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Hello all... I joined your Board this afternoon (now 1.30 a.m. Sunday and I will soon be in bed!!)
I have done some Searching here rather than just asking straight out, but because I haven't seen anything in the searches that help a great deal, plus my tiredness at this time of night, I thought I would just go ahead and write this message....
I don't have the Atkins books and have been following info on the Net. I am on Day 9 of Induction. The first 5 days were the worst, and I've been feeling really great in body and mind since then.
A friend of my Mother's who would be in his 60's goes on the Atkins Diet when he wants a quick weight loss. He has been giving me information and help etc. When I told him I could have crisp-bread and flat-bread, he said Definitely Not - don't have low-carbs, have NO-carbs. He loses 10 kg (20 lbs approx) in 5 weeks on the diet.
My days consist of all the same food..... bacon, eggs, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, Italian Dressing (can't find Creamy Italian Dressing), Swiss cheese, cheddar cheese and 1 or 2 cups of coffee with a very small amount of cream (I thought you could have a lot of cream but the friend says no way). Some nights, I have lamb or beef or chicken, and some of the days, I have a small amount of tuna or salmon.
Do you think I could eat the crisp-bread and flat-bread?
Next subject... the friend also suggested I buy Keto-Diastix. The glucose always stays on negative. The ketones sometimes change to the 2nd darkest colour but are usually in the middle colour. I doubt the above sentence made sense..... Anyway, I told him of the first reading (the 2nd darkest) and he said that's great, it means the diet is working. I went to my doctor today (about something else but mentioned it while I was there), and he said the colours indicate dehydration, so my 2nd darkest colour meant I was quite dehydrated. Is there someone here who could explain the colours better, as the friend said dark colours were great, and the doc said it's all about dehydration.
Lastly, I read about hair loss a few days ago, and the friend said he's never heard of that. But I read about it here in the forum during a Search tonight, and it does seem to be true. If I am going to lose a lot of hair in a few months, I don't want to stay on the diet.
Well, that's all as it's almost 2 a.m. I have noticed members writing their details, so I will write a few of mine...
Starting weight 180 lbs (82 kgs)
Current weight 176 lbs (80 kgs)
Goal weight 112 lbs (50 kgs)
Thankyou to anyone who comments... I will be back in about 7 hours
I have done some Searching here rather than just asking straight out, but because I haven't seen anything in the searches that help a great deal, plus my tiredness at this time of night, I thought I would just go ahead and write this message....
I don't have the Atkins books and have been following info on the Net. I am on Day 9 of Induction. The first 5 days were the worst, and I've been feeling really great in body and mind since then.
A friend of my Mother's who would be in his 60's goes on the Atkins Diet when he wants a quick weight loss. He has been giving me information and help etc. When I told him I could have crisp-bread and flat-bread, he said Definitely Not - don't have low-carbs, have NO-carbs. He loses 10 kg (20 lbs approx) in 5 weeks on the diet.
My days consist of all the same food..... bacon, eggs, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, Italian Dressing (can't find Creamy Italian Dressing), Swiss cheese, cheddar cheese and 1 or 2 cups of coffee with a very small amount of cream (I thought you could have a lot of cream but the friend says no way). Some nights, I have lamb or beef or chicken, and some of the days, I have a small amount of tuna or salmon.
Do you think I could eat the crisp-bread and flat-bread?
Next subject... the friend also suggested I buy Keto-Diastix. The glucose always stays on negative. The ketones sometimes change to the 2nd darkest colour but are usually in the middle colour. I doubt the above sentence made sense..... Anyway, I told him of the first reading (the 2nd darkest) and he said that's great, it means the diet is working. I went to my doctor today (about something else but mentioned it while I was there), and he said the colours indicate dehydration, so my 2nd darkest colour meant I was quite dehydrated. Is there someone here who could explain the colours better, as the friend said dark colours were great, and the doc said it's all about dehydration.
Lastly, I read about hair loss a few days ago, and the friend said he's never heard of that. But I read about it here in the forum during a Search tonight, and it does seem to be true. If I am going to lose a lot of hair in a few months, I don't want to stay on the diet.
Well, that's all as it's almost 2 a.m. I have noticed members writing their details, so I will write a few of mine...
Starting weight 180 lbs (82 kgs)
Current weight 176 lbs (80 kgs)
Goal weight 112 lbs (50 kgs)
Thankyou to anyone who comments... I will be back in about 7 hours
welcome to our international ADBB family 
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