cupcakes & beer

[JaxMama]

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Maybe I will try craigslist too. Sometimes the books are free.

I am feeling better about my weight loss today, down to 144.00. But I feel like absolute crap. I feel extremely weak and nothing tastes right. And more tired than usual. I can't tell if it's a good sign or not. I went ahead and tailored my diet this morning to the appropriate Atkins Induction. I think when I get to 140.00 I will go onto OWL.

Thanks for the replies on the books.

Jaxmama

[Desertthorn]

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The Lighter Side of Low-Carb: Beef jerky recipes

Here check out Cleo's blog, the more you read, the more you smile and there might just be a recipe that looks good to ya.

It could be induction flu but you should be beyond that stage. Stay hydrated and feel better.

[PolarBearKing]

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JaxMama, I don't mean to call you out or pick on you, but since this is your thread it's gonna sound like it's directed towards you, because, well it is...

You may only have 10 Lbs to lose this time. I don't know how old you are and since a gentleman never asks a lady her age, I won't ask. But when I was in my mid twenties, I was only 10-20 Lbs overweight. I tried a million different ways to drop those pounds. Some worked/some didn't. The problem was that the pounds always found there way back to me... plus a few more. Hopefully this won't be you too.

When I first did DANDR, I was alot like you. By my mid thirties, I followed his principles and lost a lot of weight (50 Lbs). I never really got to my goal weight though, and hovered around 25 lbs of extra weight. I wanted to lose it, but didn't want to give up the beer & pizza either. I was O.K. with that though, as you seem to be too (well maybe not completely, but you know what I mean). But that's not what Dr Atkins had in mind and it's NOT doing Atkins'.

Fast forward only five years. Circumstances changed and I got away from Dr Atkins "principles" and I found myself 100 lbs over weight. Let me tell you there are many emotional effects to this kind of weight gain (not to mention the physical) and let me assure you you do not want to go there.

I guess what I am trying to say is that Dr Atkins "diet" is a lifestyle. A way of eating to stay thin. There is so much more to it than just low carbing it. If you don't want to be like the millions of us out there that have spent our lives yo-yoing up and down you may want to consider making a change for good. Learn from us...

Lastly, I am glad you had the mental fortitude to get right back on track. But remember, there are also phsyological reactions that take effect and even when you do get back on track with what you eat, the reactions within your body are different causing more than just stalls. Something else to consider.

[JaxMama]

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PolarBear, I completely agree with you.

I thought long and hard about this before giving it my all once again. My problem is I would let my husband influence what I would eat because he would get defensive if I didn't eat the meal he prepared. He also gets upset if I am not hungry at night. He loves to cook and pasta and breads are his favorite by far. he can eat carbs all day and it does not affect him like it affects me.
So, how do you think I got sucked back into bad habits? This is how I lost track in July. But also in July I got the opportunity to do a high intensity training program and I asked the nutritionist if I could low carb while doing the training and he advised me to not do it because I would not have enough energy for the program. He was right, it was very intense with one on one training with muscles worked out I had never worked out before. It made me more hungry and I said it's ok, I am burning a lot of calories in this program.

I ended the program and after that I never forgot Atkins and always kept the staples in the house and would restart and then quit and restart and quit. Well when I gained almost 9 lbs of the 20 I had originally lost I was fed up.

I never forgot the Atkins principles and always felt guilty about eating what I did knowing that it would effect me physiologically. And it did, when I started getting dizzy and lightheaded because of the crap I ate over the Holidays I knew it was a precursor to the diabetes I will eventually get. I felt bad and I knew limiting my sugar and carbs would clear me of those symptoms for good.

So I am back and I told my husband to not lure me in. He wants to do a 3 course meal with dessert for our anniversary at a very lovely restaurant and I told him I would do it and skip dessert. He rolled his eyes at me and got upset. And I reacted by telling him he wasn't going to lure me into that. I don't have a problem with doing that once in a while (esp while maintaining) but now that I am over saturday's b-day party I have to get on the wagon.

So my frame of mind is different. I have more to lose than just my extra lbs of cellulite. I have my physiological symptoms and blood sugar to control as extra value to this diet/lifestyle.

i have preached Atkins/low carb to so many and some have followed my ways from my last success in 2009. They come back to me so excited about their weight loss and love the fact they can eat and be full.

But I am using this time to experiment with my final carb level. I am a numbers person so knowing that will keep me guided.

Even last year during my maintenance phase I ate bad every once in a while and I still lost weight. This is how I know the lifestyle will work. Even though some of you shun the idea of ever eating a piece of white bread again and cupcakes I will allow it once in a while once I get to maintenance. I know I have enough will power to resist more than one. But maybe I will be turned off by it by then and won't eat it at all.

