Putting my son with autism on ATKINS

[Lia]

Re: Putting my son with autism on ATKINS

Hi.. I want to thank each one of you for your support for my son. I weighed him this am in his underwear after the bathroom. He is at 237.5. His dad said he weighted 242.. o.. well.. this is a new healthometer.. digital.. 20 dollars.. I compared it to my older scale.. it seems to be about 2 lbs off.. we will use the digital. He recorded his weight. He had his eggs.. bacon with real butter and water for breakfast. For lunch at his camp... homemade chicken salad with mayo.. celery sticks... 5 small cheese cubes of cheddar.. pork rinds.. two bottles of water(it is 6 hours a day , camp) and two hard boiled eggs. now the camp.. will have heathly choices snacks.. which included smoothies.. a huge no no. They, the teachers, were great.. they set aside his pork rinds for snack. I am better prepared for tomorrow.. I have his snack bag.. labelled and his lunch bag labelled... he also will have a diet soda.. with splenda instead of the smoothie... pork rinds... and celery with blue cheese dressing to dip along with the pork rinds for snack. Tonight he did well.. had a cup of greens with cucumbers.. blue cheese dressing.. a thick hamburger pattie with saute'd mushrooms.. more water.. then.. an hour walk... boy.. o boy... lots of work... but worth it... will keep you posted.. Lia

[Lia]

Re: Putting my son with autism on ATKINS

hi.. Since starting atkins... yesterday he weighed in 237.6.. and this am is 239.2.. ok.. I am not going to get upset... maybe salt.. water? we have been atkins since friday at noon...really Saturday was the first full day. He grabbed half a cheese danish... on sunday... really good yesterday and today has just begun... with such a heavy kid... I did not expect a slight increase in weight... someone reassure me??? could it be the meds..? geodon and lexapro? lexapro is an antidepressant.. geodon is an anti psychotic for mood stablization. has a history of low weight gain.. but my son has been holding at 240ish since before the geodon... thanks.. Lia

[ziggy]

Re: Putting my son with autism on ATKINS

Riverj i agree the Atkins diet works great for any age sept babys like you said babys need mothers milk

if i could have gone on the Atkins diet when i was a kid that would have been a dream come true cause i wouldnt have all this ugly excess skin and what not

Mommy Goes Shopping for Baby Food! Diet and Nutrition for Infant Health.
this has good info for baby food and this link has some info about autism as well


but this Feed your kids well book has always drived me nuts >_< i have no idea whats in it and cant google whats in it or anything so i have no idea if its any good for kids or not

but im guessing and hopeing its the same thing as the Atkins diet just explains things for a kid and that they are growing so things are different and they cant get super low body fat% untill puberty so a little bit of fat left on them is OK key word little bit of fat so little that they dont even look chubby they look lean its normal for kids to not look like little rambos


edit: oh Lia its just 1 day but lets see what his weight is like by day 2 before i make suggestions and also i wouldnt trust anyone with his food but thats just me