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[Richard6310]

circumstances have caused me to end my goal at 180, which I was thinking of stopping at anyway before my own personal typhoon hit.
I was only on the vegetable rung and having a tough time adding new vegetables. Not sure what the next step to take is in that im am having to take 2 meds now and possibly 3. Looks like I will have to experienment on what i can eat to maintain this goal.

[tickletussler]

Sorry to hear that you are having a hard time Todd - meds can often cause you to stall, so you need a doctor who's understanding about Atkins to help you out

I'm on the veggie rung myself and I was practically dragged kicking and screaming into OWL. My first week there I tried mushrooms and I turned into one irritable b****, then I fell off the wagon. Since then I've taken a different approach to veggies but I'm more careful

May I ask what sort of problems you are having with the veg rung so far?

[Richard6310]

Looks like my appetite has picked back up but i havent necessarily been eating the right way, and still lost weight, but this is just starting on the medication I am taking. I was mainly on brocolli on the first rung. Didnt quite get to the point that I was adding more vegetables. The ones i really like to eat are on the several last rungs. Before, i was gradually adding more broccoli and salad, because I really dont like alot of vegetables and I could all cheese. I went past 180 to 177 in the last week or so. So guess I cant complain there. Im still doing atkins the best I can.

[Richard6310]

Can i ask what approach you are taking on the vegetables, if its not too much to ask.

[tickletussler]

Hi Todd,

Well, considering it is only the first rung and most people have few problems with it ie intolerances, cravings etc, I thought to just rotate 3-4 veggies throughout that week. Ok, I know we're supposed to add a new food/veggie and eat it 3 times the first week and then everyday the following week. I tried that with mushrooms (which was a bad move) because mushrooms can also have the additional property of causing yeast infections and cause you to stall.

SO, I thought with each meal, I eat a little of 2 of the veggies I've bought eg last week I bought buk choy, red cabbage and fennel. I normally have brocooli & green beans in my fridge, but the red cabbage and fennel were new to me. So for one dinner, I had 1 cup buk choy & 1 cup red cabbage. 2nd dinner, I had 0.5 cup fennel & 1 cup buk choy. 3rd dinner I had 1 cup broccoli & 0.5 cup red cabbage. This way, I didn't eat too much of one vegetable - not enough to cause a stall or massive cravings, and I'd try a few veggies a week and not get bored with eating the same veg for those 2 weeks. The veggie rung would be the only rung i would take this approach and so far it's worked quite well for me.

Hey Todd, if you're not too keen on veggies, how about pureeing them into a sauce? Well, the other night I did this Italian dish with beef shanks crosscuts, called osso bucco. Normally it has a tomato base sauce, but as lots of tomatoes has lots of carbs, I took only a couple of tomatoes and lots of celery and slow-cooked them with the beef. Then towards the end i took a hand-blender and blended the sauce. It tasted fantastic and i can see it is one way to get through your veggie rung, you know?

Cheers.