Atkins Attack, May 1st - June 15th.

[hubbys_girl]

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Homemade ketchup recipe..... my family loves this so I usually double the recipe, but try it first to see if you like it. Make sure you shake it before using every time, it can get a bit runny if you don't at first and get thick by the end of the bottle.

6oz tomato paste
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup vinegar
5 tsp splenda
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp ground allspice
1/8 tsp ground clove

~whisk ingredients together to incorperate spices
~store in a covered container in the fridge.
I use a salad dressing bottle that has been washed out. We go through this stuff fast! It has 1gnet carbs/tbsp. Regular ketchup usually has about 4 carbs per tbsp. It may not be a lot of carbs for regular ketchup, but your body has to burn the sugar in it before it burns your stored fat! So every carb counts IMHO!


Don't skip the spices.... they make it taste Heinz like!

[Alexa]

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Thanks HG - look delish Will try next weekend

[zencyn]

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Today's gone well. I haven't been able to get as much exercise in as I'd like this week. Today I got about 30 minutes. Rain kinda ruined my plans for some yardwork today. I had some diet soda today and boy did it make my throat sore!!!!!

[solittletime]

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another great day in AA land... 1586 cal 59/5/36, fitday done, 88 oz of water, supps taken.... going up to my room to do WATP 1mile video... it's all I can manage for today, then I'm going to crash.

night night. (I have definitely been spending too much time with toddlers)

[hubbys_girl]

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Diet soda!!! Oh the bane of my existence! I love it and am so easily drawn into it's lair!!! I feel for yah Cynthia.... Rain sucks when you have plans, sorry you have a sore throat. It'l pass soon I hope!

Hey Baarb, I love the ketchup, but it isn't really good when you have low carb bread or a bun of any sort. I think it is best just for dipping or having on top of burger patties wrapped in lettuce leaves. (with you other favorite toppings of course!) Let me know how it goes!

[hubbys_girl]

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Hey there Solittle! How are the ankle bitters treating you anyways? Getting in lots of carpet time with m? I think you should have atleast 500 calories burned before naptime if all the babies are as much fun as my 15 month old! LOL Hey maybe you should eat more to compensate for baby watching! LOL j/k!

[solittletime]

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hey HG.... days like today I feel like I should have my head examined . Just picture a day with 6 little ankle biters like your little one... all under 24 months. It's never dull that's for sure and I wouldn't trade what I do for anything.

[Adena]

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It's so amazing to me that we are all following a WOE where we are trying hard to get in EXTRA calories. This, for people who have always taken in TOO MANY calories.... do you guys just sit back sometimes and think, "this Atkins stuff is too good to be true!"

Good day today: Everything's in fitday. Calories are around 1900. Got in about 80 ounces of water (my minimum) -- usually I shoot for 100. Did 30 minutes of strength training (10 min. each on upper, lower, and core) on the stability ball, and ran 1 mile. It was a short run, but I ran as fast as I could -- which was about an 11-min mile pace. Dang, I'm slow. LOL But, working on it. I actually ran the 1 mile trek through my neighborhood that I started out running back in Nov. I haven't done it in months. Frankly, it's still hard. LOL. Several long, steady inclines. Anyway, I digress... also took my vitamins.... ummm, what else? I think that's it.

One negative -- I DID eat too many dried green beans (they are like green bean "chips" -- from Whole Foods). Mmmm, they are so good. My carb total is fine for the day, but I ate like 30 carbs worth over a few hour period. Mostly b/c they tasted so good, not b/c I was hungry. So, next time, I will divide the package into 10 carb servings, and only eat ONE at a time.

Hope everyone else has had a great day!

[hubbys_girl]

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Ahhhh, the ankle bitter dilemma, do you love em or hog tie em and put them in the closet! LOL totally kidding folks! But if you have had or watched children under the age of two you know what I mean!

[hubbys_girl]

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Adena, how many of us haven't eaten for pleasure and simply not been hungry? I would be a total hypocrite if I didn't put up my hand! But portioning out the foods is a good idea! I almost always hide my second or third portions so I don't go for em when I think about them. That does make it sometimes where I am finding snacks in wierd places three weeks later! LOL

[hubbys_girl]

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brb need to go to home depot before it closes

[Adena]

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LOL... so you find peanuts in your sock drawer, beef jerky in your medicine cabinet... stuff like that?

Ummm.... you are allowed to go to Home Depot without reporting to us. But we appreciate the update.

[hubbys_girl]

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Yup the WIERDEST places for snacks.... like one time I found cashews in my DH's underwear drawer. I honestly put them there so he wouldn't eat them, and he never looks beyond the top layer of clothing, so they were safe in the back of the drawer! LOL


I was just saying i'd brb because I didn't want folks to think I was ignoring them if they saw me lurking at the bottom of the page! LOL

[Adena]

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Hey, I just noticed HG... no fair. You are at 204, and I'm at 208. And you started FOUR months after I did! Okay, yes -- you started at 18 pounds lighter, but STILL.

Okay -- sorry. I'm happy for you. Really. I just SOOO want to get rid of that darn "2"!!

[hubbys_girl]

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No freakin kidding! i hate that I am not in onderland! I am happy with my results but there are times I can be just a little bit impatient to get there. And uh... Adena, you have done this in a good time too haven't you? How many pounds a month do you lose on average? It kinda sucks that this all happens so differently for everyone. Like I am sure everyone would be happy to lose like 30lbs a month. that is what I lost in month one if I remember correctly. But then no weightloss for a month, then killer inches and loss durring March madness, and now a bit of a slow down, and starting AA to get it all going again. Ughhh, so much of a rollercoaster ride eh?