day 84 and a confession or two

[kibskix]

well today is day 84, about 2 1/2 months into atkins. I've lost about 23 pounds in that time, and only 4 more to go before i hit the big -50 overall.

I'm happy with my results, though at times its been frustrating and slow. Last month I was stuck on all those antibiotics and only lost about 5 pounds through the entire month of may, but I still lost! Now with the -50 goal right in front of me though, i seem to have hit a new obstacle I didn't see coming...

I'm so unbelievably sick of lettuce. I want to go throw them all on the kitchen floor so I will have an excuse not to eat it lol. I started out with my main salad veggie being lettuce because I dislike celery and cucumbers, and its to the point now I will gladly eat celery (and am contemplating cucumbers) just to not have to eat another leaf of lettuce. I can stomach it if its just used as a wrap, but if I eat one more salad I might just gag.
I like hot veggies and have no problem at all with my 1cup a day list! but after 84 days of scarfing down all this lettuce i'm about ready to run my lettuce head over with my car.

So can I get away with making celery/cucumbers/jicama my main salad veggies? yeah I know romaine and endive and all that are on the list too but in my mind, its all lettuce!

[JulieB]

Re: day 84 and a confession or two

Have you tried sauteed mushrooms? Nothing like salad

We also really like red/orange/yellow/green bell peppers. How about hot peppers? Sour dill pickles?

[kibskix]

Re: day 84 and a confession or two

I don't know if i'd want to eat 2 cups of mushrooms a day lol
I DO like mushrooms peppers and pickles, but i've discovered I can't really handle the yeast factor of mushrooms and the vinegar in pickles, and bell peppers are rediculously expensive if you're going to be going through that many a week. I do have a jar of roasted red bell peppers, but it isn't going to last very long

[blondegypsy]

Re: day 84 and a confession or two

Hi Kibskix, Have you tried brussel sprouts? I get frozen ones, heat them in the microwave with butter over the top and a pinch of salt! They are alot darker green than the lettuce, in the same family, tastes stronger though.

We did a stewmeat, shrimp, onion, bell pepper, pineapple (which I didn't eat) shishkabobs last weekend on the grill. Marinated them in Kikkoman soy sauce (0 carbs) and worcestershire (1 carb)! Did my brussel sprouts instead of rice. Man if I could eat like that every day I would!

[kibskix]

Re: day 84 and a confession or two

brussel sprouts are my favorite veggie, but its on the one cup a day list, not the salad veggie list.

[momonmission99*]

Re: day 84 and a confession or two

I have been living off sauteed onions and mushrooms in butter with my steaks. Also living off zucchini and squash fried in butter. MMMM

I have an occasional salad. Usually ceaser with some chicken breasts.

I also enjoy a plate with cucumbers/lemon pepper, radishes and cauliflower with ranch.

[vector2]

Re: day 84 and a confession or two

What about spinach salads?

[kibskix]

Re: day 84 and a confession or two

i do love zuchini and squash in butter, but that, and spinnach are both on the other list too

[JulieB]

Re: day 84 and a confession or two

What about spinach salads?

spinach is on the list of "other veggies", not salad veggies. (limited to 1 cup/day)

[chinadoll]

Re: day 84 and a confession or two

I make a lot of salads lettuce free. Just chop up onion tomatoes, cucumber, celery whatever and toss with some dressing. I also love coleslaw with mayo and spices in the summer. Its a great change from regular salads. creamed spinach (creamed with a couple tbsp of cream and some chopped sauteed onion). Mmmmm.

[liv]

Re: day 84 and a confession or two

How about moving to OWL? More veggie choices.

[Fizgig]

Re: day 84 and a confession or two

Ditto about OWL. I hate sounding critical of Induction, but I worry a little about people staying on it for such a long time... It's off to rung one for you! Besides, cup for cup, fresh spinach has fewer carbs than lettuce and far more nutrients.

[kibskix]

Re: day 84 and a confession or two

-I- hate to sound critical, but the first rung of owl is only 5 more carbs of the same stuff i'm already eating. As I understand it, I still have to have two cups from the salad list. So that doesn't really solve the problem. My original question is can I just go with jicama celery and cucumber and get rid of the lettuce till I don't hate it anymore.

[chinadoll]

Re: day 84 and a confession or two

of course!

[liv]

Re: day 84 and a confession or two

No reason to eat lettuce if you hate it. Lots of days when I do not eat it. Dark greens are good for you so maybe some day try it again after taking a break from it.