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  • #46
    Re: I can no longer deny I'm a STACer

    Here are several. The first is the standard MIM recipe that most people know. The other two are also allowed on induction. The standard recipe can be adapted to include any induction friendly item.

    Standard MIM:

    1/4 cup Ground Flax Meal (regular or Golden)
    1/2 tsp baking powder
    1 Splenda packet
    1 tsp. cinnamon
    1/2 tsp. vanilla
    1 egg
    1 tsp. butter, melted (or 1 T sour cream)

    Mix dry ingredients together in a shallow bowl or regular size coffee mug. Add egg, butter (or sour cream) and vanilla and mix thoroughly.

    Microwave 1:25 on high. Invert your bowl/mug, cut and add butter or cream cheese. Toasting it can be a nice textural experience as well.



    Savory Garlic & Dill MIM

    3 T flax meal (regular or Golden)
    1/2 tsp. baking powder
    1/8 tsp dry dill
    1 Tbls olive oil OR sour cream (sour cream is way better)
    1 Tbls Cotija cheese (or any other dry, powdery white cheese; like parm)
    1 egg


    Put all dry ingredients into a cup (or bowl). Stir with fork or spoon to mix ingredients. Add oil (or sour cream) and egg and mix together thoroughly with fork or spoon.

    Microwave 1 minute 20 seconds.

    Invert and remove from bowl or mug. Put a good layer of sour cream on top (about the thickness of a cream cheese spread, not over thick unless you love sour cream).


    Pumpkin MI2M w/ Cream Cheese Frosting

    3 T Bob's Red Mill Ground Flax
    1/8 tsp. ground cinnamon
    1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg
    1/8 tsp. ground cloves
    1/8 tsp. ground ginger
    1/2 tsp. baking powder
    1/2 tsp. butter
    1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
    3 T 100% pure pumpkin puree (pumpkin is allowed on induction and is a vegetable, so count toward your vege carbs!)
    1 whole egg

    Mix dry ingredients in a cereal, or similar, shallow bowl.

    Microwave butter in a small dish for 20 seconds. Add melted butter, egg, pumpkin, and vanilla to dry ingredients. Mix well with spoon or fork until a good batter forms. Level the mixture out, scrape down sides if needed.

    Microwave on high 2:20 (2 minutes, 20 seconds)--no need to remove muffin from bowl. Frosting and eating it is easier IN the bowl.

    Cream Cheese frosting
    Put 1 oz. cream cheese in a same small dish used for butter and microwave 20 seconds on high. Remove and add 1 packet Splenda. Mix together well and frost your muffin.

    This muffin is very filling. All the sweetness is in the frosting and you won't need Splenda in the muffin. The spices and pumpkin provide enough flavor. You'll be getting the same sweetener count as a normal MIM, but you'll think you're getting double because of the taste. Cooking the Splenda in the MIM, I've found, diminishes the sweetness.


    Last edited by Time2Shine; February 16, 2009, 08:36 PM.

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    • #47
      Re: I can no longer deny I'm a STACer

      I'm a third time arounder. I think this time it's more motivating b/c i have such a huge goal! I've got a LOT to lose, but sticking to the diet is quite easy b/c i want to lose the weight that i've had on for 6 years, since my daughter was born! Stevia makes it a LOT easier, no carbs, no calories, and works for ppl like me who are allergic to aspertame aka NutraSweet!

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      • #48
        Re: I can no longer deny I'm a STACer

        Is stevia carb-free? I thought it had filler like Splenda does. I thought only the liquid versions of any sweetener were truly carb-free. The dextrose used to make the sweeteners fluffy contains the carbs.

        You have to be careful not to trust the labels in the US. Nutrition labels are rounded down, as allowed by FDA or whomever makes the rules, so if it's under the threshold they can label as -0- grams of carb. So if you're eating a bunch of things you THINK are -0- carbs, you're actually adding lots of undetected carb amounts. That can botch your allowance.

        Good planning on your Atkins plan makes a better success rate. Be ever watchful.

