I am back on the boards after a little hiatus (translation: I had a slip and was hiding out ) but I am back now.

I am at work and have no idea what to eat! Ordinarily I might have an Atkins Advantage bar, but a bunch of people told me that was a bad idea. I had 3 boiled eggs for breakfast and don't know what the heck to eat now. Am I really supposed to be eating ten times my weight in calories?? That seems so nutz! I don't mean to be a doubting Thomas, but I'm back at induction again, so I feel like I've got to be super vigilant about what I put in my mouth. I feel so "confuserated" <--(made up word...I do that sometimes. lol)

Welcome back darrklove - I'm starting induction again too. I have with me at work 4 oz. cheddar cheese, sliced turkey, ham and roast beef - I dip the cheese in mayo to add fat - a small salad for lunch with blue cheese dressing. Once induction is over, I will have a tub of macadami nuts (12 per day) to nibble on during the day. I know 3x body weight seems high, but that's what everyone does, it does work - remember lots of water. Also, I use fitday.com to track my calories / carbs / fat - it's an excellent tool.

i have never heard the 3x your body weight in calories. Really? How do you do that and keep the carbs down?

I don't like breakfast either....that's bad isn't it?

Sorry I mean't 10 - I guess I was thinking about Darrklove's 3 hardboiled eggs.

My favorite working lunch: Two breasts of a rotisserie chicken from the deli in the nearest grocery store. And they were only $1.50 a piece - and add some salad of the salad bar...

And I always kept a few cans of tuna and other canned fish in my drawer - for emergencies.

To me it's very important not to allow myself to get too hungry - I'd be too eager to throw all the rules out the window and have some of the emergeny Oreo's that were always sitting around the office.

get you a little cooler and prepare your meals the night before and microwave them.


You know whats in it if you cook it.


Jeff

I often cook extra meat for dinner so that my DH and I can use that for lunch the next day. Salads are a mainstay for me for lunch...I can usually get a nice size salad at my local grocery's salad bar for about $2.00. Sometimes I also cook extra veggies so that I can pack those for lunch too. Lunch today was leftover ribeye steak and green beans from last night's dinner. Tomorrow will be leftover chicken breast and broccoli from tonight. Yes, I know it sounds crazy, but you really should shoot for 10-12x your weight in calories daily, but it WORKS!. Add butter, olive oil and mayonnaise to everything and it doesn't take much to get there!

My secret to hitting the fat and calorie mark is heavy cream, and oh, boy is it yummy! On workdays, I have to eat my breakfast on the fly, so I have a shake with Carb Sol'n powder, EAS whey (extra protein), crushed ice, 5 oz heavy cream and water. Lunch is canned salmon on a bed of greens with balsamic vinegar and oil dressing, or sometimes homemade egg/tuna/chicken salad. Two bags of salad last me all week at work, and I bring tins of the salmon or cartons of the other stuff to just keep in the fridge.
For a splurge, I go to Sizzler for a steak and (broiled) shrimp platter with salad. *drools just thinking about it!* My snacks are usually more Carb Sol'ns shakes as they're easy and portable.

Dinner is easy because it's the meal I get to cook for, and making extra for quick lunches or breakfasts is definitely the way to go.

My next adventure: Get some lo-carb bagels and have salmon and cream cheese on a toasted bagel. Heaven!

Cheers,

Friday

Can I tell you what a visceral reaction I used to have at the mere thought of eating salad?! lol! I swear, as a kid, I would sometimes opt not to eat at all if my mom insisted I have salad with my dinner. I'd even take the lettuce and tomato off of my Big Macs!

Mmmm...Big Macs...

LOL!!

Anyway, I just find it incredibly ironic that now I've got to practically live off the stuff! Anyhoo, I'm actually starting to like it. Trying to figure out what to have yesterday left me feeling completely befuddled. <--( that's a real word, right? )

Well, I ended up having a Chef Salad from a salad bar near my job. It was too expensive, though. So today I've got baked chicken w/ broccoli and cauliflower from last night's dinner.

Hey...

I'm doin' okay.



P.S. Hey Jeff...



I may know what's in it, but if I cooked it, I might not want to eat it! LOL!! Julia Child I ain't, baby!