marksgirl
Mon, Sep-06-04, 06:34
Hi. I just started the induction phase 5 days ago and am doing fine (i think).
I weigh 178.6lbs so it's a 2.4lb loss but I have a few concerns maybe some of you long termers can help me with. I bought the atkins journal that explains what to do and what to eat, then you write in your carbs and total them up. It's a pretty cool idea so you can really see where your carbs are. The thing I don't understand is that it says you can have 3 cups of lettuce ith a prepared salad dressing with 2 or less carbs, or 2 cups of lettuce and 1 cup acceptabe veggies. So I found a kraft dressing with 0 carbs and it's good but when I eat my salad I feel like it's going to slow down the weight loss. It's only .06 carbs per cup of lettece but it says only to eat 3 cups per day.
My father in law lost 48 lbs in 2 1/2 months but he only ate meat and had less than 5/10 carbs a day. I could do that if it makes a difference but I like to eat the salads :yum: Also I started onlu drinking water. That's something I always wanted to do anyway but never committed to.
So basically I just wanted to know if anyone has any tips for induction that may not be the most food choices but will help me lose the famous 5lbs a week you hear about from atkins sucess stories. Oh, and I also work out at least 45 mins. a night although I just want to go to sleep most of the time :lol:
My goal is 125 by December which may sound unreasonable but if I stay on the induction and work out could be done. I'm so tired of the new years day resoultion that I'm going to lose weight so it's got to be december, plus it's only 15 weeks!!!
Thanks for any help. :wave:
I weigh 178.6lbs so it's a 2.4lb loss but I have a few concerns maybe some of you long termers can help me with. I bought the atkins journal that explains what to do and what to eat, then you write in your carbs and total them up. It's a pretty cool idea so you can really see where your carbs are. The thing I don't understand is that it says you can have 3 cups of lettuce ith a prepared salad dressing with 2 or less carbs, or 2 cups of lettuce and 1 cup acceptabe veggies. So I found a kraft dressing with 0 carbs and it's good but when I eat my salad I feel like it's going to slow down the weight loss. It's only .06 carbs per cup of lettece but it says only to eat 3 cups per day.
My father in law lost 48 lbs in 2 1/2 months but he only ate meat and had less than 5/10 carbs a day. I could do that if it makes a difference but I like to eat the salads :yum: Also I started onlu drinking water. That's something I always wanted to do anyway but never committed to.
So basically I just wanted to know if anyone has any tips for induction that may not be the most food choices but will help me lose the famous 5lbs a week you hear about from atkins sucess stories. Oh, and I also work out at least 45 mins. a night although I just want to go to sleep most of the time :lol:
My goal is 125 by December which may sound unreasonable but if I stay on the induction and work out could be done. I'm so tired of the new years day resoultion that I'm going to lose weight so it's got to be december, plus it's only 15 weeks!!!
Thanks for any help. :wave: