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Apple recipe -- Shara, 20:59:52 09/19/02 Thu
I miss making apple pie this time of year, but the recipe that I made tonight turned out pretty good and I thought I would pass it on.
2 med tart apples, peeled, cored and cut in small pieces
1/2 c. pecans (could use walnuts)
3 tbs. Torani sugar free carmel syrup
3 tbs. butter
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/3 c. sharp cheddar cheese
I used a greased mini muffin pan for this. Mix the apple pieces and pecans and cinnamon together. Put syrup and butter in a small dish and heat in microwave until butter is melted. Pour over apple mixture and place evenly in muffin cups. Top with cheddar cheese and bake at 375 degrees for about 25 minutes or until cheese is bubbly.
This was a really great treat and I put the extra "tarts" in the fridge for breakfast. I loved it warm. It was a little sour so you could add a little extra sweetener if you like. I'm thinking I'll add apple pie spice next time.
By the way, the cookbook had 12000 page views last month! Thanks for all your great recipes!
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"TOM" -- kim, 16:06:25 09/19/02 Thu
I have a question for a friend of mine..i personally dont have her problem...she started atkins 3 weeks ago,and she's now 8 days "late"..her baby is only 6 months old,so she's praying it's just a result from the diet.Has anybody had this happen to them?She's always been very regular,so she's nervous.Thanks.
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After three days back on induction -- Sherry, 08:55:27 09/19/02 Thu
My scale is back down to 225, my fat calipers measure that I've lost 5.4% fat percentage since the beginning of the month (and the beginning of BFL).
And the best news to me was that I was able to sleep on my stomach last night and it wasn't uncomfortable! Hey wow! I haven't done that in years.
I guess I'm going to have to stay with Atkins low level carbs and BFL workouts. I really wasn't happy with BFL's eating plan, it was making me GAIN weight and water and what seemed to be fat. I guess it wasn't fat, but it felt like it.
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stuck on same weight -- madison, 07:52:57 09/19/02 Thu
Hi there I have been on LC for about 5 months ( and yes I have cheated and then again became full flegged LC) and when I did start I was around 185 and now I am down to 150 but then after that I am totally stuck at 150 I was just wondering is there any way for me to get my weight down?? please help
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Ceasar Salad -- Nick, 07:58:21 09/19/02 Thu
Hi my name is Nick and I was just wondering for this LC diet I thought ceasar salad was supposed to be good but then when I read up on a nutrition list I have at work it said 6oz of a ceasar salad was 20 carbs???? what is that and also my quetion is when we do calulate carbs do we or don't we ( as I am fighting with my girlfriend) subtract the protein or fibre to find the accurate carbs in an item please help we are very confused ( also is 12 chicken wings actually 1 carb )
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the next thing... -- Shara, 08:06:11 09/19/02 Thu
okey dokey, ready to go...you can now go over to the new forums to register whatever nickname you would like to use.
http://dietlowcarb.com/forums
As I said before, we are leaving this one up for a few months just to make sure everything is going smoothly.
Like this one you do not have to register a name, but it helps if you want email notifications of someone answering your post!
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Nother thing.... -- Shara, 20:18:38 09/18/02 Wed
We discovered that we are able to put a picture of our recipes on the cookbook page! The picture will show up in the lower corner of that recipes page. If you've submitted one and would like to see a picture included you can either email me a file (make sure it says "recipe photo" or some such thing in the subject so I don't delete it as spam), or you can send it to this address:
dietlowcarb.com
PO Box 5112
Glendale, CA 91221
Just put the name of the recipe (or recipe number from the website) with it and I'll be happy to post it.
I'm trying out dishes for the Holiday recipe guide and will try to include pictures of the dishes I make with it. If you are going to take a picture, try doing so on a white background (table cloth or counter), it helps for the website application.
We are plugging away at the new things we're adding. Honestly, who woulda thought this stuff could be so hard?? And I live with a programmer. Maybe it's like the old plumber theory. The plumbers house is always the last one to have the sink unstopped. I'm not gonna say it's ready or nearly done cause I've jinxed it the last two times doing that, but if you want a sneak peak at the forums....
http://dietlowcarb.com/forums
Moderators are still needed so if you are interested, email me!
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Ok guys -- Sherry, 07:34:56 09/17/02 Tue
I decided to "toughen up and just deal with it" yesterday and I got back on induction. Scale still reads an ugly number, but I think I'm retaining less water. Two more days of this and see if something doesn't start to look better.
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- You can do it!!!! Are you sticking with the BFL workouts? (NT) -- Joe, 08:05:11 09/17/02 Tue
- Good for you Sherry,that's the attitude! (NT) -- kim, 08:25:34 09/17/02 Tue
- p.s. i'm keeping my fingers crossed (NT) -- kim, 08:26:46 09/17/02 Tue
- Thanks Sherry,i think that may be the key...going back on induction..i've been on induction(very strictly) for these 3 months,i hope i can do it for another 3,but i've read it's not recommended after 6 months,so...i'll have to try and get more information on that,i dont want to hurt myself health wise...but right now i;m feeling great,and i consider myself very ,very lucky! (NT) -- kim, 14:17:06 09/17/02 Tue
- BDL and induction -- Mary, 00:11:48 09/18/02 Wed
Hi Sherry and All! -- Sarah, 18:19:20 09/18/02 Wed
I've been in Florida for the past 3 weeks visiting our DS.
It was hot!
I managed to maintain my weight. I ordered meat or fish with veggies or salad. I had drinks every day with diet mixers and cant believe this WOE. It is great!
Can't seem to figure out my way back to flocers. Not good with the "puter" stuff.
Sarah
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Hi Shara! Hi Sherry! -- DawnJ, 06:58:25 09/17/02 Tue
It's been a long time . . . this yellow board still looks like "home" to me. This was the first message board that I had found when I started LC & I have made some really good friends here. Things are going well, I have been LC for 3.5 years now! I always seem to have that last darn 10 or 15 pounds to go . . . always tweaking, always tweaking! LOL! Guess I'll always be a work in progress. How goes it with you guys? Who else is still around? Looks like lots of new folks working hard at it!
DawnJ
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Goldie Hawn and Susan Suranden (sp) -- April, 08:16:59 09/18/02 Wed
Did anyone catch these two on t.v. yesterday?? They were asked what was the secret to looking great in their 50s....Goldie's reply was watching the carbs!!! Now..That was soooo Great to hear her say! :c)
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Good morning -- Sherry, 07:29:56 09/18/02 Wed
Happy Wednesday! Well I think this month's challenge was well named. I feel like I'm getting tougher and tougher. How well I'm dealing with it is another issue, but you can't get much tougher at trying. After 2 days of induction and (probably) low calorie, and after 2 and a half weeks of working out nearly every day (but 3), I'm almost starting to find it funny.
All I can say is that whoosh fairy better come soon, she's almost got me convinced that she doesn't intend to come at all! She's probably going to let TOM come and go first, and then she'll show her sheepish head.
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New to this site -- Cheryl, 18:35:20 09/16/02 Mon
I just came across this site...I just started the Atkins program. Does anyone have any suggestions or tips on the program? Thanks
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monday -- cindy, 21:31:37 09/16/02 Mon
Hi! Its monday night and I've had a long day today. I feel a nasty cold comming on and I feel that I want to eat everything in site today. I had eggs this morning and for lunch it was stirfry. For dinner I had baked chicken and salad w/ranch dressing. During the day I wanted something sweet to eat so I had a chocolate bar. It wasnt too bad because it was a low carb bar made w/splenda. I just feel like I ate and ate and all the weight I lost so far will come rigt back on. I'm just looking for a little support. Thanks for listening. cindy
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Vitamins/Minerals/Supplements while on induction -- Sonya, 03:01:48 09/17/02 Tue
I had found a really good personal homepage that advised what supplements I should be taking during two week induction period, but cannot find again. Anyone have a list they could provide? It would be very helpful because i have forgotten which ones I took in the past while on the program.
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monday -- cindy, 21:29:59 09/16/02 Mon
Hi! Its monday night and I've had a long day today. I feel a nasty cold comming on and I feel that I want to eat everything in site today. I had eggs this morning and for lunch it was stirfry. For dinner I had baked chicken and salad w/ranch dressing. During the day I wanted something sweet to eat so I had a chocolate bar. It wasnt too bad because it was a low carb bar made w/splenda. I just feel like I ate and ate and all the weight I lost so far will come rigt back on. I'm just looking for a little support. Thanks for listening. cindy
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weigh and measure day...well,today was my second month at curves for women,which means my second weigh and measure day.For this month i lost a total of 19 lbs. and 12.75 inches,and lost 2.90% body fat.I'm just so happy with the reults i've been having so far.So...since i've started atkins and exercising 3 months ago...i've lost a total of 52 lbs,31.75 inches,and 5.30% body fat! it's just so amzing to me.I'm going to ride this high for as long as i possibly can...and pray it continues.Thanks everybody for all your support,and for answering all my questions when i needed the help. -- kim, 07:03:29 09/16/02 Mon
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Hey Shara -- Sherry, 08:39:29 09/16/02 Mon
I just spoke to Dawn J the other day. She says she still keeps in touch with Karen, and Sondra and Stephanie and Jackie O.
I told her to stop by here and say hi. I hope she does.
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Cabbage -- Shara, 07:04:05 09/16/02 Mon
This was a simple one. I watched Martha Stewart the other day and saw a recipe for red cabbage. They just took 6 cups of finely chopped red cabbage and put it in a pot that had heated 1 tbsp butter and 1 tbs oil then added 3 tbsp of maple syrup and a pinch of pepper. I used the sugar free maple divinci syrup instead and got a fantastic very low carb side dish. They didn't add any salt, but I admit that I did after tasting it. So salt to taste. This one is going in the holiday recipe guide.
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Sunday -- Sherry, 13:25:31 09/15/02 Sun
I'm not having a good day. Two weeks into BFL, my second free day for the program. No excercise today, eat whatever for the day.
I don't want to feel this way. I wish I could get this out of my head, but it seems like yesterday and today I have convinced myself that NOTHING is ever going to work to help me lose the rest of this fat. Low carb worked at first, sometimes still does, but it doesn't really work as well for me as it used to. I can't seem to stick to it perfectly anyway, and "generally" low carb doesn't work at all, not for me, not anymore. Low calorie doesn't seem to work, in fact that may be what is wrong, I'm just not eating enough calories. I have a hard time convincing myself of that and I may be wrong anyway so that one is a question mark in my mind. Working out, even as seriously as I have been doing the last two weeks, well that is another question mark. I thought it was working, but today and yesterday I have felt fatter than ever so I don't even know if the times before that I was just fooling myself or what. I'm feeling a little lost right now. discouraged and frustrated. I think my hormones are working against me.
I feel like if I were a guy, and doing all that I've done, and eaten the way I've eaten these last two weeks, I would have all sorts of progress to report right now. Men have it easier than women when it comes to losing weight. Not fair, but true.
I'm bummed out.
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- Sorry to hear that you are having a rough day :( -- Lynne, 15:18:05 09/15/02 Sun
- Oh, Sherry!! -- Julie Anne, 15:54:49 09/15/02 Sun
- Sherry, you are doing great and you are SOOOO far ahead of me. I don't have much to lose, but darn I'm a lazy thing! The whole exercise aspect passes me by. Or should I say, I pass IT by? Your workouts may not seem like they are benefitting you right now, but they definitely are and you have developed the discipline to workout on a consistent basis. My hat is off to you. Hang in there. (NT) -- jaytee, 17:09:34 09/15/02 Sun
- Sherry -- kim, 17:26:15 09/15/02 Sun
- Have faith..... -- Joe, 19:28:39 09/15/02 Sun
- im baaaaaaaaack -- Matt M, 01:24:21 09/16/02 Mon
Need your input again.... -- Shara, 01:11:30 09/16/02 Mon
As we finalize some of the changes on the new and improved website, we are going to a new message board system. The new forums can have many different kinds of topics and I was wondering what everyone is interested in. Since you are the ones who use them the most you should have a say so in what their topics should be. We will leave this site up for a few months while getting adjusted to the new boards. Some of the great features are registered nicks (optional), ranking of senior members, moderators (we need some), and you can edit any post that you've made to the boards after you've sent them! There is also a search feature and user preferences. I'll be posting a link to this site later this week. The login will be able to be used throughout the site and will remember you. (Comfort)
I hope everyone gets their week off to a great start!
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need help -- faye, 15:35:27 09/15/02 Sun
Hello,
My name is Faye I am 30yrs old and weigh 185 lbs I don't seem to be loosing weight or inches I need support.
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Anheuser rolls out low-carb beer http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_email.asp?/news/807474.asp -- kim, 17:12:18 09/15/02 Sun
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need help -- faye, 15:33:42 09/15/02 Sun
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atkins books -- kim, 10:30:38 09/15/02 Sun
I hade the dr atkins book,new diet revolution,i read it and then let a friend borrow it.Now that i'm well on my way to losing this weight,i thought i'ld like to reread the owl and maintenance sections of the book.(i'm still doing induction right now,3 months into it))i couldnt find it anywhere around here,so...i ordered it from amazon,waited 2 weeks and then got an email telling me they wouldnt be able to deliver until middle of oct.well, i wanted the book yesterday,so i cancelled and ordered a used book for $3 from barnes and noble,i received it yesterday(After just 10 days)Well,wouldn't you know it...(i go to flea markets and garage sales quite often)guess what i found today at a garage sale?yep,now i have 2 copies but ...i did also get dr. atkins age- defying diet book(both of them for $1)i havent had a chance to look at the age defying book,has anybody else read it?Is it more new,new ideas,???I plan on reading it as soon as i get a chance,just wondered if it has any new ideas in it?Hope everybodies having a great weekend,it's pouring out here in NY today. KIM
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Need Support! -- Bobbi Broeniman, 05:05:13 09/14/02 Sat
I really need some support for this way of life. I have been "thinking" about starting the low-carb WOL, then I do it, but half-heartedly, quit, feel sorry for myself for failing and start all over again. I've reached a really low point in my life....I think about my size all the time, (5'2--175lbs, the heaviest I've EVER been, even when I was pregnant!) But last night was really rough. We went out for dinner, had a chopped sirloin w/mushroom gravy, two 1" high slices of buttered french bread, handful of fries and 2 beers...sounds gross, doesn't it? Anyway, I had the most awful full feeling, heart started beating fast, pulse went up and I truly felt bloated...so uncomfortable...seems like I had WAY too many carbs...I'd like to do the low carb diet, but have heard so many negs regarding it, I'm scared to start it. Sorry this is so long, but I guess I just needed to say all this and ask for some direction and/or support.
Bobbi
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Saturday ! -- Sherry, 14:18:27 09/14/02 Sat
Whew no more excercise this week. I finished my aerobics, all 20 minutes of it. It wasn't fun but then I guess I didn't expect it to be.