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        • #49
          Re: I can no longer deny I'm a STACer

          Dear Adena, i read your post and it brought tears to my eyes.I know what your feeling ,when your talking about failure.Iv'e been away from Atkins for nearly 5 yrs,in that time i went from 160 back up to 190 and im only 5'6.Iv'e restarted so many times,i lost count.I usually get thru about 3 days then blow it.I know also how it feels to suceed at WOE ,only to revert back to eating the old way.I let my family influence me,into thinking there way of eating was right for me .My sister is a lowfat junkie.She can't understand why eating lowfat doesnt work for me.I decided to give this one more shot,before i totally give up.I found that i need the support of ppl who are doing this WOE.I cant do it alone.Remember there's strength in numbers.I will be posting too this board in hopes that i will get the ecouragement to get thru induction.Im on day 3,and seeing so many others who have restarted ,it's giving me the willpower to start back.I hope too be a regular poster on here ,and hope to see you often too.When the going gets tough the tough get going.Up and onward.Take care.

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          • #50
            Re: I can no longer deny I'm a STACer

            Ps ,Somehow this post ended up in the wrong place.I meant for it to post to ppl who are restarting Atkins.Sorry guys.Take care.

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            • #51
              Re: I can no longer deny I'm a STACer

              Thank you all for your encouraging words. While I still continue to be frustrated (at myself), it does help to know that I'm not necessarily alone in this insanity.

              I've just posted in my journal -- I'll share a similar update here:

              I'm back. No fanfare -- just me with my tail between my (fatter) legs. Again.

              I've pretty much been eating any and everything in site. (In part, I blame the Girl Scouts and their evil cookies.) Weight is back in the low 240s. I have been doing a little running, but not nearly enough. I ran -- intended to run -- a half-marathon this past Sunday. Well, I did it, but my performance was terrible. Yes, I finished, but did so with a LOT of walking and the worst time I've ever had of the 4 halfers I've done: 3 hrs, 38 minutes. Heck, that's even slower than my overall FULL marathon pace. I know, I know -- some of you may say/think: Well, at least you did it/finished it. And yes, that's true -- but I know how much below my (already somewhat low) typical peformance level I did... and it was frustrating. The back of my left knee was hurting me (I guess it's the base of my hamstring?) which helped to slow me down, but I'm not coping out with an "injury." I wasn't injured... I was just sore from not being well-prepared.

              I realize now that I miss being fit just as much as I miss being a smaller size. I REALLY liked that new, fit-thinking and acting person I had become. It sort of felt like I reinvented myself. I liked how it made me feel, and I liked how others responded to it.

              Anyway, back on the Atkins wagon today. I'm not pumped up and excited, honestly, so I'm going with the fake-it-til-I-make-it approach again. I'm actually more excited by the prospect of going back to the gym.

              My challenge is time. I have to come up with a disciplined schedule that will allow me to reasonably fit in work, home/kids/husband, SLEEP, and school (I'm in a very demanding 18-month executive MBA program). The good news is that at least the first two are fairly understanding and flexible. I just need a plan to make it all work.

              Fast forward to the end of the day. It's been a good one. I went to the gym and really enjoyed the strength training class I took. I used to take strength classes (Body Pump) and really loved them. In fact, that's the only form of exercise I've ever truly enjoyed doing. Oh, and food was legal. I probably need to get back to Fitday... Time2Shine makes a good point above. I have to actually USE the tools I know work for me, that I've been successful with. Good intentions won't get me very far...

              Anyway, just wanted to provide yet another update to this tale. I'm still hoping for -- working toward -- a happy ending.

              F/37/5'7" ~ Started: 8/1/06.
              Links: My Journal~ On "loose" skin

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              • #52
                Re: I can no longer deny I'm a STACer

                hey adena! good to see your post here. baby steps. da*n evil GS cookies. i refused to buy ANY!





                started atkins 2/18/07
                5'7"........193/150/150

                "it's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got"
                "you can't control the ocean but you can learn to ride the wave."

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                • #53
                  Re: I can no longer deny I'm a STACer

                  adena, your OP hit home to me, i've been struggling with my weight for years, and was elated when i found the atkins diet and this board in 2003.
                  since then i've been on again and off again just like you, so please know that you are not alone in your struggles. i'm not quite back fully, but i'm trying, i am refusing to buy anymore junk, and am getting my fridge and cabinets re-stocked with more atkins legal foods and just about got rid of all the junkfood (atleast there's more low carb foods in the house than junk now). i just can't get myself to geared up to start induction just yet, so i've started at about rung 4 for now and will eventually get back to induction for real.

                  just wanted to let you know how much i appreciated your post and hope your are doing well on your restart. keep us posted


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                  • #54
                    Re: I can no longer deny I'm a STACer

                    I am going to join you second time arounders with my head heald high. I think that it has taken this earth shattering eating binge for me and my husband to realise that we have an eating disorder which Atkins can put right.