And polar bear you should post your concerns to everyone here that is starting this lifestyle. I am just the only one that has enough guts to put my faults out there to get "yelled" at by the Atkins police and I will never regret that.

Not one of you is perfect and I have no doubt that every single Atkins police on here has cheated but they are too good to admit it to anyone else. I am not too good to admit my faults.

If someone else did this post I would encourage them to get back on track and get refocused and not to linger on what they did. I wouldn't be the Atkins police and look down on them. Encouragment and a positive attitude is the best medicine.

Jaxmama- is ready for this lifestyle to look great and feel healthy for myself and my daughter!!!!!!!!

[2big4mysize]

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maybe you should do a Dr Phil on your DH the cook and tell him I want to get healthy and grow old with you. In order to do that I need you to support me on this eating plan. I can't have pasta right now but later when I get to goal weight if my body will tolerate it I could have a small serving of it but we will not know until I get there so for now I need fresh gresh veggies and here is the list. ( Go print the pocketsized list form the stickies lostandfound made and hand it to him. )
and send him to CLEOCHATRA's blog Derestthorn posted the link
there are lots of legal induction and OWL recipes there for the pasta lover even a lazagna with cauliflower noodles.

Once he becomes a part of your plan you should have wonderful low carb legal for your phase meals.

[JaxMama]

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LOL, I would love to do a Dr Phil with my hubby but not for low carb reasons.

[2big4mysize]

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try it Dr Atkins suggests recruiting friends family and coworkers to be part of your weight loss support group.

I posted back in 2003 when it happened but my little nephew announced real loud at a local catch and eat fish place I will have to eat your french fries for you cause they are not allowed on your diet. His mother was mortified but I loved it that he loved me enough to rescue me from those evil french fries since the place served only fish fries and slaw.

Of course you will need to up date them wehn you move to OWl and add back foods as he informed me 7 months later I couldn't have any roasted winter squash after I put some on my plate at his house. He was still operating the orginal rules and I was on OWL rung 9

[Babs]

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LOL, I would love to do a Dr Phil with my hubby but not for low carb reasons.

LOL off topic here, but thought you might get a kick...today Dr. Phil said to a husband who didn't like the way the wife stirred the food she cooks... " Telling a woman what to do in her house is like trying to baptize a cat!" LOL!!

[JaxMama]

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Ha Ha Ha! You made me smile for the first time today! I am glad we can get off topic here and have fun. I missed Phil last night, too busy watching food network. I love that channel.

[PolarBearKing]

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And polar bear you should post your concerns to everyone here that is starting this lifestyle. I am just the only one that has enough guts to put my faults out there to get "yelled" at by the Atkins police and I will never regret that.

I hope you don't think I am the "Atkins' Police". I'm just trying to add some insight to what you're doing.

As far as my "concerns", maybe I'll just refer folks abck to this thread.

So, how do you think I got sucked back into bad habits? This is how I lost track in July. But also in July I got the opportunity to do a high intensity training program and I asked the nutritionist if I could low carb while doing the training and he advised me to not do it because I would not have enough energy for the program. He was right, it was very intense with one on one training with muscles worked out I had never worked out before. It made me more hungry and I said it's ok, I am burning a lot of calories in this program.

Do you realize this was bad advice??? Well, maybe not, since you stated you were doing "low carb" and not DANDR.

The problem I find is that many MD's and medical professionals all the way down to nutritionist don't have a very complete understanding of DANDR. I am not a MD (but I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express once) but Dr Atkins diet is nutritionally sound and backed up by science. It is not a fad diet.

Another personal story because it's what I know and it relates to your story. I went thru a modified SWAT academy (for paramedics assisting their teams - I am not a cop) after losing weight my first time using Dr Atkins' program. This was as high intensity training as one could imagine all day long, five days a week, for six weeks as it was my job. You bet I choked down a few low carb - protien bars during that training but I remained on a low carb diet with the only side effect was a chiseled body upon completeion. Too bad it didn't last, but I already admitted to enjoying pizza & beer afterwards.

So I am back and I told my husband to not lure me in. He wants to do a 3 course meal with dessert for our anniversary at a very lovely restaurant and I told him I would do it and skip dessert. He rolled his eyes at me and got upset. And I reacted by telling him he wasn't going to lure me into that. I don't have a problem with doing that once in a while (esp while maintaining) but now that I am over saturday's b-day party I have to get on the wagon.

You can still go out for nice meals with your hubby. Especially for something special like your anniverasy. That's not a problem for someone like yourself who has so few pounds to lose. Move up the rungs, make this a lifestyle change, enjoy it, just skip the potato.

Best o' luck to you.

[JaxMama]

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No Polar Bear you are not the Atkins police!

But I think the number one reason why people fail at Atkins is NOT because they are not willing to try. It's because it's not socially acceptable. People have told me since 2004 Atkins is "not healthy" do South Beath or just work out and cut calories instead. So I read the book and did research on my own got on it, did great and then slacked after meeting my now husband.