So I worked out 8 times last week and 5 times this week. I don't know if what I'm doing has any value or not. I SURE do hope so. My scale is up rather than down, I can't seem to keep eating low carb foods. I start the day right, but by the end of the day I'm eating things I shouldn't.
Working out like a nutcase. Fat calipers seem to show a loss, but also seem somewhat inconsistent, sometimes measure high other times low. I may still not know what I'm doing with them.
So is it working? I just DON'T know. Anyway I will stick with it through the month, then through the whole 12 weeks. If I can keep from killing myself in that time I will know if it has done any good. If not? Then what? Dunno. I'm about out of tricks. This body may just want to stay fat no matter what I do and if that is the case, well gee, who am I to argue with me?
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Today -- Cindy, 22:07:21 09/14/02 Sat
Today I went on a three mile walk. It went well. I have to get all the walking in now before the snow hits. After the snow hits I'll be living at the gym as much as possible. I know it may be weird me talking about snow already but I live in Alaska. Fall has been here for about a month now. I'm doing great on the diet. I have been on Atkins for five days now and I can finally see the keytones changing! I hope everyone has a good weekend! Thanks for being here for support!!Cindy
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Wednesday -- Sherry, 19:19:13 09/11/02 Wed
Hi all, I did my uppper body workout this morning. It was more difficult than my lower body workout was yesterday. I'm going to have to tweak that one so that it really feels like a more solid workout.
Today's session just takes too long. He says it is supposed to take 46 minutes. I don't see how that is. When I do the excercises as fast as I can, without the one minute rest between I still can't get through in 46 minutes. He has you do 12 reps of one weight, wait a minute, do 10 reps of a higher weight, wait another minute, 8 reps, 1 min, 6 reps, 1 min, 12 reps, no wait, 12 reps, and then wait 2 minutes. And he has you repeat that pattern on 5 different excercises.
Well I can't figure it out, but I can't do that many that fast, and I wind up running out of time before I have to go to work. Last ubwo, I skipped biceps, planning to do them later. Didn't get to it. Today I skipped the chest part of the workout planning to do it tonight. (Hope I won't skip it).
It is fun though. I went to work today feeling the muscles in my triceps sort of aching, not hurting in a bad way, more in a good way like I had just woken them up after a long sleep. The backs of my legs from yesterday too had that same feeling. It feels good. I LOVE the way my body feels when I am growing stronger. It is just a fantastic wonderful thing.
It probably sounds crazy, but I find myself wanting to flex those muscles, just to feel them stretch. It reminds me of when I was young and trying out belly dance excercises for the first time. My back felt so limber I remember being in a store and having to restrain myself from doing some of the movements (people look at you funny). They felt so good, I just wanted to feel that stretchy movement again.
When I see little kids, (particularly little boys) and how they just can't seem to stay still, they are bouncing off the walls, and climbing on things and moving their muscles around in all sorts of ways, it makes me think that we as adults have given up a big part of what is natural to us. Movement and using the muscles in our bodies is very natural, and I think the act of growing up and having our mothers and fathers tell us to "be still", makes me think that we had to LEARN to not move so much. That the reason we did it was to accomodate adults who couldn't handle watching us have so much fun (and maybe break things in stores etc).
But the price we pay for not enjoying our body's range of motion is stiff necks, sore backs, stress headaches etc.
I suggest everyone find some way to celebrate the motion of their own body. It is a joyful thing to move and be flexible and limber. Enjoy it.
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The Atkins Diet -- Cindy, 16:31:07 09/13/02 Fri
I need a little good advise. I just started the diet this week. I've been doing great sticking to the 20 carb limit. I see that people are talking about hidden carbs. Whats that about?
Are low carb bars allowed in the induction part of the diet?
I've been walking about three miles 3-5 times a week. Is that enough?
I also have the ketostix to check the urine...i've been on this for 5 days now and the color only changed between a trace and a small amount of keytones...does this sound right?
Answers to these and any good advice for loosing weight would be appreiciated. I have a long road to travel.
Thanks,
Cindy
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Hi everyone it's Friday -- Sherry, 08:36:45 09/13/02 Fri
Well we are two weeks into the month. How is everyone doing?
I feel fatter today than usual, couldn't say why, I just do.
It is really funny how all this stuff is so subjective. Last night I felt thinner than usual this morning fatter. How does THAT work? I mean if anything I've had less food, more time to use up some fat.
I'm glad today is Friday, I've got one more weight session for the week, and one more aerobics session. Then Sunday and a day off. My muscles have been sore this week, I guess I must have gotten a better workout than normal, and forgot to take my glutamine.
Somedays you just get TIRED of trying so hard don't you? I do. Feels like a constant uphill battle that never gets any easier, but has to constantly be fought. I guess I still want to see that scale move. I know it isn't going to for awhile, if I'm busy building muscle I will more likely gain than lose weight, but I'd still love to see something change on that silly dial. It will, I have to have faith that it will. But in the mean time I am still here, still trying, still doing all in my power to make myself thinner. What more can I do?
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- I am doing good, my goal for the month was to stick to my CKD plan, so far i have only missed one day lifting due to illness (NT) -- Joe, 11:36:37 09/13/02 Fri
- I'm doing good Sherry thanks for asking,i'm finally starting to see a loss again.I just find it very odd how this works for me,i lose anywhere from 3 to 8 lbs. one week,then nothing for a 2 week stretch then i lose again for a week,then nothing for a couple weeks now i've lost 4 lbs in last three days.I'm certainly not complaining just think it;s kind of odd.I hope everybody else is doing well,and have a great weekend! (NT) -- kim, 17:15:15 09/13/02 Fri
- Hey Sherry! I am doing ok so far, trying not to get discouraged with the scale. I too have days when I feel 'thinner or fatter' Scale doesn't always agree. Did you ever put on your 'blades? (NT) -- Lynne, 19:53:09 09/13/02 Fri
Calling for Kristi... -- Kel, 05:38:02 09/13/02 Fri
Hey Kristi, are you still out there? I hope you are doing okay on your plan if you started it. I haven't seen you post lately, and so I was thinking about you. Have you started your plan yet? Which plan was it that you liked? Let me know how you are doing ok?
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this is extremely frustrating -- liz, 17:12:34 08/28/02 Wed
ok i have been on the lc diet for 2mths and for the past month i haven't lost any weight, what can be the problem, i did lose 30 lbs in my first months, so could it be that my body went into shock, and if so is there anything i can do so i can loose maybe just a pound, i finally get to see my bf again in october, and he hasn't seen me because he has been at school, i really want to suprise him, so if anyone can please help!!! my goal is to be a size 12 or size 10 either or is fine, i just want to feel good, and i want to suprise him!!! i really need encouragement so someone please help!!
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New guy with questions -- Ed, 23:30:22 08/30/02 Fri
I did the Atkins plan about 3 years ago and lost app 40 pounds. It was very difficult as I have a terrible IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) problem, and am suppose to be on a high fiber low fat diet. At any rate, I dealt with it to get the weight off........my stomach "problems" were terrible.
I have put about 20 pounds back on and went back on Atkins about 2 weeks ago. So far Ive lost about 9 pounds.
I am taking sugar free Metamucil for my IBS problem, and it contains about 5 g carb per dose. Am I correct that sugar-free fiber doesnt count in my carb-count? Also, whats up with the Atkins Low Carb bars? I ate some a few days ago and it stalled the heck out of me! I thought it was great that there was now something there for my occasional sweet-tooth........and the label says its good for stages 1-4.......but I am hearing other people say these things arent really what they claim?
Im new here and will definately be checking back in.
