Hi Shelly and Nat,
Thanks for your replies. I will check out fitday.
I vary my meals each day but a typical one is
Breakfast - 2 soft boiled eggs and a sometimes about 10 almonds.
Mid morning - 1 and a half desertspoons of psyllium husks (I used to be real regular prior to this WOE. Sometimes some more almonds or cashews.
Lunch - 2-3 cups of salad veges (lettuce or cabbage, tomatoes, celery and cucumber). A can of sardines or half a big can of tuna. Sometimes some sunflower seeds (small handful). A good splosh of extra virgin olive oil or a couple of tablespoons of tAHINI if I just have nuts and seeds with it.
Mid Afternoon - repeat of psyllium husks.
Dinner - chicken, fish or meat with steamed veges (1 and a half to
2cups of a mixture of brocoli, zuchinni, pumpkin or beans). Sometimes I substitute the veges with salad and splosh more oil on or golden norganic soya mayonaise (2 - 3 desert spoons).
I take my vits as previously mentioned I also drink heaps of liquorice herb tea in particular or dandelion coffee with cream. If I am out I have decaf coffee with cream. (asking for coffee with cream seems to be a new thing in Australia!). I could easily drink say 8 - 12 beverages per day.
My water intake has dropped off since the first few weeks of induction (I decided I must be having plenty in the healthy beverages I have. Note if I have decaf I make sure I drink a glass of water with it ). I probably manage 2-4 large glasses of water now compared to over twice that before. I do know I need to work on that. I have no excuse really because we have lots of nice sweet rainwater.
Nat I am 5 foot 3 and a bit in height and I have a small bone structure - light frame. Pre children and for a while after them (first time I lost a heap of weight doing gym and lowfat) I was 54kg but even at that weight and with good muscle tone (I was doing quite heavy weights then) I still had a pot belly even though my my body fat was supposedly around 23%. Because of that I have though I should even go lower even down to 50kg.
I have been reading a heap on Syndrome X jst lately but I am pretty much doing that diet with Atkins.
Trisha