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Linda1003
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Anyone doing Atkins?
Just starting today.. just wanted to see if I was alone out there?
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Nifheim
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
i am starting tomorrow the only thing is i am figuring out a way to track my carbs for the day. Going to have to figure it out tomorrow.
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| Posted 9/7/10 4:59 PM |
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Linda1003
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
Oh great..not alone. You can track them on the atkins website!
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| Posted 9/8/10 8:38 AM |
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Nifheim
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
i keep looking, i wish they had what WW had which is a tracker where you select the food, put the amount and they auto fill the net carbs and tally it for you.
I have to use paper and figure it out write it all out then enter a lump sum - is there a different spot to enter it that i didn't see?
I am just happy to eat mayo again (olive oil mayo)
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| Posted 9/8/10 10:16 AM |
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Linda1003
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
No you're right..there isn't anything like that. I was looking for that too!!
I love cheese so this is such a treat for me!!
Im on my second day!!!
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| Posted 9/8/10 11:26 AM |
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Nifheim
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
I found a great dressing: Maple Grove Farms of Vermont SUGER FREE Dijon Dressing 1 carb - 0 fiber so thinking its 1 net carb if i am doing this right.
Day 1
2 eggs for breakfast with 1 ounce of american cheese, one slice of tomato
1 atkins snack bar
Romain lettuce (2 cups) scallions, raddish, goat cheese, roasted chicken and that salad dressing
suger free jello for afternoon snack
Dinner not sure yet have to count my net carbs during lunch and figure out where i stand.
I am cheating by having milk in my coffee (1/4 of a cup so i have to factor that in) i am buying cream tonight.
Message edited 9/8/2010 12:33:57 PM.
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| Posted 9/8/10 12:30 PM |
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Linda1003
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
sounds great so far.. Im on my second day and already feeling lightheaded and nauseated!! But Im pushing through it!!
I had 2 eggs with swiss cheese omelete
1string cheese for snack.
Lunch..not sure..maybe a salad (2 cups) and grilled chiken,
Dinner is chicken and boiled carrots..nto sure what Im doing to the chicken yet though. 
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| Posted 9/8/10 12:46 PM |
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Nifheim
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
yea i can't wait to go back to the gym tonight and see how i manage. Dh wanted to do it but he doesn't eat salad or many veggies to begin with so i am doing a modified version for him.
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| Posted 9/8/10 12:49 PM |
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Linda1003
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
good luck.. take it slow at the gym.. I can't imagine working out feeling this way!!
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| Posted 9/8/10 12:50 PM |
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Linda1003
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
Hey Jen how'd it go at the gym last night. Just to let you know.. I weighed myself this morning..
5 lbs in TWO DAYS!! Probably just water but I don't care.. it felt great seeing the scale drop so quickly!!!
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| Posted 9/9/10 8:42 AM |
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Nifheim
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
No gym last night but i am going tonight no matter what. I was SUPER angry not being able to go because this always happens.
I got home cooked dinner & lunches then cleaned up then realized two bags of frozen veggies we purchased were thawed and refrozen and dh couldn't pick up eggs because there was none again at waldbaums.
So then i went to stop n shop food shopped came home unpacked, cleaned made breakfast cleaned up so then it was 8:30 grrrr
So tonight i am cooking pork in saurkraut which should last us a few days and chicken marsala aktins way. But Dh will have to watch them so i can go work out instead of him just eating and then sleeping as usual.
5lbs THAT IS AMAZING! I don't care if its water or not I would be so happy if that happened to me. Keep up the good work!
Todays Food is:
2 eggs with feta and 2 bacon slices
Atkins 2 NC bar
Spinach soup (chicken broth) with chicken
Sugar free Jello
Thinking tonight will be chicken sausage with stewed tomatos and a side salad with feta and dessert will be sugar free jello
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| Posted 9/9/10 10:07 AM |
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Linda1003
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
 Hate that!!! Life gets in the way of taking care of ourselves..it stinks!!