I work a VERY hectic schedule and "preparing" low carb dishes..well, I just dont have time. Any tips for fast munchables that will break up the "meat and egg" routine would be very helpful!
And, yes, I have read Atkins first and now his latest book.
Thanks in advance!
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not lossing very fast -- Bambi, 09:10:29 09/02/02 Mon
Hi everyone. I have been on induction for three weeks and have only lost 8 pounds. I need to loss 50. I work out 2 to 3 times a week for 45 min. doing step class. I plan to stay in induction for awhile. Does anyone know where to find ham without detxrose I love to munch on ham rolls during the day.(ham with cream cheese inside)Is this ham really hurting me? I also have 1 to 2 carbo lite bars a week a litle at a time for my sweat tooth. I quiet taking by BC two weeks ago hasn't seemed to help yet. One more thing I also take Metabolife twice a day is that slowing my wieght loss? Are pork rinds ok on induction?
I have read alot of post here everyone seems very nice and helpful. I have gotten through many though days by reading post! If anyone can help with my question I can;t wait to hear from you. Have a great day.
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Feeling Frustrated -- Bonnie, 08:53:53 09/03/02 Tue
I'm feeling a little frustrated right now. I've been on Atkins for two weeks and lost 10 pounds - easiest weight I ever lost! Now into my third week, I haven't added anything to my diet that I wasn't eating before but it looks like I've regained a few pounds. Could this be because it's TOM? A well meaning "friend" told me that was a falsehood and that she "hated to burst my bubble but.." (with friends like that who needs enemies??
Has anyone else experienced a slight weight gain during the TOM?
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Whats up with this? -- Kel, 08:22:29 08/25/02 Sun
Sheesh -- the past 2 days have been hell trying to stay on my plan. I'm hungry ALL the time, even when I can tell I'm full; I still have that hungry feeling.
I hate having ravenous hunger. Every minute of every day has been a battle trying not to eat more than I'm supposed to. It's like it's non-stop nagging at me to cheat.
I have this overwhelming need to have sugar or chocolate or both. So this morning I'm thinking okay I'll go get a carbolite (which I don't allow myself to have very often), but even that doesn't sound good. What I really want are chocolate turtles or something. What's up with this? The first couple of days I assumed it was just TOM cravings, but even they don't last more than 2 days usually. I'm now on my 3rd day of wanting to eat the paint off the walls! If this lasts much longer, I'm going to blow my plan I just know it. I can't keep up resisting these strong cravings forever. I don't want to blow my plan; I want to make my August goal and I'm so close. If I blow things this late in the month, I won't make it. Arrrrrrgh!
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Why are the doctors so hard headed? -- Tracy, 08:05:43 08/07/02 Wed
My husband is a type 2 diabetic. Last summer he did low carb for 1 month and lost 30 lbs. He kinda got off we went on vacation and never really got back on. So, he kept the 30 off for about 6-9 months. He regained most of it, eating whatever and how much ever. He goes to doctor and doctor puts him on 2000 calorie diet. My husband does it for a couple of days and is starving at night, depressed and very moody. And no weight loss to be seen. My husband puts himself back on low carb and is doing great again. The only reason he even tried the calorie thing was because the doctor told him to. Anyway, since he's been back on low carb for about 3 days, his blood sugar has gone down to normal ranges and he's able to eat what he's supposed to and he's not hungry all the time. Sooooooo.....The doctor said previously not to do low carb, but they just don't seem to understand how it works for us. Is it that there's a medical reason? His kidneys are ok, so I just don't see why they are so not for low carb. Thanks for listening. Anyone have any comments?
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- Idea? Find one of the books that explains the physiology(sp?) of low carb, and bring that to the doctor, along with his success! (NT) -- Lynne, 08:52:53 08/07/02 Wed
- Many doctors of diabetics ARE recommending low carb. There is a forward in the beginning of the Suzanne Somers diet book that was written by either a doctor or a nutritionist (I can't remember which), and she talked about the diet they were always putting diabetics on and how it didn't work. How it would make their condition worse, and when that happened, the patient would come back in worse shape and the doctors would essentially call the patient a liar for saying they stuck to plan. I guess this happened enough times that she saw the light and started recommending low carb. (NT) -- Sherry, 09:06:52 08/07/02 Wed
- I used to wonder that myself, but then a couple of doctor friends told me that they spent so little time learning about nutrition they just follow the national standards. The way it was explained was that unless their career was going to be with dieting (few go this way) and nutrition they probably don't know any better than anyone else what works. I would try to find a doctor that agrees with the plan, if he feels better on it, then that should be telling him something. I'm glad his blood sugar is going down. I know when mine is up I feel awful and can be a real crab. (NT) -- Shara, 12:19:51 08/07/02 Wed
- I think Shara's right. I read somewhere that Doctors are NOT responsible for your health only for your sickness. They don't have the time to keep up on all the latest treatments, they sure don't have the time to worry about prevention. (NT) -- Sherry, 19:16:32 08/07/02 Wed
- There are several LC books for diabetics. One of them was written by a man with DM1 who was an engineer and went back to school to become a doctor to learn how to get his condition under control. I can't remember the name of it or him off the top of my head. I'll try to find it and post it here. Anyway, the low-cal/low-fat dogma has been preached so long and so loud now that many doctors are just accepting it as the be all and end all without any further research of their own. Ultimately your husband is responsible for his own health and needs to do what makes him feel the best. (NT) -- Katie, 07:18:52 08/08/02 Thu
- Stop the Yo-Yoing -- Linda, 11:54:16 09/12/02 Thu
- Believe it or not -- Cyndie, 12:30:04 09/12/02 Thu
l-glutimine? -- kim, 08:53:48 09/03/02 Tue
does anybody know exactly what l-glutimine does? i've read where quite a few people are taking it,but i'm not quite sure what it does. I know it has something to do with the muscles,but what?i'm not quite sure.I went on the web to look it up,but really didnt find out much other than its an ammino acid in the muscle.thanks!
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My aerobics are getting easier -- Sherry, 08:57:31 09/12/02 Thu
I'm not sure why, maybe just from doing it more often, my heart and lungs are getting stronger, maybe my arteries are getting bigger and have more room to pump the blood.
Who knows? I don't. I'm just glad that 20 minutes no longer seems like "forever" to me. Today I went up and down the stairs carrying dumbbells and mixed in a little of the healthrider in between.
Took my fat caliper measures again looks like I'm down from 36.9 % when I first started this to 32.8%. Seems like a lot in less than two weeks. Scale is being bad, measures me UP by 7 or so pounds from when I started, but I'd rather trust the fat calipers right now. Those additional pounds might be muscle grown or water held onto because of these changes.
I haven't been very good at low carbing. I'm trying to stick to mostly healthy foods, but I have had more carbs than normal.
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Wow Shara! -- Lynne, 05:12:49 09/12/02 Thu
I like the new look of the home page. It 'pops.'
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Me again -- Katie, 08:27:25 09/09/02 Mon
Well, I'm still here (in case anyone was wondering). I've been fighting a really bad chest cold, and I don't have any energy because of it.
I haven't been eating enough because of being sick, and what I have been eating has been a little higher in carbs. As soon as I recover the rest of the way, I'll buckle down a little harder again. I crave fruit when I'm sick, and there haven't been any good berries at the store, so I've been eating cantelope (at least it wasn't bananas!).
I hit my all-time low again on Saturday (232), but it's gone again now. I know that infections really do a number on your weight, so I'm weighing just to make sure that I'm not doing any damage, but I don't really care too much about seeing lower numbers right now.
