I just want to double check my menus with those of you who are really good at looking for carb creep - here is what I have logged in Fit Day for the last few days:

breakfast: (around 7-8 am)
coffee w/tblsp heavy cream (packet sweet n low)
bob evans breakfast sausage patty (2 1/2 patties) (has no sugars)

lunch: (around 12-1 pm)
chicken ceasar salad from BK (only use 1/2 packet of ceasar dressing)

snack: (between 3:30-4:30 pm - this is when I'm hungriest!)
bacon slices (4)
mozzarella cheese stick
pork rinds - 1-2 oz

dinner:
chicken breast
broccoli (.25 cup)
cauliflower (.25 cup)
spinach salad with eggs/cheese/bacon bits & carb-free Italian dressing

Total Calories: 1737 Carbs: 20


Day two:
coffee w/ sweet n low (no cream)

breakfast: (around 9:45 am)
eggs/sausage

snack: (10:30)
4 slice hard salami
one mozz cheese stick

lunch: (12:30 pm)
tuna salad: tuna/celery/onion/mayo/salt/pepper/cheddar cheese
unsweetened tea w/saccarin

dinner: (6:30 pm)
cheeseburger with mustard/mayo (no bun)
spinach salad with parmesan/carb-free Italian - broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms hd boiled eggs and shredded cheddar (1-2 tsps of each at a salad bar)

snack: (9 pm)
sf jello plain
pork rinds 3 oz

Total Cals: 2175 Total Carbs: 15

Day Three:
coffee w/saccharin & sf creamer

Breakfast: (8:30 am) after a workout
tuna salad (see above ing)

Lunch: beef stick

Dinner:Lou's Crustless sf tom sauce/pepperoni/spinach/sausage/mozz - 1/4 small = 5 g carbs / 450 cals
1 cup broccoli

Snack:
sf jello plain

Total Calories: 834 Total Carbs: 20

Water everyday between 64 and 96 oz
I stop eating when I hit 20 carbs, so cals vary alot!

Anyway - this is a pretty good sample of my weekly eating.

Thanks in advance for the help!

Personally, I don't think you're eating enough. Especially looking at that last menu! Less than 900 calories on that day has got to be putting your body into starvation mode--which STOPS weight loss.

Why stop eating when you hit 20 carbs? There are plenty of other things you can eat that won't increase your carb count........

I agree you go from 1700 calories to under 900 the next day. I would stop the pork rinds and the processed meats, beef stick, pepperoni ect. too much sodium. Try to eat whole foods.

No reason to do that..there are plenty of caloric ridden foods that have low or no carbs. Choose meats and fish from the unlimited food list. You really don't want to go hungry do ya? If you stay away from that Burger King chicken salad, and make your own chicken salad, you will cut carbs there alone. There is a total of 15 grams of carbs in the salad that I put together. Actually, it was stuff that already comes in it, and I had to check the ceasar dressing and update it at the bottom. The salad mix had baby carrots in it, and your not supposed to be eating carrots on induction. They really have alot of natural sugars in them.That ceasar dressing has 4 grams of carbs per serving. If you made your own salad, you could buy the carb options dressing and have no carbs. Are those tendergrill chicken pieces real pieces of chicken, or are they processed? Well, here is the link to the burger king nutritional guide:
http://www.bk.com/Food/Nutrition/Nu...zard/index.aspx

While your making your own salad for lunch, pack in some high fat snacks for lunch too. Take a really good look at that burger king nutritional guide. For some reason, there isn't any fat in that salad. Seems to me there has to be some fat in the dressing, unless it's fat free. In that case, no wonder your so darn hungry 2-3 hours after lunch, hardly any protein or fat at BK. So, like I said, I bet you can sustain yourself longer if you eat a really high fat lunch. Transfer some of those afternoon snacks into lunch time meal. Other than that, your food looks really good!

Edit: okie dokie, I chose the tendergrill ceasar salad, just to see what the fat content was..and it actually shows fat in the dressings. Musta been a glitch where I was looking earlier, because everything was zero's lol! I was gonna say, "wow..BK must be a low fat lovers dream" Anyhoo, stay away from BK unless you absolutely HAVE to eat something that day because you forgot to bring your own

looks like a lot of processed foods and a lot of sodium but it looks okay carb-wise. If you get hungry and you've used your carbs for the day don't forget that you can still have meat. You could use your 20g of carbs more wisely by preparing your own meals and cutting out processed stuff and sticking to whole foods (ie baked chicken legs from home vs. pepperoni stick, etc.).

I think it's okay to vary your calories - I think it's how "normal" people eat naturally because some days you may be hungry and other days you're not as hungry. As long as there aren't too many lower-cal days in a row (say, more than 3) then you should be fine, IMO. Starvation mode doesn't kick in after one day of lower cals.

Are you losing fine?

nope, not in my opinion, two weeks on induction first time net loss - 6 lbs. Next two weeks on induction - 3 lbs loss - (another 4 in between on a weird OWL rung 1 and 2). It's funny because I lost more weight doing it wrong (aspartame in Diet Coke, caffeine, and Atkins bars) than I did this last two weeks with a clean induction (except caffeine and sausage).

I travel around and teach at various locations, so I have to eat at quick places a couple times a week. I checked the BK nutrition guide, I pick out all the carrots in the grilled chicken salad and only use 1/2 the packet of the ceasar dressing in the ceasar and never eat the croutons.

I'll try to eat dinner leftovers more this next two weeks. Thanks for the suggestions!

I would suggest limiting the snacks like pork rinds, pepperoni, salami, beef sticks, etc to one of those foods a day. They are all loaded with sodium and calories not to mention aren't your healthiest choice. Replace those snacks with something healthier like celery filled with cream cheese, deviled eggs or string cheese. I know it's tough finding something you can snack on during those first few weeks.

I'm thrilled to see a menu that isn't loaded with sugar alcohols by the way.

Just one word of advice....I find it gets harder to lose the closer you get to your goal so keep it as clean as you can while you're losing regularly and keep eating those whole fresh foods. Also be sure to eat a good breakfast every morning. One sausage patty for breakfast is not enough - make sure your calories are evenly distributed to avoid blood sugar spikes at dinner time.

Keep up the good work.