Newbie needs help!!

[Skinny4me]

Hello Everyone I'm new to atkins this is my 4th day in the introduction.I have a few qestion I've been putting chopped onions & mushrooms in my eggs in the am and i just read in one of the stickys that onions have 13 carbs or I think thats what it said. Please help I don't want to mess up in the 14 days! My sw 148/cw143/ goal120 or less I want to loss at least 10lbs in the intro.

[2big4mysize]

Re: Newbie needs help!!

Hang in there you aren't doing anything wrong

first we count every carb that goes in our mouth so get a carb counter or use one of the free online sites like www.fitday.com to log your foods and carbs.

since you need to lose 28 pounds shooting for 10 or 36% for 14 days of induction is aiming a biut high don't you think? Most folk lose 5-10% of the pounds they needed to lose. the same rate of loss for me would have been over 50 pounds.

[Skinny4me]

Re: Newbie needs help!!

Thanks so much for your advice. It really helps!
Do you use the ketos sticks I just used one and that reaaly let me down it only showed a trace. How soon do after starting the diet do you start showing more?

[2big4mysize]

Re: Newbie needs help!!

save your money and save them for OWL. read the FAQs on the stix.
remember it is like being preggo yuou are or you aren't in ketosis and burning fats.

Since I wrote some of the FAQs you can be in deep ketossi and burning for fuel all your measurable type of ketones never change the color on the stix and be losing like crazy exercising and bemoaning the fact you aren't in ketosis cause your stix don't change. OR you can be deep purple eatting 10 stix of butter of day and gaining weight screaming Atkins don't work cause I'm in ketosis dark purple and gaining!!!!

[staziaw]

Re: Newbie needs help!!

What 2Big says!! She's an amazing source for information!

If 28 pounds is your final goal, then losing 5-7 pounds in the 2-week Induction might be more reasonable. However, and it's a big however, make sure that you measure yourself! You might be dropping inches faster than the scale is showing pounds lost! Keep a good eye on how your clothes are fitting.

I wish you every bit of luck and can't wait to see your successes!

Stacy