Because I re-inducted a couple of weeks ago, it's normal for me to be in the post-induction stall anyway. So I'm telling myself that that's why I'm still this weight (instead of blaming the cantelope).
My SO insisted on buying a jar of peanut butter last week, and I'm sure that isn't helping either. It's not as bad as bags of Oreos, but it sure isn't something that I can stay away from. Last night I gave him the jar and told him to keep it away from me.
An hour later, the baby walked up to me with the jar and a spoon (he loves peanut butter and doesn't like bread so he eats it the same way I do), and I ended up eating more peanut butter with him. I thought it was really cute when the baby learned where the silverware was, and got tall enough to get stuff off the counter, but right now I'm not so sure that's a good thing.
Have a great LC day, everyone!
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Workout -- Sherry, 09:36:46 09/10/02 Tue
Hi. I just finished my first workout for the second week. Lower body today. I took two days off on the advice of a lady on another board, so today I'm back into it.
Somehow it just didn't feel like enough. Sure it was difficult, but there is something about it I don't like, and I can't put my finger on it. I think it is that some of the excercises I'm doing that I feel like are helping me the most, are the ones that I only do one set of. The way he has the routine set up, you have to be increasing and decreasing the weights all the time, so I try to make those be the ones that it is easy for me to do that with, either use my machine or my weight bench where I can just grab another weight fairly fast. The ones I do with dumbbels, I have to limit a little because I don't have that many different weight dumbbells. Maybe that is the problem.
Anyway I'm going to stick with it through the 12 weeks and see what progress I make. My weight is up. That is something that is disturbing me a lot. Some other girls doing the program say that happens at first when you are busy building muscle, that it drops later when the muscle is made and it starts burning the fat. So I sure hope they are right. I'm not working this hard to GAIN weight! Lol.
Anyway still hanging in there how about the rest of you?
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Life Changes -- Thea, 07:54:15 09/11/02 Wed
We are moving from a house in suburbia to an apartment in town - with sidewalks (yay). Youngest child is getting his own place (yay) Our new apartment is on the second level, I would have never thought I would like to have to climb stairs all the time.. but with 45 lbs gone it doesn't seem so bad.. the view is wonderful. This is a total life change for me and my DH. No kids, no messes, no pets. I am even going to use the GOOD china for daily use.. why leave it the hutch??? the kids aren't going to break it. This place has white carpeting.. Imagine that!!
I can hardly wait to get moved..
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Palpitations and nervousness -- Judy, 22:46:56 09/10/02 Tue
Just started low carb day 2 and I am hyper,have palpitations and very nervous!! I am on supplements and taking calcium/magnesium and potassium--I only have 4 lbs.. to lose!!I am basically low carb for health reasons---Need advice
Thanks
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Week 1 CKD results... -- Joe, 09:18:33 09/09/02 Mon
Well I finished my first full week on the CKD plan
The hardest thing for me was meeting my daily dietary goals. It was very hard for me to get all my calories in. My ratio of fat:protein:carbs was always good, i just wanst eating enough.
Friday was my carb up day. I ate alot of carbs but at the end of the day i was still well short of my 650gram goal, i ended up eating 2 cups of mashed sweet potatoes with 1 cup of brown sugar, i was very ill when i finished.
Well now for the results
Last monday (sept 2nd) weighed in at 264
Today (sept 9th) weighed in at 261
also lost 1 inch from belly and 3/4 inch from waist.
I checked this morning and i am back into Ketosis so this week should have good results as long as i get over this sore throat and can start eating what i need to.
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those sneaky carbs! -- Lynne, 10:25:08 09/10/02 Tue
I spent one day last week writing down everything I put in my mouth. It was suprising. I would have guessed I had 15 carbs for the day, but when I went back and checked, it was like 27. Not bad, but much higher than I thought it would be. Spent the weekend fighting a migrane. First I have had in about 3 months. Good for me. I usually get them every 3 to 6 weeks. Tried a new prescription, but it didn't work. Didn't eat nearly enough, and ate poorly, migraines make me crave greasy carbs. Didn't do too much damage. Back at it this week. Went to a breakfast this A.M. at a friends. Passed on the bagels and coffee cake, settled for a cup of coffee with some half and half. Was proud of myself. Enough rambling. Have a great day.
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anyone else on metformin -- maeryon, 07:22:32 09/10/02 Tue
Hi all, just started the Adkins again, and was wondering if anyone else reading is doing the diet while on prescription glucophage (generic=metformin) It is for insulin resistance. If so, how has it effected your diet? I'm on day four, and so far I am naseaus as all get out, and having crampy diah. every day...I have been on metformin for three weeks. Thank you
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Starting this Saturday at a home near you..... -- kristi, 16:16:32 09/06/02 Fri
well, tomorrow(sat) i will start. tonight i am going to do some more research into everything. today i went to wendy's, ate myself sick, and thought, that's the last damn time i shovel french fries into my mouth like i hate myself. i'm worth far too much to die of a heart attack or diabetes. i'm the kind who mopes around depressed and then wonders why i can't lose weight as i eat a snickers. i know everyone can relate to this, and i'm so glad that i found this site. thank-you all for such encouragement. tonight i'll clean the cabinets and in the morning after my eggs i'll go to the store to buy new, healthy food. i know i'll get tired of eggs for breakfast, but i want to keep it simple, a phrase i've heard on several low carb sites. i'm not gonna even think about making mock pancakes or whatever, just starting out. boy i sure talk big, but in a few days i'll be wimpering, hallucinating about french bread....
i have to do this. have a good weekend everyone. i'll recap my first day on sunday, to let everyone know if i've made it past the first day alive.
kristiw
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Just when I thought I was back on track! -- Chati, 21:54:06 09/09/02 Mon
Oh well, just when I was getting into my work out routine again, I go and pull a muscle in my side thursday while I was working out. I spent 5 hrs. in the ER sat. night and during this time I had 3 shots of Morphine and I was still hurting. I swear it was like someone was bending me over backwards. I am out of work for the next few days (I went in this morning and my boss made me turn right around and go home. Thank goodness). I am trying to eat right though but with the strong pain pills I am on I have to eat before I take them or else I get sick. I guess I will have to work out extra hard when I heal up. I had just started a 30 day challenge at my fitness center too. Guess I won't make this one. :-( I have never had a torn or pulled muscle before and let me tell you I have all the sympathy in the world now for all of you who have. Hurts like heck!!!! Hope everyone had a good weekend.
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I just can't believe this! -- Sherry, 12:43:43 09/08/02 Sun
I'm so amazed. Shocked really. About 12 or 13 years ago I used to work out about 3 days a week. At that time I lost weight from about 230 down to 176. I didn't diet at the time, just worked out.
Well about 11 years ago, weighing about 176 or maybe a little more, I got married at the courthouse. Today I was looking for something to wear, and I decided to try on the skirt I wore that day. To my amazement it fit, so I put on the white lacy sweater that I wore with it. They BOTH fit and looked as good on me (except for the age of the garments) as they did that day 11 years ago.
I can't believe I can fit back into my wedding clothes!
HOW in the world can this happen? I don't weigh 176 now, I weigh like 223 to 229 (depending on the day). How is it possible to wear clothes I wore when I weighed so much less?
Have I managed to build THAT much muscle?
