Menu Review

[mmckenzie]

Hello!
I start the induction phase tomorrow! I am very excited. I have choped, bagged, cooked and packed for a work week and quick breakfasts. I just want to be sure I am on the right track. I put in what I am eating for tomorrw on Fitday. Would somone mind looking at it and see if I am off to the right start tomorrow. I am really serious about this. My husband is coming home from deployment in March and I want to lose before he comes home. Thanks so much for your feedback. YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

http://fitday.com/fitness/PublicJournals.html?Owner=melissa.mckenzie

[liv]

Re: Menu Review

I could not get your link to work. It may be a temporary thing. I'll try again

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Menu Review

Melissa,

Suggestions ... enter your food in the raw state when you can. That you had fried eggs doesn't matter ... you really had "egg, whole, raw" ... then the quantity of 2. Then you can add the fat you used to cook them. ... Same with the boiled eggs. 2 large boiled eggs shouldn't be 1.1 net carbs!

Did you measure the green peppers after they were cooked or before?

Why are you eating low fat cheese???? If it's because that's what you had, ok ... but you should be eating full fat.

Do you not like chicken skin? If you do, there's no reason not to have it on Atkins.

Did you make the hamburger patty yourself?

Your calories are too low. You really shouldn't be below 1500 calories, and eating around 10-12 times your current body weight works well.

You only had 14.5 net carbs today ... trying to be as close to 20 net as possible is sound nutrition.

Also ... the link didn't work for me either ... I had to type it in a new browser window.

How much water are you drinking?

[mmckenzie]

Re: Menu Review

Thanks for the help! I guess I need to be more careful as I input in to Fitday!!!

It was not low-fat cheese and I measured the peppers prior to cooking. I made the patty myself. I am drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day. To get more calories, do I add more vegetables or meat?

Can you clarify the carb count? I see it says my total carb count is 20.7. Am I doing something wrong when counting my carbs on this program? I guess I am not doing something right.
Thanks

[Shrew2u]

Re: Menu Review

It was not low-fat cheese and I measured the peppers prior to cooking. I made the patty myself. I am drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day. To get more calories, do I add more vegetables or meat?

Can you clarify the carb count? I see it says my total carb count is 20.7. Am I doing something wrong when counting my carbs on this program?

Subtract fiber from the total carbs to get net carbs, which is what we track on Atkins.

You should delete the low-fat cheese and add full-fat cheese for a more accurate count.

To add more calories, you can add more fat. Example: are you going to eat that lettuce and spinach dry? I hope not - you can add a lovely vinegar, olive oil and oregano dressing, which will add needed fat and calories to your day. That hamburger patty can be dressed up with a tablespoon of mayo and a side of avocado (which would add more fat AND add a few more carbs to your day).

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Menu Review

>> It was not low-fat cheese and I measured the peppers prior to cooking.>>

Then your entry should be "Cheese, Cheddar or American type". Now ... "slice" ... was this from a block of cheese, or was it already pre-sliced. By using slice, you're using the measurement Fitday gives to "slice".... which may not be what you had.

Your green pepper entry should then be "raw". 2 ounces cooked will be a different carb amount than 2 ounces raw.

>>I am drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day.>>

Are you drinking 1/2 your current body weight in ounces of water? That's an amount that works for many.

>>I see it says my total carb count is 20.7. >>

You need to count NET carbs (total carbs minus fiber) ... the fiber amount is in the Calories Eaten graph below your food entry log. So it shows 20.7 total carbs and 6.2 fiber.

>>To get more calories, do I add more vegetables or meat? >>

Fat will give you more calories.

With only 6.2 fiber, I would suggest also more vegetables or more carb dense vegetables ... if you're get 20 NET carbs with most of your net carbs from Induction vegetables, you have some wiggle room right now for more vegetables.

Also, fiber helps many things in your body!

Also ... on a personal note ... thanks to your husband for serving. I will hold him in my prayers.