berries question

[coachbarbe]

I am moving to rung 4 today, My mother in law bout me some blueberries and strawberries with some heavy whipped cream for desert. I am sure that the foods are on the acceptable list at rung 4, but I am nervous about the whipped cream. It has one carb per serving, and I plan on limiting my serving of it to two or three servings with my berries. The whipped cream will be measured by me so I know exactly how many servings I have. It says < 1 gm of carb of sugars per serving.

I think I am just nervous about moving to the next rung since I have been so strict and lost so much weight so far. According to the DANDR I'm good to go, I guess I just need to hear some feedback to feel more confident.

[Georgiana]

Re: berries question

Moving up the rungs is a good thing, and it's how Atkins is supposed to be done.

Regarding the berries, don't forget that the book says we should add a new food only 3 times a week.

I am nervous about the whipped cream. It has one carb per serving, and I plan on limiting my serving of it to two or three servings with my berries. The whipped cream will be measured by me so I know exactly how many servings I have. It says < 1 gm of carb of sugars per serving.

Heavy cream has 6.6 net carbs per cup, so it's normal for cream to have carbs. BUT did you whip this cream yourself or is the kind that comes in a pressurized container? If it is, check the ingredients to make sure there's no sugar added.

[coachbarbe]

Re: berries question

I checked the package, it wasn't heavy whipping cream, it was just whipped cream.It did have a litle sugar, but It had less than the heavy cream. I ate about 2 TBS of it with a little less than 1/4 cup of bluebarries. It was phenominal. I will go to walmart in a couple of days to find some sugar free kind. I am going go ahead andcount it as 6.6 grams per serving of the cream because I trust your word, that puts me at 33 carbs so far today. Now Ineed to start thinking about a 7 carb dinner. Hmmmmmmm. Fortunately, that still gives me a bunch of options. My Father in law(Grrrrrr) said, I thought your on Atkins. You cant eat blueberries and cream on Atkins." I to him to read the book before starts being critical of me. I've lost 37 lbs so far, and he still weighs 330ish. I still felt like I was cheating when I ate the berries. I think I actually ate about 6.5 grams of the berries on accident. This WOE is a learning experience for me. I like it though and am excited about the comments I have been geting. At church, one of the guys went to my wife and said," I don't want to sound gay, but Hank looks really good. But not in a gay way." lol At school, they are convinced I had the lap band surgery. I can't prove them wrong, because I have so many scars on my stomach from Iraq. It is nice that people are noticing.

[atkinsgal08]

Re: berries question

>>it was just whipped cream.It did have a litle sugar, but It had less than the heavy cream. I>>

If it had sugar in the list of ingredients, it's not legal.

The 6.6 net carbs is for liquid cream. Whipped, since it has more volume, is less. If you check Fitday or the USDA site, you'll see the difference.

It's best to buy liquid heavy (whipping) cream and whip it yourself. I don't think I've ever seen anything in a can that wasn't sweetened, even with Splenda, and whipped cream does NOT need to be sweetened to be yummy.

[coachbarbe]

Re: berries question

>>it was just whipped cream.It did have a litle sugar, but It had less than the heavy cream. I>>

If it had sugar in the list of ingredients, it's not legal.

The 6.6 net carbs is for liquid cream. Whipped, since it has more volume, is less. If you check Fitday or the USDA site, you'll see the difference.

It's best to buy liquid heavy (whipping) cream and whip it yourself. I don't think I've ever seen anything in a can that wasn't sweetened, even with Splenda, and whipped cream does NOT need to be sweetened to be yummy.

At walmart they have the pressurized cans that are sweetened with splenda.

Atkinsgal,looking back at it, you are right. I did it wrong today, but like I said earlier, this WOE eating is still a learning experince. I won't torcher myself over it. I will just make sure I am right next time. My wife said we have a mixer and she will buy some heavy cream and whip it for me without putting Splenda in it. Also, I am going to use Strawberries next time instead of blueberries. I can have a lot more strawberries (9 medium to small strawberries)than blueberries and still be around 5 carbs. Also, I may get some cantelope next weekend if I move to rung 5. I like that stuff.