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4 days into LC diet and diarrhea -- Amazzi, 12:57:40 09/09/02 Mon
Hi, i am wondering why ihave diarrhea??? isnt consipation more common when you start LC diet? On day one, we ate according to atkins induction stage, then on day two, i had horrible diarrhea all day long, i must have gone like 15-20 times. Ive never had it that bad in my life. Then the third day i cut out all dairy products, and in the morning i still had some diarrhea, but then had no bowel movements after that. Then i was thinking that maybe i was illergic to olive oil because on day one, i had olive oil in my dressing, and had sauteed spinach in olive oil for supper, and after supper the taste of olive oil was not feeling too good in my tummy. Ever since day two, i have been having the really painful sharp pains in the top of my stomach which dont seem to be the diarhea cramps cause they are lower. The pain lasts only like 5 seconds but happens every hour or so. Those pains were almost overwith along with the diarrhea, until today (day four). Oh ya, and last night before supper, (i had only eaten a couple hours before this) i felt very week and tired and just really weak. Then i felt better after i ate supper. So today i woke up feeling pretty good, then i ate my 3 egg, mushroom, chive, ham, and green pepper and 2 oz of cheesse for breakfast and within half an hour i had diarrhea again.. and again half an hour after that, and those really painful sharp pains in the top middle of my stomach are back too. HELLLLLP!!!! Any ideas on whats up with me???? I dont know if i can continue on low carb if i keep feeling this way.. like crap!! Thanks for your response!!
April
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low carb and sperm count??? -- Amazzi, 08:56:06 09/09/02 Mon
Hi, my hubby and I just started a low carb diet 4 days ago, so far we feel pretty good. We decided we needed a lifestyle change in the way we eat, and this is how we are doing it!! The thing i am wondering is how does a low carb diet affect sperm count, trying to concieve and pregnancy??? I havent been able to find out much info on these although i have searched around the internet. I heard that a low carb diet can make sperm count low. This is the last thing we want to do considering it took 2 years to concieve our daughter, and we have been trying for a year now to concieve our second. Any info would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks in advance,
April
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Sunday. My first "free day" -- Sherry, 08:07:12 09/08/02 Sun
No excercise today except for recreational excercise. I'm going to go outside and try out my new rollerblades that I bought. I know, I'm crazy to try this at my age, but you know what? I'm not ready to get old yet, and the surest way to assure that you don't is to keep on playing.
My kids thought I was a little nuts to be buying them, I'm curious to know what they will think when they see me using them. My little boy already told me that I can borrow his helmet.
Free day. I can eat anything I want today and I don't have to work out. One of the girls on the other board told me I should take two days off because I have already done 8 days of excercise in a row. She thinks I might not be getting sufficient recovery time because of this. Well I can see her point and she's done this longer than me, but I AM just starting out, and I'm thinking I may not need that yet.
Plus I really don't want to slow down my momentum or get out of the habits I am trying to build. Scale was up today even more than yesterday. So she may be right. Trying to decide.
Anyway Happy Sunday everyone. How is everyone doing on our challenge? I feel tougher, I don't know about you all.
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Does anybody here take CLA?(conjugated lineleic acid)i've been reading alot about it,and quite a few people are taking it and say it is helping with their weight loss???? -- kim, 19:38:25 09/06/02 Fri
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Some newbie questions -- Newbie, 18:12:27 09/07/02 Sat
Hi all,
I'm extremely new to this, and I have a couple of questions. I'm trying to keep my carb intake under 20 grams a day...I'm a little confused though. If I were to eat only meat and eggs say, and then had a bananna(or whatever fruit thats under 20 carbs), would that be counterproductive? Is the limit 20 carbs of any type of food, or should you only stick with atkins allowed foods? Stupid question, I know.
Also, can anyone recommend a good desert that doesn't require an oven?
One more....My work makes it difficult for me to have a sit down meal, or even eat anything decent...will protein shakes with a fat additive(olive oil, etc) be sufficient?
Thanks a lot
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Sunday.... -- kristi, 10:19:05 09/08/02 Sun
well, i've made it through my first day, and doggone it if i haven't gone down a pound and a half. i know it's water, but hey, i need the encouragement! last night i ate boiled shrimp with my boyfriend, and though it was missing beer, it was still good. this morning we had bacon and eggs, and i had coffee with some creme. i had lots of energy when i got up today around 10, but now i'm winding down. still feel better than i usually do. i think i slept too long anyway. i usually get up around 6:30 or 7:00, so 10 was a luxury. i feel like someone beat me up today, definately a sign that i slept too long.
on one of the sites i have looked at, someone gave a recipe for a pumpkin creme dessert, and i made it yesterday despite the fact that i had said earlier that i needed to "kiss", and it was quite yummy. even my boyfriend liked it, and it has some fiber that we all need :). this might not be too difficult after all, especially that i have found this site.
just a little info about myself, i just moved to louisiana from kentucky, but i was raised in mississippi. went to college in ky, just graduated. have recently decided to move back up north next year to go on to grad school at ohio state. it's too dang hot down here! i work for a cell phone company, so my contribution to this site would be to gladly help anyone who has any questions about cell phones! assuredly, this is not what i want to do with the rest of my life, but it's okay right now.
hope to learn more about you guys and hope everyone has a great cheat-free weekend.
:) kristiw
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Day 7 -- Sherry, 08:21:29 09/06/02 Fri
Hi all today will be ther 7th day in a row that I've worked out. Will be after I do it that is...
This is an amazing program. It really pushes me to keep on trying. My carb level has been rising though and I need to keep close tabs on that. It always worries me a little. I've been trying to eat healthy, but healthy doesn't always mean low carb. I've been eating a bit more grain products than usual.
What is really neat is that I am getting to the point where I can feel my bones just under the skin at several points on my body. (Arms, face, breastbone, more recently lower back). I've still got plenty of fat to get rid of, but it is really fascinating to see it leaving completely in certain areas. (Now if I could just dumb this big tummy).
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- That was supposed to be "dump" (NT) -- Sherry, 08:23:21 09/06/02 Fri
- I feel the BFL program can support higher carb levels, just make sure they are low GI carbs (NT) -- Joe, 09:28:00 09/06/02 Fri
- Diet plan -- Toire, 11:15:00 09/06/02 Fri
- Sherry,you are doing great.but, it does sound pretty intense. (NT) -- kim, 17:09:45 09/06/02 Fri
- sherry,that makes perfect sense.And i'm so happy for you and that you are seeing results.Trying new things is always a little scary,not to mention the commitment involved. (NT) -- kim, 19:28:25 09/06/02 Fri
- I wonder if working out srenuously is the way to go with this diet -- Alex de Jong, 23:26:52 09/07/02 Sat
- Sherry, sounds interesting! -- Alex de Jong, 17:18:43 09/08/02 Sun
Good Saturday morning -- Sherry, 10:04:57 09/07/02 Sat
Hi everybody. Today is weigh in... Do I want to check? No not really, I'm going to give it a little while first. My carbs have been a little higher than normal, my excercise level has been way higher than normal, and I'm pretty sure the scale will read that I am UP today. Excericse makes your muscles hang on to extra water so I'm not going to worry too much about what the scale says.
On the other hand, I bought some body fat calipers at the beginning of the week. Took my "fat percentages" then, and then today, just for fun I took them again. I really didn't expect to see any changes, and I'm not sure yet if I can trust the changes I did see. But what I'm reading is like a 2% change in body fat since I took them earlier this week.
I really have a hard time believing that. And it may just have to do with my inexperience with using this new tool to measure with, but it makes me happy just the same.
IS it possible to lose 2% of your body fat in a week's time? Even with this much excercise? I don't know. The book says that people have lost as much as 10% over the length of the program, but that is 12 weeks, this is only a week. Could it be that like Atkins when you first start, most of your big gains are at the beginning?
Anyway I feel thinner. If it is just an illusion, I will take it anyway.
