my food intake

[prettyvivi4]

The last two days I've eat this:

Monday
2 scrambled eggs cooked with butter
1/2 cup of cheddar cheese
w/2tbs of salsa (4gm)
10 pieces of bacon
snack
3 pork rinds
lunch
1 cup of romaine lettuce
1/2 cup of cucumbers
1/2 cup of broccoli
1 avocado
no dressing only lemon and salt.
1 whole chk breast (fried w/olive oil)
dinner
1 pork chop
1 cup of mixed salad w/ lemon & salt.
2 pork rinds

Tuesday
2 scrambled eggs w/butter
1/2 cup of cheddar cheese
2tbs of salsa
5 strips of bacon
lunch
2 hamburger patties w cheddar cheese
side of salad w mayo

only water all day!

[Elizellen]

Re: my food intake

That looks like a good varied 'legal' menu for induction, except that the avocado 'allowance' according to the special category list is only one half rather than a whole one.!
Well done on drinking your water too

[prettyvivi4]

Re: my food intake

oh ok thanks. How about the bacon amount? its seems like i'm doing wrong eating too much of it.

[liv]

Re: my food intake

It was a lot of bacon there. It is not really wrong but bacon is often cured with sugar and have preservatives and is quite salty so I would work on limiting it to fewer strips. If you are hungry add another egg. Cannot go wrong with eggs.

How about cheese. you say 1/2 cup. Are you using more than the 3-4 ounces allowed?

I also thought you probably should add some more fat to your lunch and supper.

[michelle23464]

Re: my food intake

I agree.. Why not add some olive oil and vinegar to your salad. Seems a little dry with only lemon juice and salt. Also.. lemon juice is limited to a certain amount on induction.

Other wise looks good. You're onto a great start.

Michelle

[prettyvivi4]

Re: my food intake

well as far as the cheese i thought just with the 1/2 cup i was intaking the 4 oz of cheese a day maybe at times a little bit more. And is 1/2 cup of cheddar cheese 0 carbs?.
omg i soo need to get the Atkins book...lol. I'm just going by what the atkins.com says i didnt think it involved so much morel my friends just said eat meats,cheese,eggs,veggies well its more than that i'm glad i looked more into it.
so what kind of fats besides the oil and vinegar should i be intaking?

[liv]

Re: my food intake

I think getting the book is a great idea. It will be such a help. The book is also great motivation I find.
There are also some really good stickies in the FAQ forum here you could look through

You have to be careful with the cheese - so easy to overdo. So measure out 3-4 oz and then grade it.

For fats - butter is good so is mayo. And there are many different oils you can use. Also using eating skin on chicken adds fat - so does cooking meats in oil.

Have you tried fitday? I find that it is a good tool for me to get a good handle on how much fat, protein and carbs I am eating.