaf coffee one cup
1 T cream
1 packet Splenda
2 eggs scrambled in 1 T butter
1/2 c. mushrooms
1/4 c. cheddar cheese
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1 c. lettuce with 1 slice tomato
1 T blue cheese dressing
2 fried eggs
4 slices bacon
1 c decaf coffee
1T cream
1 packet Splenda
1 c. lettuce
1 T blue cheese dressing
chicken breast
8 oz shrimp
remoulade sauce (sour cream, mayo and spices
about 1T)
1 c. lettuce
2 T. blue cheese dressing
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1 c decaf coffee
1 packet Splenda
1 T cream
2 c. lettuce
2T blue cheese dressing
6 oz salmon
lemon butter sauce for salmon
3 oz turkey breast
1 T mayonnaise
canned tuna in water 6 oz
2 T mayonaisse
1 c. lettuce
2 T ranch dressing
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2 deviled eggs (4 halves)
1 c. decaf coffee
1 T cream
1 packet splenda
four oz turkey
1 oz swiss chesse
1-2 T mayonnaise
6 oz steak
2 c. lettuce
2 T blue cheese dressing
.5 oz cheddar cheese
5 black olives
2 T crumbled bacon
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1 c lettuce
1 T blue cheese dressing
2 eggs
1 oz cheddar cheese
1/2 c. mushrooms
1 deviled egg (2 halves)
4 oz chicken breast
2 c. lettuce
2 T blue cheese dressing
1 oz cheddar cheese
8 oz crab
2 T butter
4 oz shrimp
1 T remoulade (sour cream, mayo spice)
Here are five days from the past two weeks while I started induction
When we ate in a restaurant I was very careful to question the waiter about
ingredients making sure there was no added sugar, cornstarch, flour, etc.
in something like the remoulade sauce
I have averaged between 10-20 carbs throughout the two weeks
calories by crude estimate ranged from low of 1500 to high of 2300
I have an Atkins journal and dont put anything in my mouth without writing it down and checking in the carb gram counter and recording it. When at home I measure all my salads and dressings so I am not "overestimating" and
80% of the time when we have eaten out I have taken along a measuring cup and spoon to measure my salad and dressing.
The previous diet I was on was Michael Thurmonds six week body makeover.
It was ZERO fat, no salt, 2oz protein six times a day, 3 1/2 c. servings a day of complex carb like potato, oatmeal, rice, 3 1/2 c. servings a day of fruit that was low sugar like berries, grapefruit, cantelope, 3-4 c. a day of low
carb vegetables like the ones allowed on Atkins induction.
They strongly encouraged eating fish as first choice, and poultry as second and stearing clear of red meat. The no fat was so strict I could not even eat an egg yolk.
I went 6 weeks with no beef, no fat, no salt, and those restrictions. I could not stomach another bite of fish with butter or mayo or tarter sauce. I was happy that I got a good start on this diet but knew with all the weight I have to lose that I could not live with this diet any longer than I already had.
The way I saw the switch to Atkins I was giving up carbs, but I had already for six weeks given up all the sugar, refined flour, pasta, breads, grains, etc.
I was giving up fruit for the short term because I knew eventually I would get the same fruits back during OWL, but I was gaining fat, which I really missed
on the other diet, the ability to use salt again to season.
Another ma jor change, I was taking a diuretic for swelling which I had in my ankles, feet, and often hands (tight rings). I read Atkins preferred you to not take these prescriptions if not absolutely necessary so I stopped it about the third day of the switch.
During the first few days before stopping the diuretic I dropped a couple pounds, then I stopped the pill and over the next few days gained a few pounds back, at one point being one pound above my start weight.
I yo-yo'd up and down the same half pound for the next week. Yesterday I dropped three pounds but today I was back up one and a half pounds. My net loss for my two weeks of induction resulted in a two pound loss over two weeks.
So there you have it.
Thanks so much for any and all i nput.
I have done my best to try and eat by the rules. If I am doing something wrong, I must not understand something, or misinterpreted something.
God bless.
Karen
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