But since 2004 I also did cut calories and worked out all the time and at one point was emaciated due to the fact I didn't want to get fat. How did that leave me? Feeling empty and always hungry and obsessing about food. I felt horrible!

As we all know we cannot go anywhere to eat socially where there isn't something "white" being served. Hamburgers on bleached bread, pizza on bleached flour, desserts galore. If anyone out there is like me, I cringe and worry about going anywhere outside my home to eat because almost everywhere has no Atkins options. It's hard to have people look at you funny when you order something without the bun. And I personally don't order anything when I can't eat the whole thing (or take 1/2 home). I won't order a hamburger anywhere outside my home because I am paying for the whole package, bun included and that is a waste of money. I am cheap and I watch every dime!

This lifestyle, although has been around for decades, is still not socially acceptable. The government has put out food pyramids with all of Atkins foods listed as least consupmtion. This is what is being taught to our kids and nutrition classes too. As you said, every doctor thinks the food pyramid is the food bible.

But my point is polar bear anyone brand new to Atkins has to be willing to make a lifestyle change to it and adapt. It's hard, as we all know. What we eat has to be planned because our foods are not readily available as I mentioned. I can't say I won't ever eat a real cupcake again or a real cookie again. I know I will. I just won't eat more than one more than once a week a few months from now. Of course, I have to be in the right mindset.

Now did anyone see Oprah last night? She had a show on diabetes. I loved the description Dr. Oz gave on how diabetes affects you. Too bad he or the nutrionist didn't mention a lower carb diet as a way to control blood sugar levels. Although he mentioned not eating white sugar, white flower, white rice. After that show it solidified my way of life.

And BTW, sugar cookies are baking in the back for my co workers. Didn't touch it, but I may eat a few sunflower seeds.

Jax mama

[atkinsgal08]

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>>It's hard to have people look at you funny when you order something without the bun.>>

Why do you care what other people think or how they look at you?

>>I won't order a hamburger anywhere outside my home because I am paying for the whole package, bun included and that is a waste of money.>>

That's your decision ...

>> This lifestyle, although has been around for decades, is still not socially acceptable. >>

I've been doing this lifestyle for 6 years ... and I have a pretty good social life ... and one that involves food. I can travel and do Atkins.

Seems to me you see more obstacles than I do!

>>our foods are not readily available >>

I've yet to go to any restaurant where I couldn't eat.

[JaxMama]

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yes atkins gal I have more obstacles than you. I know you read that as giving up based on your enthusiastic tone, but it's not. And therefore do I really have to answer to you? No. It's understanding that society in America do look down on our decision. Now I did it for 6 months last year which was longer than any other diet I had ever done. I was on my way to a lifestyle change. I guess it's a good thing that I don't go out to eat much anymore since my 2 year old puts up a fit. So my social insecurities won't come out for a couple more years.

Thanks atkins gal for the vote of confidence. My life depended on it.

[2big4mysize]

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having a food allergy makes it easier for me to call ahead and ask about what is in foods and make sure I'm not served stuff I can't have. When I tell the server no bread or potato or whatever is on the description of the dish to low carb it they offer me steamed veggies instead at our local steak place and seafood place. both of ours actually added steamed broccolli to the menu since so many folk were asking for the veggies without sauce.

If you have a Carl jr's or a hardees in your area they will low carb any burger by wraping it in giant lettuce leaves which with the price of lettuce around here actually makes it a better value then with a bun. In and OuT does that too.

Have you called the restaurant about that anniversary dinner so you can eat on plan?

Just wait a few yrs till your DD knows what you are alowed and becomes the food police for you at the restaurant. it will make you feel so loved by the kid that she wants to help you stay on your plan and keep the evil waiter from bringing you unhealthy for you foods.

[atkinsgal08]

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>>do I really have to answer to you?>>

Nope. Nor have I ever asked you to or suggested you need to. The only person you're responsible to is yourself.

>>It's understanding that society in America do look down on our decision.>>

Well, I haven't really cared what "society" thought for more years than I care to think about.

I find it hard to believe that "society" would frown on my eating whole, unprocessed foods, no sugar, no refined carbohydrates, heart healthy fats, lots of vegetables, low glycemic fruits, but if "society" does, then it certainly doesn't matter to me.

If it matters to you, that's your concern.

>>I was on my way to a lifestyle change.>>

Good for you!

I think that's what we're all doing. Me, I won't ever really know if I was successful with making a lifestyle change ... because at the end ... I'll be dead.

>> Thanks atkins gal for the vote of confidence. My life depended on it.>>

Your life only depends on your vote of confidence.

If you want a lot of enabling though ... you should say so ... there's a lot of people who will give it to you.

Good luck with your low carb journey!