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wow!!! -- lizzy, 13:42:30 09/06/02 Fri
i can fit in a size 12!!!!! finally its been forever since i have been able to do that, but now why am i not losing the pounds??? i've gone down 2 sizes and maintained the same weight??
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Banquet Torture -- Bonnie, 16:53:19 09/07/02 Sat
Well I survived a torture session last night and am still giving myself a few pats on the back :)
Appetizers - meatballs, mini quiche and a cheese tray-please pass the cheese!
Dinner - Pasta (my fav!), Salad (Yippee!!), Baked Potato (oh no!), Chicken Breast (Thank goodness - something I can eat!), Stuffing (oh Lord how many carbs can you put in one meal?!) and green beans.
I smiled through it all and just passed it on except the salad which I helped myself to first. Then the real torture begins and the cookies for dessert were placed right in front of me.
Luckily all my co-workers are aware of my new life and were very supportive!
When the raffle came up and they brought up the $100 gift cert for the bakery, I prayed out loud that I could not be so unlucky as to win that!! I didn't win and managed to surve a 4 hour dance with temptation!
Thanks for letting me vent :)
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top 10 posts that will provoke a negative response from the low carb diet support group! -- kim, 18:10:28 09/06/02 Fri
i found this low carb joke...i hope nobody gets offended by it..i thought it was so funny...i laughed so hard i cried!actually some of these posts really do sound like some of my posts when i first started lc,lol,,i hope you all think its as funny as i did!
"top10 posts that will provoke a negative response from the low carb diet support group"
#10-i only lost 10 lbs. in the first 2 weeks& nothing for the past 2 hrs..i only have 20 lbs to lose...but this diet just doesn't seem to be working for me.(slap)
#9-i am trying to stick to this diet but every day i get these cravings so..i eat a box of powdered sugar.It makes the cravings go away for a few hrs,but for some reason i'm not losing any weight.(slap)
#8-i really don't understand low carb diets-can someone explain it to me? please email me as i dont read this group regularly because i am so busy& my time is more important than yours-and please hurry-i want to start tomorrow(slap & kick in the butt)
#7-i started low carb 3 weeks ago-i feel great,but have noticed some side effects-mr.happy shriveled up and fell off.Any one else have this problem?(slap & kick in the butt)
#6-i have no kidneys,will an all protein diet work for me?(slap,kick in the butt & poke in the eye)
#5-i have no brain,will an all protein diet work for me?(slap,kick in the butt & poke in the eye)
#4-hi,i'm new here.I have heard that low-carb diets cause sucking gunshot wounds to the chest,can you please prove that it doesn't?(crossposted to ,talk gun)(slap,kick in the butt & poke in the eye)
#3-i am thinking of going off low carb& eating boxes of jello all day,along with frozen pancakes covered in brown sugar.Do you think this is a good idea?Please respond only if you think this is a good idea.(slap,kick in the butt poke in the eye & an atomic wedgie)
#2-i've been on this diet 6 weeks & consider myself an expert however i have one question....can you tell me how many carbs are in lard?(slap.kick in the butt,poke in the eye & an atomic wedgie)
and the #1 post that will provoke a negative response.....
#1- i just ate a cinnamon bun,"accidently" Is this bad? Am i going to gain back all the weight i've lost???(slap,kick inth butt,poke in the eye,atomic wedgie & a stick up the ......never mind
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trouble getting onto flocers site. -- kim, 04:24:37 09/06/02 Fri
Is anyone having trouble getting onto the flocers site?I've tried all night last night and again this morning,it keeps making me sign in and then says...web site not responding.Normally you can click on database right on the home page,but the home page is looking a little different,and i can't click on anything other than to login-which then says website not responding.Sherry do you possibly know how i can fix this problem?thanks
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- when i go to the website it says welcome guest...where as before it said my name...but when i try to log in,it says error,website not responding,when i try to register again,says id already taken by existing member? (NT) -- kim, 04:55:34 09/06/02 Fri
- thanks anyway,i figure it out,there was 2 buttons on the sign in screen,secure or standard. i clicked secure and i was able to get back in????? (NT) -- kim, 05:32:45 09/06/02 Fri
- Kim I'm glad you figured it out. It does funny things like that sometimes. (NT) -- Sherry, 08:14:38 09/06/02 Fri
Newbie says hello! -- kristi, 17:49:01 09/05/02 Thu
i've been looking at your message board for a few days now and have finally decided to post. right now i am miserable, eating hamburger helper, wondering if there is an end to this carb addiction. i feel like i've tried it all, and i know how good healthy fats and proteins are for you, but it's hard to committ. i've tried low carb before, but i always chickened out when a beer or freshly baked bread beckoned, but not anymore! I am pooped day in and day out, i'm 22 years old but feel tired! i'm convinced its the carbs. i used to work at a health food store in college, and i have tried many products geared to the low carb lifestyle, but never really stuck on the plan. Now i'm out of school, have a "real" job, and need to focus on losing the 25lbs i've gained in the last year.
i know i'm blabbing, but i really need someone else to talk to about this. i want to start tomorrow or saturday. wish me luck......
kristiw
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tough times -- Dana, 07:27:21 09/06/02 Fri
Hey all, been having a tough time at it, was gonna try a moderate carb diet, but after cheating so badly on my vacation I can't seem to stay away from them. I had pasta yesterday... twice. I start full time french coarses on Monday, perhaps doing something during the day will help me.... being home all day adds to temptation. Anyway, I think going back on induction is the only thing to do to get rid of these cravings. I'm in a bit of a pregnancy scare right now (it would still be a happy occasion) and I won't know for two weeks.... is it safe to go on induction till I find out for sure?? Dana
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Thank you for thinking of me -- Shara, 18:10:19 09/05/02 Thu
I had something called a jawbone cavitation. It was really a surprise to me but I found some very interesting research on the subject that I think is worth reading about. Many people have them without knowing and they cause a variety of problems, including bladder infections, thyroid problems, and even skin conditions. If you are interested, one of the links is here:
http://www.pnf.org/jaw_bone_infection.html
The procedure wasn't too bad, and I'm just taking it easy tonight.
Thanks for the emails and the mentions on the board.
Love you guys!!
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Good morning everyone -- Sherry, 08:37:10 09/05/02 Thu
Well I started on Saturday so I guess today is day 6 of my new Body for Life program. I'm finding the excercise on my weight lifting days to not be near as hard as I anticipated. Aerobics day is today and I'm having a hard time psyching myself up for it, but I will do it. (Just not yet).
Three more days of workouts (including today) for this week and then I get a day off. I'm wondering how that day off will feel. I might just want to work out anyway, I'm so excited about making these changes that I sometimes feel frustrated that I've already done my workout for the day and can't do more at night. I mean I guess I could, but overtraining isn't supposed to be helpful, but harmful.
Anyway how is everyone else doing on the challenge?
