What does it mean

[gregsbabe1]

My kids asked me questions that I didnt know the answer to, I am new to this, three days into induction.

Questions were:

Can I ever have a piece of Birthday cake or ice cream cone with them again?

No more hot dogs at the ball games?
No pizza parties at family night?

I didnt know what to say. What does the end result of this diet mean, I know it is a way of life that I have to maintain forever, but are the above questions all no answers?

[Shrew2u]

Re: What does it mean

The answers you provide will really depend on the relationship you have with food. If you are prone to going from a single bite to a binge lasting days, weeks or even months, then having any of those items in a non-controlled-carb form (or possibly a controlled-carb form) may be the "kiss of death" for you. If you are not a one-bite-to-binge type, then there might well be a point when you reach Maintenance that you are able to enjoy a small piece of cake, share a hot dog with one of the kids (kid gets 1.5, you get 0.5; works great with boys!), and snag a slice of delivery (or Digiorno) pizza on family night. But you won't really know until you get to the final stages what your food tolerances are.

Until then, I'd just drive home the point that fortunately, sharing good times as a family doesn't require any food, just love and fun. So Mommy will sometimes make herself a treat that's similar to what the family is eating, and sometimes she'll have something different that will still taste as yummy as what the rest of the family is eating, but also helps Mommy get healthy.

[gregsbabe1]

Re: What does it mean

The answers you provide will really depend on the relationship you have with food. If you are prone to going from a single bite to a binge lasting days, weeks or even months, then having any of those items in a non-controlled-carb form (or possibly a controlled-carb form) may be the "kiss of death" for you. If you are not a one-bite-to-binge type, then there might well be a point when you reach Maintenance that you are able to enjoy a small piece of cake, share a hot dog with one of the kids (kid gets 1.5, you get 0.5; works great with boys!), and snag a slice of delivery (or Digiorno) pizza on family night. But you won't really know until you get to the final stages what your food tolerances are.

Until then, I'd just drive home the point that fortunately, sharing good times as a family doesn't require any food, just love and fun. So Mommy will sometimes make herself a treat that's similar to what the family is eating, and sometimes she'll have something different that will still taste as yummy as what the rest of the family is eating, but also helps Mommy get healthy.

Thanks for the reply. I LOVE sweets, i mean come on the mere mention makes me smell icing, so I am sure a cake after months of none would be a hallelujah moment! LOL... The hot dog and pizza, well I could do a bite or two and not really want more. DO they even make carb control cake, if they do, uh oh!!!LOL

More serious note, I told them this was a diet that would help mom be around to see thier kids and hopefully a few great grandkids and that was more important than food.

[mission to lose]

Re: What does it mean

Thanks for the reply. I LOVE sweets, i mean come on the mere mention makes me smell icing, so I am sure a cake after months of none would be a hallelujah moment! LOL... The hot dog and pizza, well I could do a bite or two and not really want more. DO they even make carb control cake, if they do, uh oh!!!LOL

More serious note, I told them this was a diet that would help mom be around to see thier kids and hopefully a few great grandkids and that was more important than food.

There are many Atkins friendly recipes out there, including cheesecake. Have you looked of the net for recipes??? I bake an Induction friendly cheesecake for every family birthday and holiday now. Everyone else in the family enjoys it as well.

There are also a few pizza recipes. Don't feel like you are doomed forever to never eat the same stuff as your family again...LOL.... Do a little searching. There are tons of recipes and you can change some of your own recipes around, just make the ingredients Atkins friendly!


Recipes

Linda's Low Carb Menus & Recipes - Home

Atkins Food and Recipes - Atkins Diet

[Shrew2u]

Re: What does it mean

Thanks for the reply. I LOVE sweets, i mean come on the mere mention makes me smell icing, so I am sure a cake after months of none would be a hallelujah moment! LOL... The hot dog and pizza, well I could do a bite or two and not really want more. DO they even make carb control cake, if they do, uh oh!!!LOL

In theory, a cake can be made using controlled-carb baking mix, and I'm sure there's a sugar-free frosting recipe or two floating around. In practice, the closest I have come to making a controlled-carb cake is the molten chocolate cake in the recipe section of DANDR - and that cake is pretty darn tasty. Carbquik has a recipe for brownies that I will try sometime in the future, but Carbquik is kinda salty all by itself, so we'll see how the controlled-carb brownies pan out (pun intended).

More serious note, I told them this was a diet that would help mom be around to see thier kids and hopefully a few great grandkids and that was more important than food.

That's an excellent answer!

[IrishIrish]

Re: What does it mean

Depending on their ages, you may just want to tell them that Mommy wants to be healthier and part of it is eating differently so that she doesn't get sick or some other age appropriate explanation. (Thank God I'm only a step-mother and no longer have to walk those fine lines!! LOL). You also want to think of the messages you send to your kids about food. I had to explain to the adults in my family when I started Atkins that it was more about celebrations and spending time with them than about what I put in my mouth.

Truth is, like the prior poster said, you may be able to or you may choose not to eat hot dogs and birthday cake.

I'm on maintenance and yes I've had a small piece of birthday cake and yes I've eaten a hot dog and a slice of pizza. But what is different is that I do it rarely and it is not a part of my regular food intake. I like being healthy better than indulging in too many carbs.

[gregsbabe1]

Re: What does it mean

Thank you all, I do love cheesecake!! Have to use that recipe. I am hoping once i am in maintenance I willl lose the desire for them.