                    Since just before Christmas hubs and I have eaten untill we are almost sick. We went to bed guilty and got up feeling awful. Now we are back on track and I have learned not to worry too much about the scales, or even the tape measure, I just know that I feel great and if the scales don't agree well they must be broken.

                    My husband has diabetes and he managed to cut back on the amount of metformin he was taking then just before Christmas I became ill, there were loads of stresses in our lives and we just fell onto anything that gave comfort. The comfort didn't last long soon it was a disgusting binge. We would go to the store just to buy more chocolate or ice cream. We spent a fortune on carp and didn't even enjoy it.

                    My guilt was two fold I was mad at myself because I had sabotaged a knee operation in June and I felt bad that I was aiding and abetting slowly making my hubby's life shorter. We have now taken back control and it feels good.

                    Two weeks of induction and I have lost nothing infact I have gained 2lbs but I think it was because I allowed myself to become dehydrated. Thing is I don't really care just the feeling of being in control is enough to make me a happy bunny.

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                    • #55
                      Re: I can no longer deny I'm a STACer

                      Well cookie and Adena, we have all been there. Glad you found your way back and hopefully this time is the last time. I think we all need those beeper indicators like cars have for backing up into things---only for us it needs to be a "Your carb levels are rising" before we totally derail and end up on weeks of crummy choices. Big hug to both of you!
                      JILL

                      HW 298
                      HW (this time) 248
                      GOAL ONE 228
                      (take 2)
                      GOAL TWO 213 (personal goal)
                      GOAL THREE 199 ONE-DERLAND
                      FINAL GOAL 165

                      It's not about the results. Its about the process.

                      "I've never come home after a workout and said, MAN, I wish I had NOT exercised today!"



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                      • #56
                        Re: I can no longer deny I'm a STACer

                        It's like any addiction I suppose, once you have admitted it then you can go ahead and deal with it. I have been in denial for many years. Even my children knew that I had food issues. Now I can move forward.

                        Now Chinadoll, what were you saying about beepers, that sounds like a brilliant idea. If only we could invent some. Maybe our noses could change colour so that we are a nice healthy colour when we are carb free but a bit of a glow starts when the carbs are mounting up.

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                        • #57
                          Re: I can no longer deny I'm a STACer

                          I can admit it as well. I was doing good and was a few pounds away from the 140's. Then my husband left for the military. Emotional eating 101. I am back to my original starting weight of 164. It took me 5 months to regain the weight back. I'm not going to start until this weekend though.

                          My husband has been doing great on it. He's not on Atkins anymore, but since he is so physically active he does eat carbs here or there. But nothing like he used to. I'm proud to say he went from 317 lbs to 239 lbs and he is still losing! Now I need to just suck it up and start again.
                          F/31/5'7"
                          Restarting Atkins: 12/28/2009

                          My mini is to lose 10lbs. Done 2/22/10
                          Lose 7lbs is my next goal. Done 4/07/10
                          Lose 5lbs is my next goal. Done 4/17/10
                          Get to 149.

                          Completed Challenges:
                          Weigh? No Way Challenge, Squat Challenge, Abs
                          Read the book challenge: 10/12/08








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                          • #58
                            Re: I can no longer deny I'm a STACer

                            What I have discovered is that each time I fall of the Atkins wagon I learn just a little bit more about myself and my reasons for sabotage. This time I think I have sorted out the reasons and I shall be able to stay on the wagon it is just too painful when you fall off.

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                            • #59
                              Re: I can no longer deny I'm a STACer

                              Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of my life. I had made great progress eating the Atkins way, but in 2006 life jumped up and bit me and I turned to the wrong foods.
                              I have been talking to myself to get back and am determined that tomorrow is the day to begain.
                              June 30th is my birthday and this is what I am giving myself for my 59th birthday, a healthier life.
                              I notice a few names that are familiar, I give you compliments for sticking with the WOE and succeeding. I want to be like all of you successful ones.
                              In the morning a clean induction is my agenda.
                              Great to be back.
                              Becky



                              Size 24/ ? / size 14

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                              • #60
                                Re: I can no longer deny I'm a STACer

                                Good for you, Becky!

                                Getting healthy is the best present you can give to yourself. Welcome back.
                                "Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster."

                                -- Theodore Roosevelt

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