Luciana

[acca79]

Re: Luciana

Make sure that MOST of your net carbs are coming from Induction vegetables.[/QUOTE]


Dear J: I'm sorry I don't understand your comment :-S I am quite sure that most, if not all, of my net carbs come from induction vegetables,..... do you see any of them that I should take out?

[acca79]

Re: Luciana

Liv and J:

I appreciate your time and advices

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Luciana

>>1 cup lettuce, half cup red pepper, half cup green pepper, and 1 cup mushrooms.>>

These are all fine and acceptable.

What's the net carb count of your vegetables?

What's the net carb count of everything you're eating?

[acca79]

Re: Luciana

11.3 carbs
But's easy to handle... and it will increase when I use spinach rather than lettuce, because I want to finish my stock of romain lettuces before buying spinach. I live alone :-S
However, I think I will buy them tonight....

Question: in the nutritional facts of the bacon I use, the amount of carbs are around .4 .8 per slice I think (will double check) are there any ingredients that acount for carbs or starches even if they do not appear in the nutritional chart ? if so, what names sould I care for?

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Luciana

>>11.3 carbs>>

Being closer to 20 net carbs is probably better.

Romaine is .55 per 1 cup, shredded.

Spinach, fresh, 1 cup is .39 net carbs. Not sure how eating spinach is going to increase your carbs!

Read the list of ingredients in the bacon ... that will tell you what's in it. The nutritional label is the least reliable thing to look at!

[acca79]

Re: Luciana

Ingredients checked on bacon: no sugars at all!
I though spinach had more carbs!!!!

I'll try to get it closer to 20 carbs per day
the salad mix: i can make it with 2 cup spinach, 1 lettuce, .5 cup red pepper, 1 cup green pepper, and 1 cup mushrooms

All that amounts to 17.5 carbs....

so tomorrow:
B.2 eggs and 4 slices of bacon

L. Roasted chicken (breast around a cup) + salad mix and olive oil

D. Pork tenderloin (around a cup) + salad mix and olive oil

Fitday 1235 cals
Carbs 5%
Protein 33%
Fat 62%

These ratios are ideal... but if I put my usual snacks : pork rinds and sardines (oil canned) the protein percentage increases... any ideas? do you think it´s ok to leave out snacks (i understand it has an effect on metabolism, but perhaps I could have some olives or have the snacks and reduce the protein intake at lunch and dinner?).

However, i've been having so much work that my snack periods pass, and i do not eat them (pas 2 days haha). Besides Im not hungry at afternoon snack (but yes at noon before lunch)...

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Luciana

>> 1235 cals>>

Not enough calories.

Don't worry so much about "ratios" ... there is no "ideal" ...

>>do you think it´s ok to leave out snacks>>

Yes. Having a snack is not required.

>>2 cup spinach, 1 lettuce, .5 cup red pepper, 1 cup green pepper, and 1 cup mushrooms>>

Are you saying that this is 17.5 net carbs? Or do you mean your whole day?

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Luciana

>>Ingredients checked on bacon: no sugars at all!>>

What are the ingredients, exactly?

[acca79]

Re: Luciana

Ok, so, for the bacon, let me traduce. It says: the fatty part of the belly of the pig, water, salt, sodium (phosphate, nitrite and erythorbate) - a lot of sodium perhaps, but thats it.
For the machaca, that is: 100% dried meat of beef and salt!

As fot the carbs, thats for the whole day net carbs. The salad mix are a little less that 17 carbs, but with the egg whites and so, it increases to 17.5. The salad mix, which I prepare for the whole day, I split it in two and eat it through the day.

I don't think its a good idea to leave snacks, cause it keeps your metabolism up! So I decided to take my pork rinds and can of sardines to work and I'll have them as sancks.

It amounts to 1480 cals more or less and my fat intake is 60%, carbs 4% and prot 36%....
I know that i should not worry about cals, but I should about where my cals are coming from.... as you suggested?
THANKS AND HAVE A GREAT DAY!

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Luciana

>with the egg whites and so,>>

Why not the whole egg?

FYI:

>>Sodium erythorbate is produced from sugars derived from sources such as beets, sugar cane and corn>>

>> I don't think its a good idea to leave snacks>>

Ok. In your earlier post you asked if you could leave them out. I merely responded that they weren't "required".

[Georgiana]

Re: Luciana

The salad mix are a little less that 17 carbs

Are those net carbs? They look like total carbs to me...

[acca79]

Re: Luciana

J.

As of the snacks, i understood that you limited to confirm what was stated in Atkin's book ;-) just reaffirming I will have them.... also because at 11 or so, I get hungry... as you might know, the hours of meals in México are different (b.8am, L. 2pm or even 3pm and dinner 8 or 9pm :-S )

I do eat two whole eggs in the morning, with bacon or machaca, but even the two whole eggs represent around .7 carbs or so.... which is not much really.

Total during the day, with the salad mix I told you about, I eat around 17.1 carbs.

I think my menu for today sounds pretty much good
However, I could not wake up to the gym.... I am exahusted, cause job's been tough as ever. Although is not physical work, is a lot of mental pressure.... Got to get my grip and hit the gym.... its like a cycle... gym will help to get the stress out...

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Luciana

>>because at 11 or so, I get hungry>>

Then eat.

>>I do eat two whole eggs in the morning, with bacon or machaca, but even the two whole eggs represent around .7 carbs or so.... which is not much really.>>

Easy enough to add some vegetables to your eggs.

[acca79]

Re: Luciana

Ok, so I have 17.1 as carbohydrate and 6.4 as dietary fiber.....
I am guessing that net carbs are 10.7? (17-6)....

Although that could be it.. isn't it better to limit the veggie intake to 3 cups total (even if I am not including from the second list).... I've been eating like so for a week, and although I am very thirsty all day, I do not have that metallic taste that characterizes ketosis....

What do you think?

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Luciana

>> am guessing that net carbs are 10.7?>>

Yes.

About 1/2 of what some recommend on Induction.

>>isn't it better to limit the veggie intake to 3 cups total>>

I'm a believer that in Rule #3, Dr. Atkins meant we should eat AT 20 net carbs during Induction, which then means that MOST of your net carbs coming from Induction vegetables would be a number greater than 11.

However, the foundation of ADBB is the "cups" rule ... which does work for some people.

I've seen counting carbs work, too.

>>I am very thirsty all day,>>

Then drink more water.

>> do not have that metallic taste that characterizes ketosis....>>

Not everyone gets that taste.

Doesn't mean you're not in ketosis.