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I've been reading around the boards, and found a post saying that the salad that's bagged with carrots and (i guess its called cabbage, the gross purple stuff), is no good? That's been where a big chunk of my veggies are coming from (3 cups a day of it or so).
But I'm also reading more and more into the New Diet Revolution book the importance of veggies in other forms. Here's where I got "woken up" to the fact I may be screwing up Induction.
Today is day 5 of Atkins, I've used strips and I'm in ketosis, and I'm losing weight. However, today I woke up feeling horrible. I was light headed, felt faint, a little nauseous, and just generally felt like crap. I ate an egg omlet with bacon and cheese for breakfast. At break at work, (I know they're not recommended), I had one of the Atkins Bars because I felt like maybe I should eat something.
Now, I originally thought it was because I only got like 4 1/2 hours of sleep (got to bed late last night), but now I'm not so sure. After eating the bar, it helped, not a lot, but a little. Could it be because of my veggie intake being only that salad mix? Should I mix in some cauliflower or celery? The biggest problem is I don't like a lot of the vegetables on the AFL, but I do like those few.
I guess my typical menu (meats vary, basics are the same) would be eggs/bacon for breakfast, string cheese for snack 1, tuna w/ mayo, mustard, pickles for lunch (possibly with some Braunschweiger if I have some it on hand), snack 2 is generally peperoni, and for dinner either chicken, salmon, steak, burger patty with a big salad (sometimes with olives and hard boiled egg). Sometimes I have a small salad at dinner and a small one with lunch. Salad is that mixed with carrots and cabbage I mentioned at the beginning of the post. But as you can see, the salad is my veggies. Period. I think I need to change that.....
I hope I didn't ramble too long. I have friends who did Atkins and told me to not worry about veggies and stick to salad because it worked just fine for them (they used that salad mix). I hate to call them wrong, but I think they are. I don't want to feel sick like this anymore. I could barely do my work today and I almost had to tell my boss I had to go home because I thought I would be passing out.
Thanks for reading and any input you can offer.
Edit: Oh, and I do take a multivitamin w/o iron, a Super B Complex, and Fish Oil.
I've been reading around the boards, and found a post saying that the salad that's bagged with carrots and (i guess its called cabbage, the gross purple stuff), is no good? That's been where a big chunk of my veggies are coming from (3 cups a day of it or so).
But I'm also reading more and more into the New Diet Revolution book the importance of veggies in other forms. Here's where I got "woken up" to the fact I may be screwing up Induction.
Today is day 5 of Atkins, I've used strips and I'm in ketosis, and I'm losing weight. However, today I woke up feeling horrible. I was light headed, felt faint, a little nauseous, and just generally felt like crap. I ate an egg omlet with bacon and cheese for breakfast. At break at work, (I know they're not recommended), I had one of the Atkins Bars because I felt like maybe I should eat something.
Now, I originally thought it was because I only got like 4 1/2 hours of sleep (got to bed late last night), but now I'm not so sure. After eating the bar, it helped, not a lot, but a little. Could it be because of my veggie intake being only that salad mix? Should I mix in some cauliflower or celery? The biggest problem is I don't like a lot of the vegetables on the AFL, but I do like those few.
I guess my typical menu (meats vary, basics are the same) would be eggs/bacon for breakfast, string cheese for snack 1, tuna w/ mayo, mustard, pickles for lunch (possibly with some Braunschweiger if I have some it on hand), snack 2 is generally peperoni, and for dinner either chicken, salmon, steak, burger patty with a big salad (sometimes with olives and hard boiled egg). Sometimes I have a small salad at dinner and a small one with lunch. Salad is that mixed with carrots and cabbage I mentioned at the beginning of the post. But as you can see, the salad is my veggies. Period. I think I need to change that.....
I hope I didn't ramble too long. I have friends who did Atkins and told me to not worry about veggies and stick to salad because it worked just fine for them (they used that salad mix). I hate to call them wrong, but I think they are. I don't want to feel sick like this anymore. I could barely do my work today and I almost had to tell my boss I had to go home because I thought I would be passing out.
Thanks for reading and any input you can offer.
Edit: Oh, and I do take a multivitamin w/o iron, a Super B Complex, and Fish Oil.
Most people get a yicky, sick, no-energy feeling within the first week of Atkins. It will go away.
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