Pardon me for not checking the book, but I've missplaced it (temporarily, I hope). I also tried to search, but the server kept getting overloaded.

Anyway, is there a limit to how much cream cheese you can have on the Atkins program? I've found a couple of recipes that I absolutely adore, but I hesitate to overdo the cream cheese.

Tami

According to the list of Acceptable Foods, posted at the official Atkins website .. http://atkinscenter.com/Archive/2001/12/15-464579.html ...
Just remember that amount is the total of all cheeses .. so if you have 2 oz. cheddar with your breakfast omelet, then you can only have 1 - 2 oz cream cheese later on (note - 1 oz = 2 Tbsp)

hth,

Doreen

I had to give up cream cheese.

I'm addicted to it! I could eat the whole package in one sitting.

You are limited to those amounts when you're on induction...if you aren't on induction you can have as much as you want as long as you count the carbs..i eat tons of cream cheese

I had understood that you could have up to your carb limit for the day. If you want to use all of your carbs on cream cheese heck, just do it! I make mini cheesecakes in cupcake wrappers and have 1 or 2 a day and find that I'm well under my carb limit, and still get a "sweet".

diget...

not when you're on induction. Most of your carbs should be coming from low carb veggies from the allowed list on induction. That's why cheese is limited to 3-4 ounces a day. Between 3-4 grams of carb from cheese, and another 3-4 from dressing on the salads and cream, the balance needs to be veggies. Trust me...eat your veggies and your colon will thank you for it.

Oh, I relized that, I thought she had said that she had just finished induction. I always get my veggies in and I keep those to very lc ones so that I can enjoy other things.

Cheese is a problem for me too...it's so easy to add to almost any dish...then when you want to sit in front of the TV and slice some, you've already had too much.

Will have to watch the cheese today, because for the first time all week I'm up 2 pounds.

Thanks! I thought I was probably overdoing it. It's easy to go over on cheese unless you use it basically as a condiment. I found this great recipe where you add 4 oz. of cream cheese to a small pkg. of sugar-free jello. It's soooo good that I could eat the whole recipe in one sitting. I'll still make it, but keep my portions to 1/2 cup or so!

SthrnTami

It's a good idea to keep your portions down. I found an easy way to do so. I find that is it is in abowl, I am tempted to eat a lot. So, I made mini cheesecakes in cupcake foils. By the time I divided the carbs up by the 24 cupcakes, they ended up being less then a g each, something like .6667. That way I knew I could have a couple without problems and they are portable.

Good luck!

What is this faulous cheesecake recipe everyone keeps mentioning? I would love to make it since I am also a cream cheese addict!

~Corie

You can mix whip cream with cream cheese..add some sugar free syrup or some Ketoshake mix..put it in a dish to set in the fridge..then melt Ross choc bars down and pour over top..it's great

I actually went to the philly cream cheese site and took the recipes from there. I did the bake one, and want to try the no bake soon.

Of Course we don't have a crust. The recipe is....
4-8oz cm ch.
1 cup sugar (replace with substitute)
1 tsp. vanilla
4 eggs

I cut this recipe in half, giving me 24 good sized cup cakes. oh, mix all but eggs until blended. Add eggs 1 at time. Bake at 300 (if in dark pan)to 325 (light pan)for 55 min. Chill in fridge about 4 hours. (I did less time, tasted great!) I also found the time to be a little long for cupcakes. Anyway, I found the Cm Ch. is 1 g carb per 2 TB ~ 1/2 recipe = 16g carb for 24 cupcakes (about .6667g per individual cupcake). The cals where very high. At 1/2 recipe it is 1600 for 24, but only comes out to about 66.667 cals per cupcake (a lot less than in a can of pop and many other foods we used to have)

I hope this helps.

Enjoy.
Dani

Thanks so much Dani! Looking forward to making the cupcakes! Maybe for a Thanksgiving dessert

Well I wouldn't exactly go this far, nor would I recommend it. One package of cream cheese is 8 oz and at 100 calories an ounce I think people could do a lot better nutrition wise eating 800 calories of something else.

It's a nice thought, but not really nutritionally sound. Calories do matter in the long run.