What's the atkins marsala way!! 
Today"
american cheese omlete with bacon
snack will be string cheese
lunch. lettuce.. cucumbers and mushrooms with tuna and mayo(small amount of the veggies.
dinner with be turkey sausage and peppers.. very very very light on the peppers if I have any.
sugar free jello for nighttime snack.
yeah It's a great motivator seeing the scale drop like that!!
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| Posted 9/9/10 10:58 AM |
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Nifheim
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
5lbs since Tuesday - not too shabby!
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| Posted 9/10/10 12:36 PM |
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Linda1003
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
Posted by Nifheim
5lbs since Tuesday - not too shabby!
Awesome.. well for some reason I found the weight back!! Maybe too many veggies!! 
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| Posted 9/13/10 9:15 AM |
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Nifheim
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
I am going to weight myself tomorrow and see, i didn't count yesterday but i kinda stuck with the usual items. I am counting today. The one thing we are not enjoying is dark meat chicken and so far we still haven't eating beef but i think tonight we might have bunless burgers.
Maybe too many no no veggies? There are so many veggies you can't have its scary.
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| Posted 9/13/10 9:31 AM |
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Nifheim
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
one week today 7lbs down. I am kinda shocked I dropped a few more lbs since Friday since I have my period and feel bloated.
I am finally going to the gym starting tonight so at lest i can keep up this (now the water weight is somewhat off)
We found that it was cheaper to buy the atkins online at vitacost so we have all these goodies arriving tomorrow. I also found in Babylon Village a healthy market that has TONS of low carb/no carb items that we will get after next week and slowly introduce.
I have to say i am really sick of eggs so we do every other day of eggs and shakes in the AM.
I also found out I LOVE BRUSSELS SPROUTS!
How are u doing?
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| Posted 9/14/10 11:52 AM |
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Linda1003
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
Not great.. just fmed you actually. LOL:
just down maybe 2lbs a week today!!
Yesterday's food:
egg and american cheese with bacon omelet
lunch: turkey and swiss roll up.. just rolled the turkey and swiss together and ate it that way.
Snack: string cheese. one
dinner: turkey london broil with a small portion of pea..really small portion of peas
snack: sugar free jello.
I find that im not hungry anymore..Why am I not loosing more!!! ugggg
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| Posted 9/14/10 11:59 AM |
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Nifheim
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
Oh wow that sounds like pretty good meals too!!! i would be mad as well. I just FM you.
Mmmm maybe take out the snack of cheese just do cheese for lunch and see if that works? I eat tons of cheese but i am restricting it to either lunch or dinner no breakfast since it doesn't bother me not having it in my eggs.
I hope your second week goes better. Maybe your body is just going WTH are you doing and now it will just come right off.
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| Posted 9/14/10 12:14 PM |
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LisaW
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
Posted by Linda1003
Not great.. just fmed you actually. LOL:
just down maybe 2lbs a week today!!
Yesterday's food:
egg and american cheese with bacon omelet
lunch: turkey and swiss roll up.. just rolled the turkey and swiss together and ate it that way.
Snack: string cheese. one
dinner: turkey london broil with a small portion of pea..really small portion of peas
snack: sugar free jello.
I find that im not hungry anymore..Why am I not loosing more!!! ugggg
you need to add more fat as well- use full fat mayo or dressing with your roll ups, butter with your veggies, etc
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| Posted 9/14/10 12:46 PM |
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Linda1003
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
Posted by LisaW
Posted by Linda1003
Not great.. just fmed you actually. LOL:
just down maybe 2lbs a week today!!
Yesterday's food:
egg and american cheese with bacon omelet
lunch: turkey and swiss roll up.. just rolled the turkey and swiss together and ate it that way.
Snack: string cheese. one
dinner: turkey london broil with a small portion of pea..really small portion of peas
snack: sugar free jello.
