newbie

[Tasha09]

just stumbled upon this site this morning. started low carb induction 3 days ago. day 4. i miss bread and cookies and chocolate and full caffeinated coffee and soda the most, so other than that trying to keep focused and do this for 10 days. I feel hungry though and lightheaded... ate like a huge platter of chicken wings last night which I would have never done when I was on a diet of 800 calories a day and got sick of counting calories, wanted to switch it up... so trying to not feel completely guilty about gorging on all that fat. like 900 calories worth of it! EEEK! going on vacation next Sunday and don't ever do the diet thing on vacations - just a lifestyle choice, so please don't scold me! haha

hoping to find inspiration, advice and more recipes on this site

[imagood1]

Re: newbie

if you are serious about loosing your weight this is such a great way to live. Give it more than 2 weeks and you'll see how wonderful you feel. You need the book to do the plan right. It might be better if you aren't going to keep up with this WOE during your vacation that you just wait until you get back so you can do it right.

You say what you ate for dinner last night -- what have you eaten today? If you are hungry you should go eat something legal.....you should never be hungry during induction.

As far as recipes we have them...lots of them!

Rules of Induction:
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ead.php?t=6782 (What are the Rules of Induction?)
Induction Acceptable Foods List:
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ead.php?t=6781 (What foods can be eaten on Induction?)

Recipe Sites
http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/menus.html
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/forums/atkins-diet-14-day-induction/58513-never-ending-induction-recipes.html
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/forums/atkins-diet-14-day-induction/6807-induction-recipe-basics-more-recipes-added.html
http://www.sugarfreesheila.com/RecipesPage.html

www.fitday.com get a free membership and track your daily food intake. Track NET CARBS daily … and also use the journal, for your daily moods, etc….it’s a great tool to help you.

Drink a minimum of 64 ounces of water each day, including:
Filtered water
Mineral water
Spring water
Tap water


Good luck

[Tasha09]

Re: newbie

thanks! yea I don't want to wait until after vacation because if I can pull it off for 10 days straight I might just find that it works and will continue to work on it during vacation, but I don't want to think so much of getting to day 14, just trying to live day by day

I had eggs and lettuce, and cheese, and not too much of a cook so going to buy some stuff bulk at costco. i suppose it's safe to stick with what I have in my fridge and stay away from temptations of going out. I really wanna get through today though and exercise sounds exhausting

which this is becoming too much complaining, so just going to get it done. 10 days and if I can make it til then I might as well just stick with it. what does it matter to eat something if it's just an instant gratification of 10 minutes right?

[chinadoll]

Re: newbie

The first few days are the worst, then you start to get a lot of energy and feel better. Don't worry about eating too much fat the first week. You need to keep yourself satiated while your body switches gears and begins producing keytones.

One thing to keep in mind--if you go off while on vacation, you will have to go through this yucky, tired, crummy period all over again when you come home.