Please Help!!

[jennyleigh]

Hey all,

I posted in the STAC board and they sent me here for some help...This is my second time around with Atkins and seem to be struggling this time. I finished Induction on Sunday and only lost 2.5 lbs but even worse I never got that lovely appetite suppression every talks about. I was and still am hungry most of the time. I have the 2002 DANDR and have read it several times, I have read all the stickies and I know what a clean Induction entails. I don't see anything about still being hungry anywhere!!
I also am a personal trainer and work out for an hour give or take everday. I will post my menus for yesterday and today and see what you all have to think...

--100 oz. water everyday
Day One
B: 1/6 of a homemade quiche (quiche made of 6 eggs, 1 cup heavy cream, 8 oz cheese and 1 lb all natural nitrate/preservitive/sugar free sausage), 1 cup herbal tea/plain

S: hard boiled free range egg

L: 5.5 oz ground buffalo patty with crumbled all natural sugar fee bacon and blue cheese on top and a side salad made of 2 cups spinach with blue cheese dressing

S: half of another buffalo patty dipped in mustard

D: Shrimp scampi made with roasted red peppers, olive oil, lemon juice and a touch of white wine over 1 cup spaghetti squash, with 2 tbs goat cheese feta

Before bed: 1 cup herbal tea/plain

Day Two
B: 1/6 of the same quiche as yesterday, 1 cup herbal tea/plain

S: 1 hb egg

L: Leftover Shrimp scampi from night before prepared the same way

S: other half of buffalo patty with mustard

D: Pot roast made in crock pot with red wine, onion and mushrooms and seasoning, side salad made with two cups romaine and olive oil and vinegar.

Before bed: 1 cup herbal tea plain

Let me know what you all think...This is pretty similar to what I have been eating the whole time. I usually make a couple of quiches and have those for Breakfast and snacks are usually hb eggs and leftover meat from roasts (beef or poultry) that I make a couple of times a week. Lunch is always leftovers from the night before.

Thanks a bunch in advance!!

[killerbombshell]

Re: Please Help!!

Have you signed up for FitDay at FitDay.com? You can get a free account and it will automatically tabulate your percentages of protein/fat/carbohydrates you are getting a day (I know someone can help me out with appropriate ratios, I'm bad with numbers!)

What I see is lots of little problems. The wine may be a problem and the salad with vinegar--is that balsamic or white? Red wine vinegar has quite a bit of sugar in it; and I'm not sure about lemon juice, but that may be another problem. Is your tea decaff and are you using a sweetener? The caffine or sweetener might be doing it.

Also you appear to be eating quite a bit of cheese, again, a big stall factor for some people and I know cheese often increases my appetite. Try cutting out the cheese completely for a few days (including switching your salad dressing) and see what happens.

The bottom line is, you're really not doing a completely clean induction (imho--induction means only 3 ounces of cheese a day!) and any of these things could be spurring an appetite.

http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ead.php?t=6071

There's the link for the pocket sized food list. I hope this may be somewhat instructional.

[jennyleigh]

Re: Please Help!!

Killerbombshell,

My cheese is ALWAYS no more then 3 oz. It was only a sprinkle on most of those meals, basically to add flavor, except at breakfast. But 8 oz. in the quiche divided by 6 only comes out to 1.33 oz. and I don't snack on it. I try to very careful with this because I know how easy it is to overeat cheese.

As for the tea it is always herbal, which has no caffeine, I don't tolerate caffeine well and it is ALWAYS PLAIN. I don't use artificial sweeteners.

And as for the wine and vinegar...it was about a 1 tbs of dry white wine and a touch of lemon juice (which I believe is on the induction list) for 6 servings of the scampi and it is cider vinegar (which is different then other vinegars) on the salad. Am I too have the salad with only oil?? I would think that oil and cider vinegar would be a better choice then other dressings??

I have done spot checks on Fitday and my ratios usually come out to 65-70/25-30/less then 5. Which looking at the stickies is where I should be??

I think that covers your response...

Thanks again for the help.

[sunflowergrl]

Re: Please Help!!

Does the quiche have crust?? What about water and exersise?? Do you eat out alot, they can add stuff to food you would never guess.

[Isabeau]

Re: Please Help!!

I think you're doing great. Remember, one can expect to lose between 5 and 10% of your total weight loss during induction. You're right on track. In fact you're at 10%! You're exercising and following the rules. Keep up the good work. Don't be afraid to move to OWL!

[jennyleigh]

Re: Please Help!!

sunflowergirl, No crust on the quiche!! I workout everyday, drink 100 + ounces of water and eat out maybe twice a month. So I don't think those are problems...at least not right now. Thanks for the help, though...

Isabeau, Thanks for the positive response. I feel like I am doing things right, I guess I just needed confirmation from others who have been there, done that. I think it will be harder this time around then before but at least it is going down. Eating any other way and that would not happen for me. I also reread a bunch of Protein Power Lifeplan this weekend and reminded myself of the science behind low-carb and why it works. That really helped out with the mental part of it for me!! I am the "How does that work?" kind of thinker.

Thanks again for all the help and suggestions everyone, you all are the greatest!

[not2late]

Re: Please Help!!

You have a 22 pound weight loss goal. You lost 2.5 pounds during Induction. Everyone can expect to lose 5 to 10% of the weight they want to lose during Induction. So, you've lost slightly more than 10%---which is terrific.

[sunflowergrl]

Re: Please Help!!

You will do fine, and that is so cool you workout! Its not my fav thing to do, but I am learning to like it. Keep us posted on your progress!