day 10

[ej15]

hey all,
im getting the hang out it now. it is becoming a habit now. i haven't lost as much weight as other people on the board. i think so far i have only lost 3-5 llbs, which isnt bad. anyway, any advice for the last couple of days?

i have to admit that i have not induction as strict as i should. i am thinking of staying one more week just to stick to it some more.

breakfast is still a challenge for me so i thikn i am going to set those atkins bars.

anyway, hope all of you are doing well.

[Tracie515]

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Water and Excercise i think are the two most important things. You will lose and tone more if you do these two things. Water 64 Oz plus 8 OZ per every 25 lbs you have to lose. I can't stress to you how important it is. Good Luck and looking forward to watching you reach your goal.

[Lulubell]

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ej-

good deal. it's day 10 for me too. i was also considering staying on induction for a little longer, but after doing a bit of reading, i dunno... maybe the veggie rung is what i need more. let me know what you decide!

renee

[kylie]

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Hi - another day 10-er here! Glad to hear it is going well for you!

This is my 2nd time on Atkins, and I am having at least as much success if not more than I did the first go round three plus years ago...I won't count anything officially loss-wise until Day 15 but it's looking good so far. The one thing I did differently this time was to start exercising from Day 1 and I really think that that has made a HUGE difference. Now, granted, my Day 1 exercise was pretty paltry, because I am completely out of shape, but I have managed to quadruple my time and distance in just over a week - so it's getting there one day at a time! (how's that for a run on sentence?)

I plan to move right to OWL on day 15 since not doing so last time landed me too close to goal before I learned what I needed to learn to maintain - which explains why I am back here three years later carrying around all the weight I worked to lose last time. This time, I am determined to continue beyond a number on a scale.

It's nice to have some folks that started at the same time! I think is an excellent tool on the WOE!

[not2late]

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Let me just say that in our collective experience on ADBB for the last 3 years, we have found that those bars and shakes have the tendency to slow or stop weight loss in some folks. So we don't recommend them during the first 14 days of this diet. This is a "your mileage may vary" type thing and since the results you get during the first 14 days helps to plan the rest of your Atkins, we discourage their use at this time.

[Brook]

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Let me just say that in our collective experience on ADBB for the last 3 years, we have found that those bars and shakes have the tendency to slow or stop weight loss in some folks. So we don't recommend them during the first 14 days of this diet. This is a "your mileage may vary" type thing and since the results you get during the first 14 days helps to plan the rest of your Atkins, we discourage their use at this time.

A big, fat, ginormous DITTO!!!

Avoid low-carb junk food.

While Megs will say "we don't recommend them during the first 14 days of this diet", I'm going to up the ante and say that low-carb junk food is still junk food and when you require a degree in chemical engineering to pronounce the ingredients in whatever you're eating, you negate the whole "eat whole, natural foods" thing. ~~shiver~~

There are plenty of great things you can eat for breakfast with very little time committment, but it's going to take some planning and prep on your part.

One thing I can guarantee you though- the planning and prep are not only going to be easier on your body/digestive system/weight loss goals, it'll be MUCH easier on your wallet than those nasty bars too.

Keep on keepin' on!
~Brook

[Laceylyn1031]

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Congrats on making it this far!! Im on the same day, and I dont think Ive been losing as fast as some others either, but thats alright, its a loss! Those bars are dreadfully good, but really try and stay away from them. I fell off the wagon the first time because of frankenfoods like that. Kill the sweet tooth and eat things with more nutritional value.

[boonie stomper]

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You are thinking of using the bars, I assume, as breakfast? Why is breakfast a challenge?


If lunch and dinner are not a challenge, why not just have the same for breakfast? I quite often eat things one normally doesn't consider to be "breakfast food" in the morning. It doesn't matter, so long as you do eat something, but why take the risk with trying something new at this stage when there is the chance you'll be triggered with cravings from them.

Maybe you won't have trouble but you may wish to hold off a little longer before proceeding with caution, and try as you would any new food on OWL, every other day, at first.

[ej15]

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thanks for all the wonderful replies and encourage.
i want to answer the question of why breakfast is so hard.


i think i am used to thinking that breakfast foods are a certain type: ie cereal, bagel, pastries...basically carb-infested foods. i do not eat pork or bacon so i have never really had breakfast meat. i usually am running late in the morning so picking up something fast is my best option. i know its not a good idea to skip breakfast but i cannot fathom the idea of eating meat until about noon.

is there anyone like this? if so, any advice?

[sadie147]

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How about eggs? You can make and freeze mini quiches tht you can take with you. There are a ton of legal veggies you can add to them!

[kylie]

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sadie147 beat me to it - I was going to ask about eggs as well...They are darn near right on with respect to percentages fat/protein/carbs, they can be made up ahead of time, and can be quite portable.

[Brook]

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thanks for all the wonderful replies and encourage.
i want to answer the question of why breakfast is so hard.


i usually am running late in the morning so picking up something fast is my best option.t meat. i know its not a good idea to skip breakfast but i cannot fathom the idea of eating meat until about noon.

is there anyone like this? if so, any advice?

Your best option is to plan ahead and prep food the night before, that makes picking up something fast in the morning bullet proof and diet proof

A huge portion of your success in this plan (or any plan, for that matter) is going to come from you learning what your pitfalls are and planning for them and around them.

Life is busy! You'll find a lot of us set time aside once or twice a week to do prep work to make the rest of the week doable, livable, and managable.

For example:

On Sundays I go grocery shopping. Before I leave I make sure my kitchen is immaculate because when I get home I spend a solid hour in there..and then more time off and on while I get my stuff going on.

I cook a turkey breast and a beef roast in the roaster oven I have. It only takes a couple of minutes to throw one in there and turn it on. A couple of hours later I yank one out, throw in the other, and slice them up. Again, it goes in a sealed container and in the fridge. Easy to grab, easy to snack on, easy to cook with.

Once that's started......

I wash and prep the veggies. This means I'll slice cucumbers, tomatoes, celery, broccoli, cauliflower, and jicama. I'll dice some cucumbers, tomatoes and onions as well. I stick them in little glad or hefty sealed containers and stack them in the fridge. Easy to grab, easy to snack on, easy to cook with. No muss. No fuss.

I hard boil 12-18 eggs while I'm prepping the veggies too. Requires next to no baby sitting and I can get the veggies done while that does it's thing.

I separate the meat I buy into gallon sized freezer baggies for meals. For us that means 5 hamburger patties, 4 chicken breasts, 6 pork chops, etc per bag. I'll also take the time then to cube chicken breast and bag it up so I can just toss that in a pan for chicken topped salads and the like.

I have this down to a science now. I can knock all that out in about an hour and my entire week is set. All the prep work is done and the excuses to eat junk are gone.

The other recommendation I have for you is to invest in those little plastic microwave safe pans. I have a 2 egg one and an omelette one and they make a hectic morning a snap because it only takes 2 minutes to cook up an omelette or a couple of eggs, if I'm so inclined. (All the ingredients are already prepped, so it's literally just a couple of minutes!).

Surf the recipe section to get breakfast ideas, think outside of the box for breakfast, get your prep on and plan ahead and you'll be unstoppable.

~Brook

[Elizellen]

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Great suggestions, Brook

[Mother~of~Two]

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Hello I wanted to wish you good luck.

I'm a bit like you in a way that I don't see myself doing a breakfast with the ham and the bacon or sausage so early in the morning. I am a bit lazy and just boil an egg every morning. But I love boiled eggs. If I get tired of it than I start scrambling them, if I get tired of that then I start frying them overhard. LOL You need to find something that you enjoy and spice it up a bit.