Low Carb Diet (atkins)

shykins

NOOOO BARS ON INDUCTION!!!.... sorry had to shout it the stupid daily mail articles say yeah is ok for induction but they are not in fact they arent good at all if u are trying to lose... flippin things are a nightmare, forget all fake food and just eat natural and yr weight loss will kick back in again

jim thanks for yr story and dont worry i stated at heavier than u and u can bet i am probably shorter!!!.. u will get there and it sounds like u are in the right place mentally to do just that !!.. dont be disgusted with yrself be pleased that u are now going in the right direction and will continue to do so

welcome nzmegs u prob saw my bar rant lol so yes drop them and hopefully yr loss should start again.... read the book again no bars mentioned there in fact when dr A first wrote it they didnt exist .. well done on yr exercise that will help as well

newish well done on yr exercise u will soon be a gym bunny lol

ohhhh who is posting while i am typing prob repeated what everyone else has said now lol
x

shykins

drink loads of water should help with the breath!!! it will pass soon hopfully

i HATE exercise still but i do it min 3times a week but i dont think i will ever enjoy it lol

ok my BMI was 43 and its now 24!!! see told u it could be done,, now if i could get these last few pounds off
x

Mercy

newish2this wrote: »

Another question for everyone, what do you use for bad breath:o
TIA

Will agree that more water helps, personally I keep a little 'gold spot' spray in my pocket for use as required

newish2this

shykins wrote: »

drink loads of water should help with the breath!!! it will pass soon hopfully

i HATE exercise still but i do it min 3times a week but i dont think i will ever enjoy it lol

ok my BMI was 43 and its now 24!!! see told u it could be done,, now if i could get these last few pounds off
x

You know my views on exercise shykins, and like you, I will NEVER enjoy it:rolleyes: but I will attempt to do it 3 times a week too:o so I can get those last few pounds off!!!!:mad:

I am drinking plenty of water but its usually when I am in work that I am more consious of it as its not quite so easy for me to drink loadsand to get back and forth to the toilet:o

Mercy, what is 'gold spot'?

HC_2

Wow, as others have said - miss a day or two and you have hundreds of posts to read through!

newish, could you whizz the tinned tomatoes in a blender so that your little ones can't see the nasty bits? Cheaper and lower-carb!

Stacey, glad you liked the mushroom soup. My whole family is addicted to it now! I don't honestly think the sherry is important - you probably wouldn't taste the difference. I put it in because I always have a bottle to hand as I often use it in cooking. (A likely story .)

Mercy, good for you, and don't let the !!!!!!!s get you down, hon.

Welcome to the newbies - Jim, if you fall off, just climb straight back on! I do, regularly. :rolleyes: Hence my slow loss these days though.

angela, you are a complete saint! How I wish I had your will power!

nzmegs, Tink is right about muscle weighing more than fat, but I can't see that this could have made a difference in two weeks (unless you're weight-training 8 hours a day!). Just hang on in there. The more I hear about Atkins bars the less tempted I am to try the horrid things. Maybe try to give them up and go with 'clean food'? I reckon Mercy has it absolutely right when she talks about Dr A not having this sort of thing in mind.

Badger, you poor thing. I hope you feel better in the next day or two.

Have started the rounds of uni open days with DD/Twin 2 - Reading today. Same old, same old. They all merge into one in the end. If one more academic tells us about their fabulous library I'm going to scream.

Today (can't remember yesterday, seems so long ago):

B: none
L: leftover LC shepherd's pie
goulash, broccoli
S: chunk of cheese

HC_2

newish2this wrote: »

Mercy, what is 'gold spot'?

It's spray breath freshener.

angelatgraceland

tinkerbell84 wrote: »

And the strawberries if you're doing atkins.

Sorry

I think I need to take a list of allowable foods everywhere I go!:o

Tonight I had a sliced boiled leek with cheese/cremefraiche sauce and a couple of slices of bacon. I looked away from the chocolate fountain,marshmallows and fudge!
Now if that had been a month ago(thats what got me in a mess-temptation)

Anyway-not perfect but getting there and 35lb to go.:rolleyes:

Well done worriedjim for getting this far. I "had to be in the correct frame of mind" to start this again-goodness knows why now I think about it-having done it before I should know better but if you don't get your head around it and really make it priority it won't work. I ask myself this now when I am tempted-what is is more important to you(as if someone else was asking me)is it the cakes/breads/whatever or you weightloss and your longterm health?
Ive had to ask this many times this week and although Ive had a few "little things" I shouldn't have I know they are not too major but I also know Id be better off without them.
Being able to read such reports as shykins bmi is truly inspiring. Mine is 30 at present and its annoying because when I was younger I was one of those people who couldnt put on weight-my problem was being truly underweight.
So there is a thin person in a body which I have come to be rather disgusted with-well-its not my bodys fault-that works fine but it is my fault.
Reading the Atkins book did help me understand the thyroid thing a bit better tho and it was as a result of tests and having been put on thyroxin that I can now get my head around it all and really go for it.
Im not blaming medical problems on weight gain though-I am blaming my own lack of dedication as I should never have "come off " Atkins last time! As the good book says-it is a lifelong change in a way of eating-not a diet to start and stop.

tinkerbell84

angelatgraceland wrote: »

I think I need to take a list of allowable foods everywhere I go!:o

As far as I know, there's no fruit on the list

HC_2

Tink is right - no fruit on induction. It's possibly confusing on here, because we're on different plans and at different stages.

If you're on Atkins/IPD induction, stick to meat, sensible amounts of dairy, green salad and green, leafy veg and you won't go wrong. You can relax a bit after a fortnight and add other veg (not carrots or sweetcorn, obviously) and berries after a while.

For the first 6 weeks I counted carbs religiously until I got into the swing of it, making sure almost all my carbs were from salad and veg.

If it's confusing, perhaps previous advice (that I have possibly pooh-poohed :rolleyes:) about reading one plan thoroughly, and sticking religiously to it, is worth heeding.

Mercy

newish2this wrote: »

You know my views on exercise shykins, and like you, I will NEVER enjoy it:rolleyes: but I will attempt to do it 3 times a week too:o so I can get those last few pounds off!!!!:mad:

I am drinking plenty of water but its usually when I am in work that I am more consious of it as its not quite so easy for me to drink loadsand to get back and forth to the toilet:o

Mercy, what is 'gold spot'?

It's a tasty tiny aerosol of mega fresh mouthwise! 2 squirts and no-one would know you lowcarb / smoke / eat **** whatever. Is a comfort when talking closely to a minion Probably good for talking closely to humans as well

£1r2 in asda last time I got some.

Tiny and works. Tastes like v strong mouthwash

M