Newbie Needs Her Menu Checked!!!

[Diva217.5]

Ok, I did really awesome my first week with a 7.5lb loss.I have been gaining every since.Havent changed anything in my diet and even upped my water intake.Its very disappointing, when I started so well.So here is my menu for yesterday, check it and tell me what I did wrong....I can take it.

breakfast:
3 slices hungarian salami
3 slices calbrese salami

lunch

2 primerib beef patties
2 slices cheese
10 olives

dinner

12 chicken wings

water:4 bottles
diet caffience free diet pop:2

I know my veggies were nil..........just couldnt stomache any of them yesterday.

Now did I eat something not allowed,I mean I ate these same things in the first week and lost like crazy......so why all of a sudden after day 7 did I start to gain?

[2big4mysize]

Re: Newbie Needs Her Menu Checked!!!

okay slow down
weight loss isn't a linear thing and the body can gain fluid weight frm many things like just starting a new to you exercise program. are you doing a new to you exercise priogram as your mandatory exercise part of Atkins?

then there are hormonal things like TOM that can add fluid pounds.

Are your bowls moving without those veggies? you can hols a large amount of weight in waste in those 26 feet of intestine.

Then their is the sodium issue with those proceesed meats. Are you drinking all your water to help flush out the fluids? if you don't drink enough your body will hold fluids cause it thinks a drought is happeneiing.

Now the big issue with your missing veggies is you missed a lot of nutrients needed to run your metabolism and body reactions. when you don't hsve them enzymes and carier molecules don't get made and that effects other body reactions further down the chain. I'm sure you have heard the famous poen for want of a nail the kingdom was lost. little things add up big.

Now since you said you have been eating this same stuff all a long I need to ask are you just eating it cause you got room in your belly or are you feeding just your hunger? Your ketosis should be iun high gear and your appetite suppressed. with that aide in controlling our rating we need to pay attendtion to our bodies and not over feed them just cause the food is legal, wegot room in our bellys, food still on our plate, and/or carbs still in the budget. So did it taske all those foods to satisfy your hunger when you werre eating? if not you are having too much.

there are going to be days when you have barely any foods and other days when you are very hungery and have a lot listen to your body and allow it to tell you when to apply the brakes to your eating.

happy low carbing.

[Diva217.5]

Re: Newbie Needs Her Menu Checked!!!

Ok, so is the advise to drink more water and add veggies no matter what?This would be the common reason for weight gain?Now are cold cuts from the deli not good at all?I mean, unless I cook roasts and whole chickens and turkeys, what am I too eat?I dont have a huge fridge to hold all of this.How do most get their protein?Can you post me a good menu to follow for the next few days?

[cypressgirl]

Re: Newbie Needs Her Menu Checked!!!

Maybe it will help if I post what I ate today b/c it is pretty typical for me and I think it is also very simple. I didn't have the snacks between meals as I wasn't hungry for them and I was very busy but some days I do. There are days I could practically forget to eat now that I have been eating this way for 2 months. (I try hard to eat something every 5 hours, though.) Other days I end up with a good bit more...I eat to hunger for the most part and so far I have said good riddance to over 20 pounds! AND, I am not bored with my menu b/c I change it up a good bit!

Breakfast: 257 calories / 4 carbs / 13g protien / 21 g fat
6% carbs 20% prot. 74%fat
2 boiled eggs
2 Tbsp. Duke's Light mayo
2 slices dill pickle
salt/pepper to taste
Huge bottle of water

( I slice the pickle up into tiny pieces & mix the yolks, mayo + pickle to make deviled eggs. Just spoon it into
the egg whites. Enjoy!)


Lunch: 307 calories / 8 net carbs(17 - 9 fiber)/20g fat/19g protein
11%carbs 63% fat 26%protein
2 cups frozen chopped broccoli
1 Jennie-O turkey burger (in fry pan w/ pat butter for 6 min.)
2 pats REAL butter
1/3 cup grated mozzarella cheese
1 Tbsp. Duke's light mayo
(steam broc. in microwave for 5 minutes, top with salt and pat of butter)
(top cooked turkey burger with grated cheese & mayo)
Big Glass water!!

Dinner: 375 cal /17g fat/3 net carbs (5-2 fiber) /48g protein
43% fat 3% carbs 54% protein

2 cups raw spinach leaves
3 cheery tomatoes
1 strip cooked pork bacon, crumbled
1 Tbsp. Ranch Dressing
1 cup grilled & diced chicken breast

Some Snack ideas (spaced as need throughout the day):

1 Tbsp. heavy cream whipped with a sprinkle of sugra free jello powder mixed in - 110 calories / 11g fat/ 2 carbs/ 1g protein

1 slice ham wrapped around 1 Tbsp. cream cheese - 85 cal/ 7g fat/ 1 crb / 5g protein

1 deviled egg - 128 cal/ 10 fat/ 2 carbs / 6 protein

[cypressgirl]

Re: Newbie Needs Her Menu Checked!!!

