Starting 04/18/05

[Sugar Free Jetta]

Yes, I Am Jetta21 and i fell off majorly but anyway why did my message to peter show in my thing 3 times weird i didnt send it 3 times oh well and peter i am sorry for gettin onto you like that no hard feelings i hope not i want to make friends not enemies

thanks, jetta

[tabekat]

Bye bye habits

Hey Jetta, congratulations on staying open to change.
It takes great personal courage to undo embedded belief systems...you sound like you are ever more mindful of the DANDR and on your way.

For induction - Lots of debate about this, but I personally, paid no attention to calories at all. I faithfully counted my carbs. I don't know how many calories you can eat a day and still lose weight. It is probably an individual number.

But I think quality versus quantity is a better place to put your focus.
More is less when you eat quality meats, cheeses, eggs and veggies.

But do eat. Never go hungry again.

This was a typical induction day for me - i always based my menu
on the foods I really like. I like raw veggies more than cooked.
Some people are the opposite. Fix it the way you like it!

Ham and 2 scrambled Eggs with 1 ounce of melted cheese
1/2 cup mushrooms
1 cup decaf, 1 stevia, 1/2 tbsp of cream
water

2 Pork Chops
1 cup of raw veggies
1 mock danish with 1 ounce of cream cheese
water


Dinner:
Crab Quiche with 2 ounces of cheese (2 slices - about 1 cup)
1/2 cup broccolli
1 cup decaf, 1 stevia, 1/2 tbsp of cream
water

Snacks:
any kind of meat of fish
1 cup raw veggies
10 olives or 1/2 avacado (not everyday)

Record your menu faithfully in FitDay and you will soon get the hang of it.

Be mindful of your hunger. If we are full - why do we keep eating?
Food is fuel. If the tank is full why keep pumping the gas?

Also, induction has specific limits set regarding veggies. If you follow those limits you will find yourself naturally adapting to the right amount of food. Veggies are wonderful and essential but they do have carbs. So you must be careful to stick to the specified limits. Think about what satisfies you. Pick the food that is most tasty to you.

I don't find lettuce that tasty. So I chose small pieces of raw celery, jicama, radishes, and turnips as my crunchy food for the day. i adore mushrooms, and broccolli, so I would have a 1/2 cup of them per day along with the raw veggies.

Vegetables
You can have two to three cups per day of:

alfalfa sprouts
daikon
mushrooms
arugula
endive
parsley
bok choy
escarole
peppers
celery
fennel
radicchio
chicory
jicama
radishes
chives
lettuce
romaine lettuce
cucumber
mâche
sorrel

Other Vegetables
You can have one cup per day of these veggies if salad does not exceed two cups. The following vegetables are slightly higher in carbohydrate content than the salad vegetables:

artichoke
celery root
pumpkin
artichoke hearts
rhubarb
asparagus
chard
sauerkraut
bamboo shoots
collard greens
scallions
dandelion
snow peas
bean sprouts
dandelion greens
spaghetti squash
beet greens
eggplant
spinach
broccoli
hearts of palm
string or wax beans
broccoli rabe
kale
summer squash
brussels
kohlrabi
tomato
bean sprouts
leeks
turnips
cabbage
okra
water chestnuts
cauliflower
onion
zucchini

Now is the time to become obsessed with low carb cooking.
There are numerous resources on cable, online and on the bookshelf.

[CathyR]

Jetta, If I recall I read that you posted that you keep starting over and over on induction because you keep falling off. How far have you made it on a clean induction? Maybe you should examine WHY and What triggers your fall. Maybe, make a goal to make it past 1 day from the longest point of time that you have stayed on a clean induction??? Then, take it one day at a time, one tiny step forward each day. When that urge hits you to eat something you know is not on your induction plan, tell yourself you will have it tomarrow, and see if you can make it past that rough time. I, too, am struggling, but each day, when the weakness hits, I just tell myself to push thru til tomorroq. And so far, I have found, when tomorrow arrives, I have the strength to push thru yet another day.
I am rooting for ya! :yes

[Sugar Free Jetta]

Tabekat How Do You Make Mock Danish I Want To Try It But Ive Never Heard Of It Before


Thanks, Jetta