Am I eating enough?

[bun3kin]

I bought the correct book today, and I am so glad that I did!

Today is my first day in Induction and I want to be sure I am doing this right. We are in the middle of a move, so meals will be kind of boring for a while.

B: 3 scrambled eggs with 1/3 cup mushrooms and 1 oz cheese
L: Hamburger, salad (2 loosely packed cups of romaine, 1/2 cup chopped celery and 1/2 cup cucumber)
D: 2 Italian sausage (no fillers or sugar and 0 carbs), salad (2 loosely packed cups of romaine, 1/4 cup chopped celery and 1/4 cup cucumber)

I drank 96 oz. of water, and walked for 33 minutes on the treadmill (2.5% incline, 3.0 MPH)

Am I doing this right?

[SoDonia]

Re: Am I eating enough?

I've only been on Atkins for 6 days now, but I think you may have too many veggies. I think we're only allowed 2-3 cups of salad veggies per day and 1 cup of other veggies if you don't exceed the 2 cups of salad veggies... that's how I interpreted the book. Any seasoned Atkins eaters out there that can help us out?

[SoDonia]

Re: Am I eating enough?

By the way...awesome job on the water intake and excersise!! Keep up the great work!!

[bun3kin]

Re: Am I eating enough?

Thanks for the reply. This is one of the things that I was (still am?) confused about. The book says only 2-3 cups of salad vegetables and 1 cup "other vegetables"... but it also says to keep carbs below 20. My carb count for the day is 9 (15 g. garbs - 6 g fiber).

Thanks -

[bun3kin]

Re: Am I eating enough?

By the way...awesome job on the water intake and excersise!! Keep up the great work!!

Thanks! My body isn't very happy with me right now, but it will get over it. lol

[IrishMom82]

Re: Am I eating enough?

I've been told by other "seasoned" atkineers that for induction you are allowed 3 cups of salad allowed veggies OR 2 cups of salad veggies and 1 cup of the "other" list. It looks like you're eating too many veggies... However I'm not an expert.

[bun3kin]

Re: Am I eating enough?

Thanks IrishMom!

I have another question... I used the Ketostix today and according to it I am already in ketosis. Is that possible after only 1 day?!

Thanks again for all the help!