I don't mean to be rude, but it appears you ate a bagel for breakfast. Does that mean you are starting Atkins tomorrow?

I don't mean to be rude, but it appears you ate a bagel for breakfast. Does that mean you are starting Atkins tomorrow?

LOL - check the food notes. The wife gave late notice that TODAY is start day :-)

Let's talk about fat, my friend. Fat is your friend. Fat satiates. Remove anything that says light or low fat and replace with the full fat alternative. Look for those opportunities to add fat - cook eggs in butter; add some sour ream or full fat cheese. And let's not forget the low carb symbol of happiness: bacon!

The next several days, add a cup of full salt chicken broth - just drink it straight. Low carbers shed sodium, and this can cause fatigue and headaches. Ideally, you want to supplement sodium, potassium, and magnesium. And increase that water intake.- look for 12-16 (8) oz glasses rather than the recommended 8 glasses.

But most of all, don't be afraid of fat. Fat will get you into ketosis, Excess protein can convert to glucose, and can block / slow ketosis. My recommendation is to eat at least as many grams of fat as protein at every meal. (You actually did this for most of today's meals - ice job!)

I follow keto, which is low carb, high fat, moderate protein. It has some similarities to Atkins inductin. Good resource here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/keto/wiki/faq

Good luck! And congrats on starting!

good luck. there are lots of low-carb recipes here. and just google it too. You can actually make all kinds of bread, pancakes, and muffins to replace that bagel in the future! OOPSIE bread is delicious. -- 1 net carb! there are wonderful muffins--make a batch and there is breakfast for a week! These treats saved me and make me feel like I am not on a diet. I gave up gluten and then all grains months ago so these breads are pretty cool.

like the other advice, fat is your friend. however, i only eat bacon every couple months. I try to get my fat from olive/coconut oil, olives, eggs, avocado, little cheese/sour cream/cream and butter, nut flours (the breads), and ground flax. Pretty easy to get enough that way without consuming animal fat. Turkey pepperoni is delicious, easy quick snack--use it to replace chips (or cut up in eggs, or salad). Jimmie Dean turkey sausage crumbles taste exactly like pork. Again, low fat meat so you can eat all your fat from the healthy fat choices.

I've been doing great....though today I hadn't been to store and I got hungry and overate carbs. ugh. I will feel it tomorrow.

Hi,
Also new to the forum. Just started Atkins 2.5 weeks ago with my husband and daughter. We cleaned out the pantry and fridge and have been doing well ever since. I would love help, advice and encouragement. Not sure how to let people see my diary but definitely would like to hear anyone's input.
Me -10
Daughter -20
Husband -17

I am a little over a week in, I was getting 120 to 150 grams of protein a day is that too much then? the last couple days I've been around 80 or 90 and I've noticed the stix say it's alighter brand of ketosis (but I think that's good)

I think it depends on the program you are following, and your goals. If your goal is ketosis, higher fat, more moderate protein may provide better results. The recommendation I have seen is 0.7 - 1.0 grams of protein per pound of lean body mass. For the sake of easy math, let's use the upper range of that scale, 1 gram of protein per pound of LBM. That means you should have 125-150 pounds of lean body mass, for that level of protein that you are consuming. My lean body mass is about 110 pounds (I'm 5'5" and workout with strength training 3-5 times a week); my husband's is about 140 pounds of LBM (5'7", same for exercise). If you have a lot of muscles, that could be ok. If not, it could be excess protein.

What's wrong with too much protein? Well, excess protein can convert to glucose in your body. This can impact ketosis. So your lighter levels on the ketostix could be because you've been drinking more and diluting the ketones; or it could be that you have fewer ketones in your system.

I don't want to suggest that what you're doing is wrong and that you need to change. There are a lot of low carb programs out there. Some push low calorie, low carb, low fat, high protein (*shudder*). Some focus on low carb, high fat, moderate protein - that's the camp I'm in. You want enough protein to maintain lean body mass, but not so much that you'll impact ketosis. but plenty of folks are successful on the different variants of low carb. Monitor your results. If it doesn't seem like you're getting the results you'd like, then make some changes.

I am a little over a week in, I was getting 120 to 150 grams of protein a day is that too much then? the last couple days I've been around 80 or 90 and I've noticed the stix say it's alighter brand of ketosis (but I think that's good)

I think it depends on the program you are following, and your goals. If your goal is ketosis, higher fat, more moderate protein may provide better results. The recommendation I have seen is 0.7 - 1.0 grams of protein per pound of lean body mass. For the sake of easy math, let's use the upper range of that scale, 1 gram of protein per pound of LBM. That means you should have 125-150 pounds of lean body mass, for that level of protein that you are consuming. My lean body mass is about 110 pounds (I'm 5'5" and workout with strength training 3-5 times a week); my husband's is about 140 pounds of LBM (5'7", same for exercise). If you have a lot of muscles, that could be ok. If not, it could be excess protein.

What's wrong with too much protein? Well, excess protein can convert to glucose in your body. This can impact ketosis. So your lighter levels on the ketostix could be because you've been drinking more and diluting the ketones; or it could be that you have fewer ketones in your system.

I don't want to suggest that what you're doing is wrong and that you need to change. There are a lot of low carb programs out there. Some push low calorie, low carb, low fat, high protein (*shudder*). Some focus on low carb, high fat, moderate protein - that's the camp I'm in. You want enough protein to maintain lean body mass, but not so much that you'll impact ketosis. but plenty of folks are successful on the different variants of low carb. Monitor your results. If it doesn't seem like you're getting the results you'd like, then make some changes.

I'm not doing any particular program. I am just trying to lose weight and keep what muscles I do have already (and no i am not terribly muscular) I've been going for ketosis because it seems like that is the way to lose a lot of fat but not muscle. I'll start up with resistance training soon. Trying to do at least a few days of aerobics a week now. the one thing I don't want to give up is plenty of vegetables because that's just healthy. So I want to push the carb level as high as I can with veggies without going out of ketosis. in my mind I was thinking high protein, moderate fat lowish to moderate carbs (goalishly I've been hoping I could push 60 or 70 grams of carbs without falling out of ketosis but I haven't tried that level yet. I guess I am ok with the 30-45 net carbs I've been averaging.

but I could definitely try for a lower protein to higher fat ratio if that is better for fat loss and keeping low ketones but keeping the ketones moving.

Good luck! I started low(er) carb (50 or less per day - hopefully around 30-35 net) about a week or so ago and it's been great thus far! It takes time to figure out the meals that work for you and get a rhythm going, but hopefully it's worth it. I have lost a few pounds already and am sleeping like a ROCK!

Feel free to add me as well.

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