Don't get stuck following one menu for several days straight. You will be bored and also, it will not teach you anything about what you can handle or how things affect you. Try to change things up and work in items that you will be able to enjoy and use easily. Alot of people probably use many of the same things very often but we shouldn't use the exact same things in the exact same amounts just because it was on a list somewhere. That would be like Jenny Craig does Atkins, you know?

Make a list of legal foods that you really tend to want/enjoy. Play around with www.fitday.com and plug in different combos to see how the carbs and ratios come out. If you want preplanned menus for convenience, that would be a realistic way to go. After awhile, you will feel like making your choices is almost second nature!

[Desertthorn]

Re: Newbie Needs Her Menu Checked!!!

How about hard boiled eggs, you can eat them in salads Tuna Salad, Cobb Salad,
Taco salad with out the tacos is delicious
Chef Salad with cheese and deli meat.
Omelets
Hot wings...
hamburgers, there are tons of differnet toppings you can put on them.
One of my favorite quick meals is to get some Italian Sausage and slice them up, and stir fry them with one onion, some mushroom, a green or red pepper, and some summer squash.

[cypressgirl]

Re: Newbie Needs Her Menu Checked!!!

One of my favorite quick meals is to get some Italian Sausage and slice them up, and stir fry them with one onion, some mushroom, a green or red pepper, and some summer squash.

See? This is why I love reading all of your posts. I had totally forgotten about this meal. I am having it Tuesday (only because my scallop idea is for Monday)!

[Diva217.5]

Re: Newbie Needs Her Menu Checked!!!

I really appreciate you guys trying to help me.I entered into fitday, and had others look at what I was eating.Theres nothing wrong with my menu,yet I still gain.So I really dont know what to do from here.If anyone else has had this same situation in induction,I would really appreciate some light at the end of the is tunnel........if possible.

[Diva217.5]

Re: Newbie Needs Her Menu Checked!!!

http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/DayFoodsTab.asp

Heres my menu for today.........what did I eat wrong?

[cypressgirl]

Re: Newbie Needs Her Menu Checked!!!

I couldn't pull up your menu but I advise that you just stick with whatever you are doing if it is by the book. Maybe your body is holding on and you are just like a day or two away from a loss. I weigh everyday (I just like to) and it goes up and down like crazy! Yet, here I am doing what I have been the entire time and I am over 20 pounds lighter. Maybe the answer is justto stick out induction and let your body do what it needs to do!

[Diva217.5]

Re: Newbie Needs Her Menu Checked!!!

My induction ends on Tuesday and I have gained 2lbs since last Tuesday........apparently what I am eating isnt working very well.I can deal with not loosing......this happens.....but to gain continually each day while eating what I am told to is very frustrating and not modivating to say the least.
Here is what I ate:

Add a !Calories Eaten Todaysourcegrams cals%totalTotal: 1599 Fat:121 1093 70% Sat:52 471 30% Poly:4 36 2% Mono:31 280 18%Carbs:20 57 4% Fiber:5 0 0%Protein:104 415 26%Alcohol:0 0 0%Calorie Breakdow

Breakfast:

2 slices xtra lean ham
2tbs low fat cream cheese (read label, only 1gram carb per tbsp)

Lunch

2 cups salad
1oz chicken chopped
1oz bacon crumbled
2oz cheese grated
4tbsp ranch dressing
(keep in mind this was made at a restaurant)

snack

2oz cheese
1/4 cup raw cauliflower
1/2 cup raw red peppers
2tbs calorie wise 3 cheese dressing (below 2cbrs per tbsp)

Dinner

5oz ribeye steak
1/2 cup green beans
2 pat butter

64oz water
2 diet caffeine cola (12oz)
1 diet regular pepsi (12 oz)


So what did I do wrong that would make me gain 2 lbs since Tuesday???

[cypressgirl]

Re: Newbie Needs Her Menu Checked!!!

First off, lose the low fat products. The only one I personally use at all is light mayo. You would be suprised how much the fat really helps you during induction and even later! Drop any low calorie (perhaps the caloriewise dressing falls into this category) products and replace them with regular.

You are having 36 ounces of diet soda which puts youover your artificial sweetener limit for the day. If at ALL possible, drop the sodas completely and see what happens. You would not believe how many people stall with those. At the very least only have one.

Are you measuring or weighing your food very carefully? It is very hard to tell what an ounce of bacon bits or cheese is without a scale. Two things could happen when you are off in your measurements: you could be way under reporting your carbs, etc and going over your limit. Or you could do the opposite and go too far under. Either way could have a stalling effect. (Don't worry too much that you will have to weigh food forever, you do get a knack for it after a while!)

I would have to see your food and plug it in myself but I am sorta feeling like this may have gone over 20 carbs, too. Did you count the sodas? Also, there is no way to know carb count at restaurants for stuff unless they let you see the label. I know it sounds like a lot but carbs can creep in so many places. They add up very qucikly and that could be part of the situation.

Take a deep breath. Analyze labels closely. Drop the sodas. Keep sticking with legal foods in legal amounts. Feed your hunger. Wait to see what happens.

Did I say anything you think might apply and be helpful to you?