It's not working

[Josiebeanie]

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Wow... this thread went from really helpful to really confusing.... really fast.

[Josiebeanie]

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Ok, another question. What do you do on a day like I am having today.... I feel like all I want to do is eat, and nothing is satisfying me. This doesn't happen often, but today is tough. Any suggestions of what to munch on? So far, I've ignored it today, but it's not easy!

[liv]

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Ok, another question. What do you do on a day like I am having today.... I feel like all I want to do is eat, and nothing is satisfying me. This doesn't happen often, but today is tough. Any suggestions of what to munch on? So far, I've ignored it today, but it's not easy!

I usually feed it when it happens. First I drink water in case I am thristy and confusing thirst and hunger which we sometimes may do. And if I am still peckish I have a snack of some kind. I make it a good fatty/protein snack. Also double check your menu to see if you had some hidden sugar - they may sometimes cause cravings.

[msanjelpie]

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I like 2 stalks of celery with cream cheese when I want a yummy snack...

[Georgiana]

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Wow... this thread went from really helpful to really confusing.... really fast.

I agree. I have moved the replies that were not directly discussing your problem to this thread: http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ld-atkins.html

[Georgiana]

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Josie, that is terribly difficult to read. Could you make your FitDay journal public? It would make things much easier.

To make your FitDay public, go to the "Profile" tab on FitDay and you'll find the option you need at the bottom of the page. You will be given a link when you're done. Just post that link here.

[Josiebeanie]

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LOL!! I didn't know how anyone could help me with that, so thank you, and here is the link...
http://fitday.com/fitness/PublicJournals.html?Owner=Josiebeanie

Should be much easier now!

[Georgiana]

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Thanks. Much better!

Egg omelet or scrambled egg, with sausage --> You probably didn't use the same amount of sausage as it was used in the omelet entered as a custom food in FitDay. Enter the ingredients separately, so that you know what and how much you ate.

Cream, whipped, pressurized container --> Did you check the ingredients? I bet it has sugar.

Spinach, cooked --> You probably didn't cook it as it was cooked for that FitDay entry. Measure the spinach raw and add it that way in FitDay. Then add separately the other ingredients you use in cooking.

SF Jell-O --> Personally, I would avoid it. Induction is the best time to kill your sweet tooth.

Crystal Light --> Same thing. I'd ditch it.

Spinach dip, sour cream base --> Did you make this at home? You didn't follow the recipe that was used for the FitDay entry. As with the omelet, enter the ingredients you used separately.

Vodka --> Vodka? Not for Induction.

Greek salad --> Again, you didn't follow the recipe used for the FitDay entry. The nutritional facts for your Greek salad will be different from those in FitDay.

[Georgiana]

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7 lbs means approx. 16% of the weight you needed to lose when you started. That's a lot! Even if you lose nothing else by the end of your Induction, it still means you have an average-low resistance to weight loss.

It's normal not to lose weight every day or even every week. There will also be days/weeks when your weight will go up. Nothing unusual.

Did you check how many inches you've lost?

My advice is that you move to OWL once your 14-day Induction is over and add more nutritious veggies to your menu.

[Georgiana]

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Oops! Ignore the last paragraph in my previous post. I see you've been doing this for the past 5-6 weeks.

Add 5 net carbs of vegetables and move to OWL. The additional micronutrients will likely help with your weight loss.

[Josiebeanie]

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Well.... here's the thing, tomorrow will be 6 weeks since I started induction. The 7 pounds seemed like a lot 5 weeks ago, but that's how long it's been since I lost anything. I haven't measured inches, but my clothes are still fitting the same. And I get the up and down thing. The scale has read as much as a 10 lb and as little as 5 lb loss, but pretty much stays at 7.

So as for my fit day entries...
I am finding this very tricky. The eggs thing will be easy to do as per ingredient.
The spinach dip.... I make according to the soup box recipe avoiding the water chestnuts. I know the whole packet of soup is 6 gms of carbs, but it makes many servings. How could I possibly figure out exactly how much spinach, mayo etc are in the 4 or 5 tablespoons I eat?
The whipped cream has 1 gm of carb per serving, so I thought it would be okay for an occasional sweet craving.
I can easily live w/out the jello and crystal light.
The greek salad and spinach were at a restaurant so I figured the fitday calculations had to be close to the actual. I did my best to estimate serving sizes.
When i started this diet, I thought it would be easy, I was clearly wrong, but if I can make it work, it will be worth it. I know to a lot of people my weight may not seem all that horrible, but for me it has completely changed my life, and I pretty much hate myself because of it. *sigh*
You, Georgiana, and the others have been very helpful, and I appreciate it.
This is how I've been eating for 6 weeks, you would think it would be working. Even if I lost a pound every week or 2 I think I would be more encouraged.

I am having trouble finding nutrional info on buffalo wings... not breaded of course. I'm about to go out for football....

[Georgiana]

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Well.... here's the thing, tomorrow will be 6 weeks since I started induction. The 7 pounds seemed like a lot 5 weeks ago, but that's how long it's been since I lost anything. I haven't measured inches, but my clothes are still fitting the same. And I get the up and down thing. The scale has read as much as a 10 lb and as little as 5 lb loss, but pretty much stays at 7.

