First Day's Menu...

[so not mandi]

Sunday: 9/4 (already did this for today)

Morning: Bacon, lettuce and tomato
4 lettuce leaves
3 tomato slices
5 slices bacon





Lunch: Chicken salad with blue cheese dressing
4 1/2 oz. boneless roasted chicken thigh (skinless)
2 cups mixed salad greens (romaine, parsley)
7 cherry tomatoes
2 tbsp. blue cheese dressing





Dinner: Teriyaki Pork Chop with Roasted Asparagus
5 oz boneless pork chop
2 tbsp teriyaki sauce
1/2 tsp garlic powder
6 stalks asparagus
1 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tbsp sesame seeds




Snack: Deviled Eggs
2 eggs
2 tbsp mayo
salt & pepper to taste



So this is my first day's worth of food and here are the rough totals:
1500 calories
106g fat
34g sat fat
27g carbs
20g carbs after fiber
107g protein


I still am a bit hungry so I'm drinking lots of water (but it's not especially working :P). I had a pretty big headache I think from caffeine withdrawl so I had one glass of diet splenda coke and it DID seem to help. I will have to ease off caffeine slowly, I think.


Are those totals too much? Any input is great.. thanks guys.

[Moochiecat]

Re: First Day's Menu...

That's a pretty decent representation of a low carb diet, but that's not exactly Atkins.


If you are just starting Induction, you've gone way over your veggie limits, sesame seeds are not allowed at this time and there is sugar in the teriyaki sauce, so that's a definite no-no.
If you haven't read the book, Dr. Atkin's New Diet Revolution (DANDR for short) version 2002, I urge you to get a copy, give it a good read, especially the chapters on the 'why' behind the diet, the Acceptable Foods List and the Rules of Induction.

If you have read the book I urge you to go through it again, especially the Rules and the Acceptable Foods list.

Again, not bad for a low carb day though...it just needs some specific tweaking to make it proper Atkins Induction.

[so not mandi]

Re: First Day's Menu...

Yeah.. that's what I thought but my mom signed me up for ediets atkins and that was their menu for my first week. I have to say that I think these recipes are pretty gross so far. But my mom paid for it so I feel bad if I don't use it. blah.

I actually did read the whole Atkins Revolution book, twice, and I know the induction list almost by heart. But ediets said this was a 20g carb per day menu, so I figured I'd try it.... sigh.