Induction weight gain?

[Ellen O'Meara]

11 days and counting.
NO CHEATING, except a little soy milk..no going to 1/2 & 1/2
Used a protien shake 1x a day with lower calaries than the atkins shake.
Carbs under 20 around 15
not over eating at all
yet eating enough!
Went from 90% carbs..acid reflux and severe "hershey squirts" to much better already
So why and the "Helkkkkkkk" would I gain 2 1/2 pounds..HELP!

[Chasin2Kids]

Re: Induction weight gain?

You're not near your TOM, are you?

Soy milk isn't allowed on induction as far as I know, and protein shakes have been shown to stall some people or otherwise affect their weight loss. Do you have the book? That spells out pretty clearly what you can't and can't have.

[Bren]

Re: Induction weight gain?

Ellen, without knowing your stats (current weight etc) it is extremely hard to figure this out. Also, how about a few days worth of menus!
FEAR not! We will figure this out!
Are you female? Time for Tom?
Are you working out? Did you just start?
How is your water consumption?
On any meds?

[Ellen O'Meara]

Re: Induction weight gain?

Here we go!
Age 57, 210lbs 39 in waist 5'8
couple eggs bacon
chefs salad, ham,swiss hard boiled egg, black olives..newmans blue cheese, YUM!
pork steak, salad
chicken letuce salad with some cheddar and ranch
lottsa salads, tuna, pork roast, ham,bacon crisp! Swiss cheddar cheese
a shake a day, "amplify" 20g protien 4 carbs, 1gr sugar, which is less than a atkins shake! Recommended by GNC health food store, has 20g amino acids
enough water to float a boat!
has whey protien powder
vitimins e, b,potassium, multi, flax oil cap and fish oil cap, niacin
meds, 600 wellbrutrin and lamictal, been on them for years!
Read the book! and this site etc.
any thoughts?

[Ellen O'Meara]

Re: Induction weight gain?

also some sirloin steaks and simple steaks about 4 to 6 oz

and jugs of water!

[Ellen O'Meara]

Re: Induction weight gain?

TOM is my husband???? WHAAAA is it?
started 10 days ago, day after Thanksgiving.
exersize is walking and moving around alot

[not2late]

Re: Induction weight gain?

a shake a day, "amplify" 20g protien 4 carbs, 1gr sugar, which is less than a atkins shake! Recommended by GNC health food store, has 20g amino acids

How much fat does this shake mix contain? Atkins is high fat diet, not a high protein one. In fact, Dr. Atkins wrote that excess dietary protein is converted to glucose (sugar) which is either used for energy or stored as glycogen, and eventually as fat. Protein should only comprise about 30% of our total daily caloric intake. During Induction, fat should comprise about 65% of the total daily caloric intake.

You might want to open a free account at fitday.com, plug in the foods you eat and see how it is.

[Chasin2Kids]

Re: Induction weight gain?

TOM - time of month

[Ellen O'Meara]

Re: Induction weight gain?

I have no time a month! finally
shake has 2g of fat!
Good tip on that site, I will check it out Thanks
I expect that I do not have enough fat going on, the fish oil caps help though!
Did the protien as a instant meal, don't always have time to cook or plan.
sometimes I am just lazy!
I may be on induction for a month at this rate and on the 31st day, zowie wowie
15 lbs gone!

[not2late]

Re: Induction weight gain?

So the shake has about 110 calories, 73 % of it comes from protein, 16% from fat, and 11% from carbs.

[not2late]

Re: Induction weight gain?

Also, if you haven't done so, you should take measurements of yourself. Dr. ATkins wrote that the loss of inches represented the fat empyting from your cells.

[Ellen O'Meara]

Re: Induction weight gain?

16% fat...how?
11% carbs?
I certainly did not come up with that
but then perhaps I don't know how to figure thing the way that you do!
Could raise the fat content by using 1/2 & 1/2
significantly!

[julirama723]

Re: Induction weight gain?

1/2 and 1/2 isn't allowed on induction--but heavy cream is.

I would say skip the protein shake altogether. It's a better idea to eat whole foods/natural foods than "frankenfoods" like shakes and bars. Some of the ingredients usually found in that type of stuff is not induction legal. If you're in a rush, eat hardboiled eggs, pepperoni, cheese sticks, celery, beef jerky, etc. These foods are much more satisfying and actually cheaper than a shake. Lots of people complain about shakes stalling them. Granted, this isn't an atkins shake, but with that huge dose of protein, it's almost surely turning to glucose in your body, then turning to fat.

Ellen go to fitday and start entering in your food...like Megs said fat should be 65%, carbs 5%, and protein 30%.

Check out the recipes section if you need easy meals or on-the-go meals. A lot of stuff can be made ahead of time and stored in the fridge for when you need it.

[Ellen O'Meara]

Re: Induction weight gain?

will do, thanks ladies..for that I give you my chocolate shake recipe..all legal
8 cubes of ice, food proccessed to slush
some 1/2 and 1/2 or wip cream and water
gevalia coca powder, atkins says it is a vegie
dark chocolate stevia flavoring from green leaf

tastes like a REAL chocolate shake! and is ithout sugars

[Ellen O'Meara]

Re: Induction weight gain?

oops
godiva koko
also
whip the daylight into it!