Review my 3 days please

[Waterbabe_Helena]

Tuesday

4oz lean roast beef with 4 oz cheesey coleslaw (shop-made)
4oz lean roast beef with 4 oz cheesey coleslaw (shop-made)
2 thin slices Emmental cheese (about 1/2 oz each)
8oz roast chicken with 2 cups chopped red cabbage & mayo
3 litres water (at least)

Wednesday

8oz chopped roast chicken, 2 cups red cabbage and mayo
4 thin slices Emmental cheese
10oz Polish sausage & 2 oz coleslaw
Pork rinds
3l water (at least)


Thursday

2 slices Emmental cheese
8oz chopped roast chicken, 2 cups red cabbage and mayo
4 x 1.5oz lamb chops with plenty of beef dripping
4 oz Polish sausage
Few pork rinds
3 l water

Notes: None of the deli foods I eat have any labels with ingredients on them, I'm afraid. I can see from this list that I'm having too much red cabbage at one meal then no veggies at another meal. I don't plan it like that, it's just the way it works out, eating what I fancy at the time. When I come back from my morning exercise, my body tells me to eat the carbs/veggies. Later, lounging on the sofa, it just wants meats and no carbs.

If my menu looks boring and repetitive the reason is I live alone, so if I buy a big head of red cabbage I eat it every day till it's gone, and if I buy a whole chicken ditto. If I don't do this the foods go bad and have to be thrown away. Once they're used up I'll have something else for a few days, such as roast pork with broccoli, or prawns and salad. This is just the way I love to eat, same things for a few days, then switch.

I'm very proud of the fact that I have NO artificial sweeteners, caffeine or diet sodas in my daily foods.

Many thanks to the reviewers.

[2big4mysize]

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ask the deli shop folk what is in the stuff since most coleslaw has sugar in it. since you live alone buy the vegies and make your own coleslaw at home.

The reason we have induction rules is to force us to learn control and disipline with our eating so we do not allow our bodies to say have some carbs and give it some as it was really saying feed me I need some fuel. the human body can make sugar from any food you give it so never feed it carbs cause you thing after exercisae it needs them,
right now it seems silly caus you only have 3 cups total but when you get to OWl you will have many more cups of veggies and carbs to deal with so practice now with every time you eat being some carbs some fats and some proteins and you will be heading in the correct direction to be a life long Atkins goalie.

[boonie stomper]

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2big - now you've got ME totally confused.. you suggest that your body can make sugar from fat???

Waterbabe - try entering your day's menu in www.fitday.com. It will let you tailor you menu to optimize your ratios of fat, protein & carbs which during induction should be kept approx. 65, 30 & 5% respectively of the calorie total for the day. You'll also notice differences for variations in your ingredients, and their nutrition.

[2big4mysize]

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oh yes I have even posted the exact steps for doing this in several topics but basically hunam body fat ( triglycerides are 3 fatty acided on a hydrocarbon backebone known as glycerol. this glycerol part can be made into glucose sugar with the least amount of energy in the liver during glycogenisses the same process the body uses to make proteins to sugar but that uses more enrgy.

[Waterbabe_Helena]

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Oh blimey - scientific tallk! Makes my head spin!

I buy coleslaw because I cannot be bothered to make it myself. I have in the past made a big batch only to see it go mouldy. And making a small batch doesn't seem worth it. All that mess and picking up bits of shredded cabbage off the floor yuk. I'd rather give it up than have to make it fresh every time I fancy a bit. It's from Lidl not a deli and the staff no nothing and there is no ingredients on the label.

Surprised at so few responses to my request for reviewers.

Goodnight

Helena

[Waterbabe_Helena]

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FRIDAY:
Walking and swimming so no breakfast.
brunch: 6oz roast beef and 1 cup red cabbage cooked in beef dripping
snack: 2 x 1/2 oz emmental cheese
tea: 5oz roast beef and cauliflower mashed with butter and double cream (no appetite; forced this down)
snack: 4 x 1/2 oz emmental cheese
Dinner: none, no appettite at all.
3 litres water

[boonie stomper]

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Whoa...during induction you are limited to 4 oz of acceptable cheese. Here you've had 7. Cream is also limited - how much did you use?You should track your quantities for all your food (including the cauliflower & butter today) so you can make sure you have the proper %'s by the end of the day.

Lastly, when you have gone 6 hours without eating, you should still eat soemthing (doesn't have to be a lot) even if you're not hungry. But whenever you are hungry eat until the hunger is satisfied.

Lastly - during induction you have 2 -3 cups salad veggies (raw measure), if only 2 are eaten, you also get a cup of veggies from the other list (cooked measure). You've had no salad veggies today, and 2 cups other.

[2big4mysize]

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WaterBabe Helena can't be bothered is not a good answer. Your health and size should be worth it to you and since you can't get any info about what is in the stuff you really shouldn't be eating it as storebought coleslaw dressing ias full of sugars.

As Boonie pointed out never force yourself to eat that much. On Atkins we eat only when we are hungry unless it has been 6 hrs since the last time we had something to eat. if that rule comes into play then we only have a smal protei/fat snack with a bit of our veggie carbs (during induction, other carbs in other phases) as in a few bites not a whole meal. When your body needs more fuel it will cause you to be hungry and that could be later that day or even the next day. Learn to feed your hunger only and you will be a big loser.

boonie the cheese is in 1/2 ounce incriments 5 1 /2 and 2 1/2 are actually 3.5 total and 1/2 under for the limit.

[Waterbabe_Helena]

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Thanks everyone.

[kkat55]

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How is your menu looking nowadays?

[Waterbabe_Helena]

Helena's October daily foods

At the moment my menu is looking like this:

Breakfast: slice of ham OR a boiled egg OR a slice of cheese before swimming
(60 to 90 minutes swimming and water aerobics and walk a mile home)

Brunch (around 11am): Kippers, OR fresh salmon OR king prawns OR cold cuts with lettuce and mayo, OR with raw red cabbage

Dinner (around 6pm): chicken OR pork OR lamb OR beef, with either red cabbage OR cauliflower fautatoes OR lettuce OR fried onions and capsicums.

Two snacks a day, mid-afternoon and evening: slice of 1/2 carb Emmental cheese, German smoked pork sausage, leftover meat, salami or cheese crisps, or pork rinds.

Once a week on a Sunday we go out for breakfast so I have eggs, bacon, sausage and tomatoes or mushrooms, and Sunday and Wednesday nights I have a mug of Cadbury's Highlights for 5 carbs with 5 carbs worth of heavy cream in it! This is the only artificial sweetener I have all week.

Yesterday I had a few handfuls of cashew nuts as a treat. Overnight I gained 3 lbs. Hard to believe that the cashews could have caused that!

Helena

[kkat55]

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Other than what I PM you on, it may be your sodium or the cold cuts (with added sugar).

I would monitor your sodium for a few days and see what you're averaging. Then I would cut out the items with sugar.

What type of supplements do you take?

[Desertthorn]

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I found a good coleslaw recipe and it really takes no time to make. I use cabbage, celery, sliced green onions and chopped green pepper. The dressing is Mayo, mustard and some splenda to sweeten things a little bit.

[Waterbabe_Helena]

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My coleslaw recipe is just shredded red cabbage and mayo. I would never add Splenda as it just perpetuates the sweet tooth.