I find that im not hungry anymore..Why am I not loosing more!!! ugggg
you need to add more fat as well- use full fat mayo or dressing with your roll ups, butter with your veggies, etc
REally?? I can't seem to wrap my head around that KWIM?
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| Posted 9/14/10 12:57 PM |
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LisaW
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
Posted by Linda1003
Posted by LisaW
Posted by Linda1003
Not great.. just fmed you actually. LOL:
just down maybe 2lbs a week today!!
Yesterday's food:
egg and american cheese with bacon omelet
lunch: turkey and swiss roll up.. just rolled the turkey and swiss together and ate it that way.
Snack: string cheese. one
dinner: turkey london broil with a small portion of pea..really small portion of peas
snack: sugar free jello.
I find that im not hungry anymore..Why am I not loosing more!!! ugggg
you need to add more fat as well- use full fat mayo or dressing with your roll ups, butter with your veggies, etc
REally?? I can't seem to wrap my head around that KWIM?
I know...its a totally different way of eating
Since you are not consuming very many carbs, once your body burns those- it looks to burn fat instead- its called ketosis
If you don't have enough fat to burn your body can go into starvation mode and hold onto calories
ETA- NO PEAS!!!!
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| Posted 9/14/10 1:57 PM |
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Linda1003
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
Posted by LisaW
Posted by Linda1003
Posted by LisaW
Posted by Linda1003
Not great.. just fmed you actually. LOL:
just down maybe 2lbs a week today!!
Yesterday's food:
egg and american cheese with bacon omelet
lunch: turkey and swiss roll up.. just rolled the turkey and swiss together and ate it that way.
Snack: string cheese. one
dinner: turkey london broil with a small portion of pea..really small portion of peas
snack: sugar free jello.
I find that im not hungry anymore..Why am I not loosing more!!! ugggg
you need to add more fat as well- use full fat mayo or dressing with your roll ups, butter with your veggies, etc
REally?? I can't seem to wrap my head around that KWIM?
I know...its a totally different way of eating
Since you are not consuming very many carbs, once your body burns those- it looks to burn fat instead- its called ketosis
If you don't have enough fat to burn your body can go into starvation mode and hold onto calories
ETA- NO PEAS!!!!
Ok had mayo with the turkey and cheese.. but why no peas...it's on the list of approved veggies limited though.
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| Posted 9/14/10 2:27 PM |
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LisaW
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
Posted by Linda1003
Posted by LisaW
Posted by Linda1003
Posted by LisaW
Posted by Linda1003
Not great.. just fmed you actually. LOL:
just down maybe 2lbs a week today!!
Yesterday's food:
egg and american cheese with bacon omelet
lunch: turkey and swiss roll up.. just rolled the turkey and swiss together and ate it that way.
Snack: string cheese. one
dinner: turkey london broil with a small portion of pea..really small portion of peas
snack: sugar free jello.
I find that im not hungry anymore..Why am I not loosing more!!! ugggg
you need to add more fat as well- use full fat mayo or dressing with your roll ups, butter with your veggies, etc
REally?? I can't seem to wrap my head around that KWIM?
I know...its a totally different way of eating
Since you are not consuming very many carbs, once your body burns those- it looks to burn fat instead- its called ketosis
If you don't have enough fat to burn your body can go into starvation mode and hold onto calories
ETA- NO PEAS!!!!
Ok had mayo with the turkey and cheese.. but why no peas...it's on the list of approved veggies limited though.
From what I remember (and I did this for 2 years and still do a modified version) you are actually doing Atkins, peas are not permitted in the induction stage- they are allowed later on during the legume rung
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| Posted 9/14/10 2:35 PM |
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Linda1003
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
Oh gotcha..thanks so much for your input!!
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| Posted 9/14/10 3:05 PM |
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LisaW
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
Posted by Linda1003
Oh gotcha..thanks so much for your input!!
didn't mean to crash your thread
if anyone has any Atkins questions, well, I'm pretty well versed on it
good luck!
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