This is why I believe moving to OWL and adding more vegetables and other nutritious foods to your menu (nuts, fruits, etc.) will help. You need to provide the body with a proper amount of macro- and micronutrients in order to keep your metabolism running efficiently. Too few carbs and/or calories will slow it down.

The spinach dip.... I make according to the soup box recipe avoiding the water chestnuts.

Soup box recipe? What did you use in the recipe? Is this some kind of mix? If it is, what are the ingredients? Water chestnuts are allowed on Induction as long as you don't go above 20 net carbs.

I know the whole packet of soup is 6 gms of carbs, but it makes many servings. How could I possibly figure out exactly how much spinach, mayo etc are in the 4 or 5 tablespoons I eat?

Measure how much soup (or dip? I'm confused) you made. Let's say it's two cups (random number). A cup is 16 tbsp; two cups will be 32 tbsp. If two cups have 6 net carbs (remember it's net carbs you care about), then 1 tbsp will have 6/32 net carbs, i.e. ~0.19 net carbs. But you need to measure how much soup the whole packet yielded.

The whipped cream has 1 gm of carb per serving, so I thought it would be okay for an occasional sweet craving.

Eating sweets won't help with sugar cravings. Not eating, on the other hand, will kill your sweet tooth. That's what you should aim for.

There is a difference between sugar naturally occurring in food and added sugar. Heavy cream, fluid, has about 0.4 net carbs per tablespoon; this is natural sugar found in milk. I don't know what a serving is for the whipped cream you bought, but check the list of ingredients. As I've said, I'm pretty sure there's sugar there; plain ol' sugar, HFCS... something.

The greek salad and spinach were at a restaurant so I figured the fitday calculations had to be close to the actual. I did my best to estimate serving sizes.

I see... I don't know what were the ingredients in spinach. In Germany, the cooked spinach that is usually served in restaurants has milk in it, unless it's simply boiled spinach. You will need to ask what the ingredients are when you eat out. Sugar could be added to anything, from meat to greens. Does the restaurant where you ate have an online menu?

When i started this diet, I thought it would be easy, I was clearly wrong, but if I can make it work, it will be worth it.

You will make it work.

I know to a lot of people my weight may not seem all that horrible, but for me it has completely changed my life, and I pretty much hate myself because of it. *sigh*

I believe not hating yourself because of your weight would be a first step forward. Taking care of yourself and not putting yourself down will make your Atkins journey much easier.

You, Georgiana, and the others have been very helpful, and I appreciate it.

You're welcome.

I am having trouble finding nutrional info on buffalo wings... not breaded of course. I'm about to go out for football....

The sauce could have sugar in it. Do you know the ingredients? If not, I wouldn't eat the wings.

[ziggy]

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i found lots of foods would stall me like whipping cream , berries , and even the medium carb vegetables spagetti squash tomatos and such but it was because i ate to much of them

i ended up only eating the lowest net carb foods broccoli , butter , eggs , meat

i also try to avoid pork and shell fish as much as possible cause they are not as healthy compared to other meat

anyways my advice would be to stick to 100% plain basic foods like i just mentioned i know it be boring and not taste as good but you will have a better chance at seeing results then once you see your loseing weight you can try testing other foods again and sauces like spinach dip

so any food that your confused about cut it out for now

btw your fitday % look very good but also know that higher fat intake generally helps with weight loss so do not worry if you eat 75-80% fat also dont go to long with out eating food sometimes you gotta force yourself to eat to keep your metabolism up

lots of diet pop has aspartame which is a known weight loss staller

so make your food so your not confused about it at all and make sure you exercise it helps alot weight lifting and cardio

also if worst comes to worst and weeks still go by with no weight loss even after all that and exercise then go on atkins fat fast thats reserved for the 5% of people who are super metabolically resistant though i doubt it will come to that

[Georgiana]

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i also try to avoid pork and shell fish as much as possible cause they are not as healthy compared to other meat

Why are they less healthy?

also if worst comes to worst and weeks still go by with no weight loss even after all that and exercise then go on atkins fat fast thats reserved for the 5% of people who are super metabolically resistant though i doubt it will come to that

Not exactly the correct strategy. As it is explained in the thread I linked to in one of my first posts in this thread, diet and exercise are not the only things that need to be checked before deciding to do the Fat Fast. Josie is clearly not metabolically resistant based on her Induction results.

[ziggy]

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i think pork and shellfish are unclean animals and have more toxins in there body they eat garbage and crap and dont die from it unlike other animals but i need to look into it more i know theres other reasons i just dont know them


and i thought maybe she might be metabolicly resistant if she whent many weeks with no weight loss and if the first weight loss was mostly just water though i doubt shes metabolicly resistant was just saying it if worst came to worst


also i have been meaning to make a post about pork and shell fish to get everyones opinion on it and if its healthy to eat in large amounts or not

YouTube - Dirty Jobs - Pig Slop Processor

that video shows what some pigs eat

ya i dont want to hijack this thread so il just go make the post about it now