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- Well I did it. Got through my 20 minute aerobics session. Sure HATE aerobics. (NT) -- Sherry, 09:22:37 09/05/02 Thu
- Lil better today -- Drama, 11:29:56 09/05/02 Thu
- sounds like you're doing great Sherry,even talking about exercising on you day off ,huh?Thats fantastic,im still doing my exercising morning and night,i've only lost 1 lb in the past 8 days,but...hopefully more soon! (NT) -- kim, 15:29:43 09/05/02 Thu
- Terrific Sherry, I am doing ok, had a planned cheat day, but have already filled my committment to myself for exercise this week. Looking forward to the day when I WANT to exercise, and it is not a chore (NT) -- Lynne, 16:54:57 09/05/02 Thu
- Good luck and keep up the good work -- Joe, 18:12:24 09/05/02 Thu
- same to you joe! (NT) -- kim, 18:34:55 09/05/02 Thu
Shara are you ok? -- Drama, 11:26:33 09/05/02 Thu
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Cookbook Fixed -- Shara, 18:02:57 09/04/02 Wed
Fixed the cookbook. Now if I could just fix my sanity as easily.... :) Sorry I haven't been around. I swear I'm not leaving the house anymore. We decided to go away for the Holiday weekend and ended up having to deal with the forest fires, followed by having a pain in my jaw which turned out to need surgery (tomorrow), and then came back to the website not working, securtiy problems and basically having to re-think the whole security issue. Not to bore you, but this week has really sucked. Good news is that I've worried 3 lbs off. Gave in to a chantilly cookie from pepperidge farms today, but still trying to be good.
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what is this -- cindy, 17:54:12 09/04/02 Wed
lately i have been having pains in my kidneys could it be because of the lc diet??
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online cookbook -- Steph, 09:02:18 09/04/02 Wed
Does anyone know if the online cookbook is having trouble. I looked at it for the first time last week and wanted to try a few of them. Went in today to print out some recipes but can't get any. The ingredients and instructions for everything is blank. Has this happened before??? Thanks.
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advice? -- Dana, 08:02:27 09/04/02 Wed
I've realized over the past couple days that I am almost content with my weight. I think I'm about 142 and would love to lose another ten pounds but I'm no longer depressed or in a rush. I also find it boring and difficult to stay on induction, due to the fact that I don't eat meat. I', not sure about 10lbs, I have a great deal of muscle mass, but it would be nice. Anyway do you think its alright to up my carbs now? I would be happy to lose 5lbs in the month of September, I wonder if I can do it on 25 to 35 carbs a day. I was eating about 20 to 25 when I lost the rest of the weight.
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Calculating marinade -- Bonnie, 13:44:33 09/04/02 Wed
How do you calculate the amount of carbs in marinade. For instance regular Teriyaki shows 2 carbs for 2 TBSP. Now unless your marinating one steak tip you're going to use alot more than 2T :)
Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to answer my questions!
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just have to say, thank God for Sugar free jello and whipping cream!! -- Dana, 12:54:27 09/04/02 Wed
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A question for you all, please help -- Matt, 19:37:19 09/03/02 Tue
Hello, I have a question for you who have been on the Atkins diet for greater than 3 months:
I have been on the Akins diet twice in the last 3 years, the first time I was on it for 5 months and lost 40 lbs - that was 3 years ago. This March, I started the diet again and lost 25 lbs and went off it recently.
Anyway, here's the problem I'm having: Each time I have been on the Atkins diet - after about 3 months, I notice that my hair really thins out. I have curly hair, but after being on this diet for more than several months, my hair becomes very thin and straight and looses its curl. Once I go off the diet, after several months, my hair eventually thickens back up and goes back to it's normal tecture. This has happened both times I have been on the diet. It also happend to a friend of mine who was on the diet for a while.
Has anybody else had this problem??? When I've been on the diet, I've taken plenty of vitamins (I've even taken hair vitamins this last time to try and stop this but to no avail), and otherwise I eat a lot of food and eat plenty of fat and vegtables while on the diet. Does anybody know why this happens? Note, my hair doesn't fall out or recede, it just thins out, i.e. the hair itself becomes very fine.
Any info or feedback would be appreciated from you guys/gals. I love this diet, but I hate this side effect.
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help -- Tonya, 06:12:44 09/04/02 Wed
Can anyone tell me anything about the Stillman program, from what i understand its protein and water only?? Has anybody tried this??
Thanks,
Tonya
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whats wong with me -- Jenn, 13:19:03 09/03/02 Tue
I have been doing Atkins for 9 weeks and have lost I think about 20lbs. About 2 weeks ago I had severe pains in my lower stomack after going to the doctor I was told that I was constipated, and had to take a laxitive, now I am wondering if it is because of the lack of beads or the vitamins with iron, I have never taken them before. Also when I eat oily or faty foods I get stomack pains.
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MALITOL -- Angela, 12:20:51 09/03/02 Tue
Hi I've been doing LC since 8/8/02 and have lost 12lbs with only 8 more to go. The first 3 weeks were VERY HARD but I finally feel better. I have foud a product by Pure De-Lite and it deducts the sugar alcohol (malitol) from the carb count. Is this for real? I've never read about this. Thanks for any help.
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Just started this "diet" -- Suzie, 20:15:49 09/02/02 Mon
O.K. so I just started this diet- like yesterday. I didn't eat hardly anything yesterday but today I had eggs and bacon for breakfast ( very small protions) and grilled veggies for supper- I also had some vienna sausage and cheese. I was wondering how much food is to much? Should their be portion control? Can I eat all I want if it's low carb? It just dosn't seem right! Oh and I am a bread LOVER! I could eat bread all day and nothing else! I even told my husband I wanted a bread machine for my birhtday (before I started the diet). But I'm determined to try this and if it works to stick to it.
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Toughening up -- Sherry, 07:55:58 09/03/02 Tue
So far this Body for Life program is toughening me up good. Yesterday's workout was a little rough, and Sunday and today's aerobic excercise just about killed me. (I hate aerobics, no one is EVER going to make me like it).
But I'm doing it and although it may be my imagination I'm already starting to feel spots on my body where it seems that the fat is going away. I bought some body fat calipers and used them yesterday. They are supposed to be the most accurate way of measuring short of hydrostatic weighing. (where they dunk you in water and do some sort of measurement of how high the water rises or something like that).
Anyway the number I got was 36.87% using the 7 point measurement, and 36.9 using the one point measurement. Sounded close enough to me. My Tanita scale was saying 44 percent a couple of days ago, 46% yesterday and 48% today. I guess I don't much like it. How could you gain 4% body fat while dieting and excercising? That thing is supposed to measure you differently depending on how well hydrated you are.
So I'll go with the calipers as my start point. What this means for me is that if I keep the current amount of muscle mass in my body (and I should gain some with all this excerise) my goal weight has to change to between 166 and 178 (for 15% to 23%) body fat ratios. In a way that is really reassuring. I no longer have to aim for that nearly impossible 130 I've had in my head for so long. If these body fat calculations are accurate that means I already have 141 pounds of lean body mass (my weight with only muscle bones and organs NO fat) so getting to 130 would mean losing muscle.
That means at the high end I have only 45 pounds left to lose! (And if I gain 10 pounds of muscle which is one of my goals it will only be 35!) Hey I might even be able to do that someday. I've already lost 59. (sure sounds better than 93).
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Toughen up and just DEAL with it. -- Sherry, 07:42:07 09/03/02 Tue
Ok sounds like we have a lot of people joining us on our challenge this month. So far the list includes:
Carmen
Dana
Drama
Joe
Kel
Kim
Lynne
and Sherry (me)
Anyone else want to join us? We've been weighing in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flocers/ On Tuesdays and Saturdays. If you want to post your goals and or progress go there, sign in (it's free and pretty easy to join) and go to databases.
Glad so many of us have joined. Anyone else?
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I am in for the toughen up and just do it challenge -- Joe, 06:50:40 09/03/02 Tue
I am not setting any type of weight goal though. My goal is to stick to my eating and training plans and let the pounds fall where they may.
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I am in for the toughen up and just do it challenge -- Joe, 06:41:49 09/03/02 Tue
I am not setting any type of weight goal though. My goal is to stick to my eating and training plans and let the pounds fall where they may.
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