Boo Hoo

[CalifGal]

:sadblinky Hello and a big thank you to all who sent me messages today. I am sitting here tonight with tears in my eyes, feeling like a scolded child...I thought I did so well today...I even felt proud of myself... Now I find out I did it wrong...Here is what I ate today:

Breakfast:

2 egges cooked in butter
3 oz gr. beef patty (extra lean)
coffee w/ 2 t. Half & Half (already knew this was not ok)

Lunch: (here is where I got into trouble, I guess)

2 cups salad greens w/1 cucumber, 1 small gr. onion, 1oz gr. pepper
1/2 avacado (I thought the fat would be good) I did not know it had too many carbs.
2 oz Ranch Dressing made w/ mayonnaise

Dinner:

6oz pork loin chop fried in olive oil
1 c. frozen broccoli & cauliflower mix (should I have not had this veggie)
1 oz sharp cheddar shredded

No snacks...no tomato in my salad...

I was told I had too many veggies today...my net carbs are certainly not 20...How do you make your salads? Do you put it all together and then measure it out? I thought cucumber would be on the unlimited list like celery...it is mostly water. :confused

anyway, now I sit feeling like a wounded bird...my bubble has burst...That is the perfectionist in me...Whenever I think I am doing ok and then find out that I am so wrong about it--my self esteem is already bruised and this just adds to it. :sadblinky

This is what happened to me before...Please don't just tell me to read the book again...Those are scolding words to me...I have read the book several times...Obviously I missed the part of cucumbers being on the limited list...

Excuse me for "sounding off"-- it is just my disappointment coming out in me...I am not blaming any of you for letting me know what I do wrong---I actually want you to do that. I just need to UNDERSTAND and RE-NEW my own Attitude...I know it is only my first day, but I am tired of always doing it wrong. :sadblinky

Thanks for letting me vent. :hug

[Kent]

Re: Boo Hoo

Do you put it all together and then measure it out? I thought cucumber would be on the unlimited list like celery...it is mostly water. :confused

First just remember this is just your first day. You can certainly correct what you did wrong in going over on your veggies in days to come. My first day certainly deserved a "read the book" response as I ate low carb yogurt. Don't feel bad as we all go from somewhere, and your mistake is just too much of correct things. (The least problematic of any possible mistakes IMHO - one I make even today) The only problem is that you are not likely probably going to make ketosis based upon today.

The second thing I wanted to say there are very few unlimited list items. Even eat "liberal" items like meat have the limitation of until you are satisifed. Veggies, including celery, are always limited to the three cup (or two-one) rule no matter their contents. My salads are usually just lettuce or lettuce, cheese, chicken and onions, so I count them separately. I wouldn't begrudge an Atkineer who had 3 cups of lettuce (or 2 cups lettuce and 1 cup broccoli) and 1/4 cup pepper or cucumbers. It is over, but I would definitely make sure my carbs were reasonable by the end of the day.

[feemia]

I plugged your menu into fitday and I got 26 total carbs and 15 net carbs, rather than the 54 you mentioned in your other post. Maybe you entered too much of something. Fitday tends to default to very large amounts sometimes.

It looks to me like your only mistakes were the half and half and too many vegetables. If that's the worst mistake you made, I think you're doing great. Some people don't eat any vegetables, which I personally think is a much worse mistake.

You just need some slight adjustments to your menu. Remember, when you finish induction, you can add 5 more vegetable carbs per day.

[Desertthorn]

Feemia, thanks for doing that. I thought her numbers looked a little bit high also.
Calif, you could have eating 5 more carbs yesterday and still have been under.
Lynne

[canuck]

Hey don't be so hard on yerself, you asked for input, got it and dont like it. That's how we all learn, all of us, so are you really any diff.

Know what...I have done this17 months and read parts of the book over and over as at different times it means diff things.

After we have been here awhile, you can begin to see when a person needs to re read or read the book so I assume you sent out some signals that things were not right and people gave you that feedback. Thats awesome, that’s why folks come here and do sooooo good!!! . Boohoo can be YAHOOOOO!!!!LOLOLO

I don’t know why some members detest being told read the book but boy oh boy I have learned that is the key.

In fact, I am re reading it right now and am entering my 17th month.

Just plod along, hear the input, make the changes and soon it will be old hat but if take feedback wrong it won’t work and your energy will go to coping with it instead of planning your menus. The book has a lot of menus in it too.

As Kent said, in early stages this is why board works well as we get immediate feedback rather than do it on own and don’t learn of our errors. Plus its probably a heck of allot better than you have been eating say last week, so jump back on, roll along and learn from the words . IMHO anyhow.
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