Mmmm MEAT! Hello all, I am enjoying my induction mostly...

[Valtro434]

I started induction on Thursday the 13th so its been about 2 weeks.

The first 2 days were horrible - I was kicking a bad caffeing habit - had just a little black coffee to get me over the hump.

The next few days were difficult because I felt so tired and run down - very good case of the Atkins flu.

Now - I really, honestly cannot believe how good I feel. I used to be a total zombie in the morning. I have sleep apnea (I have a CPAP too) and figured that was part of my morning malaise.

Turns out I was probably just carb crashed and having caffeine withdrawls.

I get up a LOT easier now and my energy level is very constant through the day. I used to get home and I was too tired to play with my kids - now I am good through midnight at least.

I have only had a fed problems with induction:

1. I ate 30 olives one day - I was jonesing for something good and I love olives.
2. A few days later I ate a 3g Atkins yogurt smoothie - it was awsome, but I guess not appropriate for induction. That was yesterday and I had my worst nights sleep in two weeks after it - coincidence? hmm.
3. I love meat, but I am just getting flavor fatigue - beef, chicken, beef chicken, beef, chicken beef, salmon, beef, etc

I found I really like spinach - I saute it with a little garlic and at the end I add some bacon bits and shredded cheese - MMM!

I made some stuffed peppers ny browning some burger with a lot of garlic and worcester sauce (watch the brand) and then mixing the cold beef with cream cheese (warm it to soften it) stuff it in a pepper half and top with shredded cheddar and olives. Too bad its 10g carb per pepper

Well, this is a great site, I will be around...

I am 34, male and I live in Austin Texas.

I am 6'5" and when I started, I was 340, now I am 330 and going for probably 230-240 weight.

[cleochatra]

Hey!

Welcome to ADBB and congratulations on doing so well so far! I know when I started out I wasn't having olive issues, but I was eating those low-carb candies thinking they were 0-1 net carbs. As if! At any rate, we make mistakes and we move on.

Congratulations on an awesome beginning!

[dreamof145]

Welcome and congratulations on your loss so far. After you've completed two weeks of legal induction, you should be over the addictions. Your energy level will increase and I'm sure you will be amazed at the results you see.

If you haven't read the book, get the Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution edition 2002 and read it. It will give you a list of the induction foods and explain how to do the WOE correctly. Good luck!! I look forward to hearing all about your success. If you have any questions, just ask!

[MotherOfGizmo]

Welcome to ADBB! :wave

You don't have to get the beef/chicken burn out you're talking about. What about turkey, ham, shrimp, fish, crab legs, pork etc etc. Hey, you should join us in the cooking chat section, there are lots of good recipes there and in the Recipes section--look at the top of the page for that.

You have to get creative to keep things interesting. I love that we can have things like hollandaise sauce and blue cheese dressing.

[Valtro434]

Thank you ladies.

I have had some pork and some shrimp and salmon.

And last night, I had some cheeseburgers (cheese and burger) and it was great - I had been having some steak here and there and thought hb without bun would be not so good.

I have made shrimp scampi a few times - after I realized I was sticking to it, I bought some bulk packs of chicken breasts.

I eat at Boston Market occasionally and BBQ (hey, I'm in Texas) with no sauce, no sides and no sweet tea (waaaaaah!) - you really have to ask what they do to the meat, but there are a few that I can get that do not have added sugar.

I weighed 329 this morning and when I started, I was over 340 (scale only shows up to 339.5) so I am pretty happy.

Thanks for the support, I will try and visit the cooking area...