Great to find this place! I need all the help I can get! heheh. No, really, I'm doing great so far. I'm on day 12 of induction. On day 7 I had a dr. appt. and had lost 7 lbs. I don't have a scale at home, but I've lost 2" in the bust, 2-1/2" in the waist and 2" in the hips. I'm thrilled to death.

Drinking all this water is hard for me, as is actually getting near 20 carbs a day! I'm still only at 13 carbs for today, gotta find a way to get some more carbs in before midnight. Problem is, I'm not hungry. But I get the "snarlies" (irritable, cranky) when I don't get enough carbs... they usually run about 6-9 per day, as of yesterday I'm trying really hard to at least hit 15, without cheating! I swear, if it isn't one thing it's another, LOL.

Anyway, nice to meet you all and I'll look forward to browsing the forums!

It's heard to evaluate you carbs without knowing what you eat. Can you give a daily intake example? I use FitDay myself to track what I eat...

~Shelly

I keep very careful track of everything I eat or drink (I'm the Queen of Forms ). Here's a sample daily menu:

Breakfast:
3 slices bacon
scrambled eggs (2 eggs)
or an omelet with 2 eggs and cheese
(eggs fried in butter)

Lunch:
hamburger patty, fried, grilled or broiled
maybe half my "other" vegetable, i.e. half a sliced tomato with Italian dressing (homemade, 0 carbs, 0 sugars), or sprinkled with cumin and a little olive oil

Dinner:
meat (steak, pork ribs or chicken, usually broiled)
one huge salad with lettuce, tomato, bacon bits, feta cheese, cheddar cheese, ripe olives and dressing (0/0 as above)

For snacks, I have hardboiled or deviled eggs, beef jerky (homemade), leftover meat from the night before. I rarely actually find myself needing a snack... with all that water, who has ROOM for more anything? LOL.

To try to up my carbs, I've identified a few things that I can add, like a slice of Velveeta cheese (has more carbs than cheddar), or cashews or pecans. I know we're not supposed to have nuts on Induction, but I figure at day 12 and drinking all my water, I'm not likely to run into constipation problems if I haven't by now. And I'm desperate! Besides, I like nuts

I'm very limited by my own restricted intake due to severe food aversions. Yes, it's psychological, but there's no help for it. There are five vegetables in this whole world I'll eat, and one of them is corn. *sigh* I don't want to go the "low-carb" products route, because I want to be able to make my own food from whatever's on hand without having to have "special" stuff.