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Re: My First Day!!
You should be eating 2 cups of veggies from the 1st part of the list and 1 cup from the 2nd part of the acceptable food list everyday -- celery is fine to eat, and tomatoes are also (I don't eat them because the sweet taste makes me want more sweets so I've learned to leave them alone).
The body aches and headaches you were experiencing were probably what we call induction flu - it's in the book so you can read up about it. Drinking pure water will help alleviate them also.
As far as caving when your friend is eating junk -- make sure you have something handy that is allowed and eat that in place of the junk. I take deli deluxe cheese slices (regular cheese doesn't work) and cut them into strips or small pieces, put them on parchment paper and microwave them for 1 minute - they make a great little cheese cracker snack with no guilt! Also you can microwave a few pepperoni slices (watch the ingredients for sugar & other non-Atkins stuff) and eat them for a nice legal snack. My husband and mother both eat crap in front of me all the time so on those rare occasions that I want something I eat these things, or have some deli meat rolled up with cream cheese or without the cream cheese, string cheese, cut up veggies, deviled eggs -- it's all good, satisfies my want and is perfectly legal - I just make sure I have the carbs to be able to do it before I eat. But I always drink a couple glasses of water and wait awhile to see if I'm really hungry or if the water quenches what I was needing.
Good luck - read the book, it's so much easier to follow the plan with the knowledge instead of just listening to others or browsing here and there. And net carbs are what we count - if you aren't counting net carbs you could be seriously under eating, which can cause trouble loosing.
You should be eating 2 cups of veggies from the 1st part of the list and 1 cup from the 2nd part of the acceptable food list everyday -- celery is fine to eat, and tomatoes are also (I don't eat them because the sweet taste makes me want more sweets so I've learned to leave them alone).
The body aches and headaches you were experiencing were probably what we call induction flu - it's in the book so you can read up about it. Drinking pure water will help alleviate them also.
As far as caving when your friend is eating junk -- make sure you have something handy that is allowed and eat that in place of the junk. I take deli deluxe cheese slices (regular cheese doesn't work) and cut them into strips or small pieces, put them on parchment paper and microwave them for 1 minute - they make a great little cheese cracker snack with no guilt! Also you can microwave a few pepperoni slices (watch the ingredients for sugar & other non-Atkins stuff) and eat them for a nice legal snack. My husband and mother both eat crap in front of me all the time so on those rare occasions that I want something I eat these things, or have some deli meat rolled up with cream cheese or without the cream cheese, string cheese, cut up veggies, deviled eggs -- it's all good, satisfies my want and is perfectly legal - I just make sure I have the carbs to be able to do it before I eat. But I always drink a couple glasses of water and wait awhile to see if I'm really hungry or if the water quenches what I was needing.
Good luck - read the book, it's so much easier to follow the plan with the knowledge instead of just listening to others or browsing here and there. And net carbs are what we count - if you aren't counting net carbs you could be seriously under eating, which can cause trouble loosing.
I mix about 1/2 cup of romaine with baby spinach also. The veggies, I am a little safe on. I make sure I only have a few cucumber slices, baby tomatoes, and asparagus. I just want to be safe with the carbs. Be sure not to go over. And so far, I have been doing great.
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