Can u do Atkins while on the Road?

[snatale1]

When I did Atkins the first time, I loved it. I lost about 75lbs. in 12 weeks. The difference then was I was unemployed. I had all the time in the world to make the meals, shop for the food etc. Needless to say I've gone back up I'm about 250lbs. I don't look that bad but I need to get back down to about 200lbs. Towards the end of my diet I was swapping out lunch and alot of dinners with the bars. I'm in service so I'm either at a site working on driving most of the time. But alot of Atkins products have come out since then. Has anybody had luck with any? Or done an on the road verision?

[2big4mysize]

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get a cooler that plugs into the ciggy lighter so you can take your Atkins acceptable real food with you. stop at the grtocery in the morning and fill it up with veggies dressings mayo eggs you hard boiled in the coofee machine pot in your room, and cheese. You can then have healthy snacks eat your veggies and if you are in OWL use your other foods too. At night you csan use an adapter and plug it in where you are staying and have food there too.

you can cook great low carb soups in the cooffee pot too. or take your own hot pot and use it in your room.

as for meats you can buy all natural stuff in a deli like boars head and eat them you can get canned or in a pouch tuna, salmon, turkey and chicken all carb free. and make salads. you can order take out at most resturants now so you could buy your steak,pork,chicken,or fish there and combin it with your veggies too.

If you plan it you can do it.

if you can;t get a car frig make lunch a grocery store stop and get a bag of veggies and some cheese and meat. carry some mayo, salad dressing, and mustard packets with you which you can buy in most resturant supply stores or warehouse centers like Sam's club.

if you are an OWLer seeds and nuts travel well as do dried berries.

[julirama723]

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I agree with 2big's plan.

You asked about atkins products--don't bother with them. Not only are they REALLY pricey, they contain ingredients not suitable for induction, even though they are labeled as appropriate for all phases of atkins. The net carb count is shady, too--many people absorb ALL the carbs listed, not just the "net" count and these shakes/bars can REALLY slow weight loss or stall it altogther.

Honestly, If it's a life or death thing, like you're stranded on a desert island and the only thing you have to eat is an atkins bar or your shoe...well I guess yeah I'd go for the atkins bar. On the road, just eat cheese, veggies, meats, fats--natural foods, and stay far away from the fake processed food.

If you go to restaurants, order salads, grilled meats and stay away from mystery gravies, sauces, and creamy soups, because they prob have LOTS of carbs as thickeners or flavorings.

Hope this helps, and lots of luck on the road!

[Chris]

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Not so much "on the road," per se, but, I will soon be facing a similar issue, myself; and, I'll be honest, I've been a bit concerned about it. We'll shortly be starting a new deployment to install all brand new computer equipment at each of our 52 sites around the world. The plans are that we'll travel for three weeks and be back home for one, until we're finished (about 5 months).

Lunches and dinners are not that bad. If I want, I can lunch in the mess halls on the various military bases, so there's almost always appropriate food, there. Otherwise I can pick up a salad and a bunless burger at a fast food place. Dinner is either at a restaurant or something in my room (if I have fridge and microwave).

Breakfast is usually the biggest problem. Most of the time, the hotels (unless I'm staying in the Bachelor Officers' Quarters on base) have a free continental breakfast. I've yet to find, though, a single item on one of those that was Atkins friendly! So, it's either find something that I can have in my room, or get up extremely early and go out for bacon and eggs.

In addition, one of the other issues is actually being in Italy, Spain, or Japan, say, and not partaking of the wonderful local foods. Now, that's hard!

I don't mean to shanghai snatale1's thread, but, any and all suggestions will be very welcome!

[ValidRouge]

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My husband is a truck driver and he has this travel cooler
http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colem...ategoryid=8570
It comes with an ac converter too, so you can take it into your hotel. http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colem...ategoryid=8570

They are wonderful!!!

I'd get one of those and they have little grills made by proctor silex I believe...that are like little tiny George Foreman grills. Get one of those too.

[2big4mysize]

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Chris in room coffee makers are your friend. you can hard boil eggs, cook soup etc if you don't have a frig and microwave. most Business hotels offer that stuff. Holiday inn has great stuff. The one I took my mother too had eggs,ham,bacon, and sausage as part of the continental breackfast. they also had cream cheese in the bagel area, hard boikled eggs, and fresh fruit OWlers rung 7 and 4 could enjoy.

take or buy a foam cooler and then hit the our international area and ask the ADBBer who live there the name and spelling of Atkins legal foods you can heat in the microwave if your rom has one or boil in your coffee pot or even eat raw.

[Miss Phode]

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how in the world do you hard boil eggs in a coffee maker? Please share.

[2big4mysize]

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put the egg in the pot and run the water through the machine. egg protein start to denature, er cook for y'all, at 144 degrees F for the white and 149F for the yolk but you want at least 165+ degrees F to kill any bacteria on the egg. it is not nessesary to boil the water to cook eggs

[Miss Phode]

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Wow! That's so cool.

[boonie stomper]

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You can cook meals while driving with a manifold oven...
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~dieti...ifold_oven.htm

[Miss Phode]

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I had a guy friend that made fish dinner on his engine. It wasn't bad either.

[sadie147]

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I've heard you can make a roast on an engine as well, have never tried it mind you.


We drove from Toronto to Florida last year (2 days with a stopover). I brought one of those plug in coolers that joy mentioned. Made sandwiches for my husband and stepdaugter, i had roast beef and cream cheese lettuce wraps, tuna salad, egg salad, and cheese strings (i also had yogurt but am in maintanece, you could have it on the dairy rung). I didn't find it hard at all. We will be going agin this March.

I will aslo be staying in a hotel in Buffalo in a couple of weeks, I may just have to try 2bigs coffee maker boiled egg trick! who knows..maybe i'll even cook a roast on the engine (wonder if that would cause me problems getting thru customs LOL)

[julirama723]

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So you're telling me I could be cooking dinner during my drive home from work?

Wonders never cease!

[RachelnLa]

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So you're telling me I could be cooking dinner during my drive home from work?

Wonders never cease!

Can you imagine all the smells coming from cars? Get stuck in traffic? Have no fear! Marge has roast, Sally has the plug in cooler with deviled eggs and veggies, and Fred has the diet cola! It's an instant par-tay!

[ValidRouge]

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We use the cooler on vacation too. You can get small ones that will hold enough for one lunch...or the larger one thats almost the size of a mini-fridge. We have a pickup truck, we put the cooler in the bed, ran the cord through the window and everything stayed cold. Then we just went through the back window to get stuff out when we wanted it LOL