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I hope you get to feeling better soon profjan!! I love popcorn too and have never noticed it having any effects on my weight loss. Such a great snack!!

Air popped popcorn is on the list of foods for Phase 2/ 3 when you get to the part of adding grains in. I think it allows for like 3 cups of air popped popcorn in the Atkins book (2002 edition)

Quiet in here tonight! Thought I'd pop in and say hello before grabbing my cup of detox tea and my book! Might check back later if I don't fall asleep! Have a great night! :bigsmile:

Good morning Sassy!!!

My hubby is buying a motorcycle this weekend, so that is what we have planned and I am starting puppy school with my boxer this weekend. So Sunday's for the next 6 weeks will be tied up for at least an hour............

I am combining the HCG plan with the Primal plan and it seems to be working well for me............

I got my book today on the Sukan diet. now I am out of the mood. I am just going to count my calories and filled out my food chart each day to see What I am doing wrong. I can see right off the bat my fiber is way to low. So I will be working on that.

I feel great today. Like something been lifted off of me.


Have a great day everybody. Do what works for you.

Marie

Ok Everyone -

As my daddy use to say - "I got a piece of hair across my *kitten*." Let me explain!!

Last week, I realized that this week was Boss's Week so I got with my coworkers to plan a surprise luncheon for our boss on Friday (tomorrow). He has been hankering for some donuts for a few weeks so I thought it would be good to have donuts on Friday morning. As it would be - we are not having the luncheon - just cake - and one of my coworkers brought in the donuts this morning. Now mind you, I had already told them (coworkers) that I would not be eating any donuts because I was eating right and would not induldge. So yesterday, the person who was going to p/u the donuts asked me if there was anything that I wanted him to bring me from the donut shop. Again, I told him I didn't want any donuts. He asked again. I was like - WTF!!! Trying to be polite, I told him if they had any low carb donuts I would have one (we all know there is no such thing). Anyway - this morning he arrives with the box of donuts just as I was preparing my MIM. Again, he encouraged me to have one and again I said no thank you. My boss came into the kitchen and stated that I really wanted a donut and not my MIM. I assured him I didn't.

Ok - jump to lunch time, donuts are still in the kitchen and I am heating up my veggies and salmon - WHY IN THE HELL ARE THEY CONSTANTLY ASKING ME TO HAVE A FREAKING DONUT?!?!?!?!? What part of no thank you do they not understand?!?!?! I have an overwhelming urge to smack the crap out of all of them but I will refrain.

Ok - I'm okay now. Thanks for letting me vent.

BTW - my veggies and salmon was absolutely delicious!!!

reall proud of you VJ. What is a MIM?

<<<<<<<Hugs>>>>>>> Marie

Ohhhhh I would love to comment on the people who try to get us to eat things we don't want to eat!!! I understand that people enjoy a party. But when we say "no thanks" it should be left at that. Then the questions start, and they try to encourage us to eat "just a taste" or whatever. For some reason that really annoys me! Now that I have that off my chest.....
I wish everyone a good, healthy, fun weekend! Trying to keep up with my workouts and food planning. I am meeting a friend for dinner tonight and already figured out what I would have so I can be prepared. Good Friday to all!

Good morning everyone,

It is a beautiful day - the sun is shining and it is FRIDAY!!!

Thanks for all the support. It is greatly appreciated. Now I need to find a whole lot of will power for today. Here's why.
My contribution to boss's day was a cake - so last night I made an apple spice cake with homemade caramel sauce. It is one of my favorite cakes and it is quite delicious.

So everyone send me your positive vibes to refrain - despite how loud that cake is calling my name!!! LOL

reall proud of you VJ. What is a MIM?

<<<<<<<Hugs>>>>>>> Marie

MIM is a muffin in a minute or muffin in a mug. I found it off the Atikins site. It's a muffin made of flaxseed meal, baking powder and egg. Mix it up and microwave it in a mug (or bowl or any container to make a particular shape) for a minute and wha-la you have a muffin. I had to make adjustments to it for the taste. I usually have it for breakfast everyday.

It you are interested here is the recipe:

1 tsp butter - melted
1/4 cup flaxseed meal
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 egg
1 splenda

I add:
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tbl sour cream (for moistness)

I also eliminated the splenda and use 8 drops of Stevia


I usually melt the butter in a coffee mug then add all the other ingredients except the sour cream. Mix well - then add the sour cream. The recipe calls for microwaving for one minute - but I microwave for 1.5 minutes. It is good and full of fiber - I think 35 grams. It can be toasted or used as bread for a sandwich. Sometimes I eat it plain or I'll add cream cheese.

You can use different spices to create an endless variety of flavors.

v j i Love those muffin. only i like to bake mine in the oven. I like to make up more at one time and bake in a 9x9 glass baking dish and cut into 9 servings. freeze well too. So good with your coffee. i usally used 1 c oF FLAX SEED MEAL AND ADJUST THE OTHER STUFF AS NEEDED. I RAN ACROSS ANOTHER WEB SITE WITH SOME LOW CARB BREAKFAST aND THEY HAVE SOME FLAX MUFFINS THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
MARIE

i LOOK AT IT WRONG . IT IS LOW FAT BREAKFASTyou might fine something. if you do let me know have you been to TO Linda's low carb recipes? if not just type in Lindo's low Carb recipes in search. Marie


http://lowfatcooking.about.com/od/breakfastandlunch/Low_Fat_Breakfast_Recipes.htm

Hi there,

I'm new to your group, but I'd like to join!

A little about me. I successfully lost alot of weight on atkins (70 lbs, which may not sound so huge, but I'm short, so I lost about 40% of myself!). I did the real atkins, where you go through all 4 phases, eventually getting to a really balanced diet that focuses on healthy carbs and that isn't just about butter and bacon! I have kept 60 lbs off. But. I have started to really struggle. I can't get the last 20 lbs to come off and stay off. And it isn't just because its "hard to lose the last x lbs," but also because for stress reasons, my eating has gotten out of control.

So, back to basics for me.

My holiday goals are to get within 5 lbs of what I think my ultimate goal weight is by Christmas. And then to maintain that through the winter...the time of year that I find really hard to maintain my weight. I'm going to be starting Atkins induction tomorrow. And I'm committing to blogging it.

Thanks for the welcome Marie!

Today is the first day of atkins induction for me. Which has been easy so far...probably because my liver is still full of glucose from the donuts I had yesterday....

But I am committed to checking in every day, for 7 days. I'm doing induction for 7 days. I only have 15/20 to lose, so I think 7 days is enough. But I've always found induction to be hard, even for a short amount of time. So, I'm trying to gather as much support around me as I can! I don't necessarily believe there is any magic to it on a biochemical level, but I am a confirmed sugary-floury-carb addict, and I find that i need a period of abstinence to turn things around...especially after I've started making a habit of the deadly donut.

I planned my meals out for the next few days and I'm having steak for dinner. I'm excited about it. But I've never made steak before. I know folks on a low carb forum might find it hard to believe, but I have never made a practice of cooking meat. I'm a beans and eggs sort of gal, generally. But I thought I needed something special/enticing to get through the first few days, so, I'm going to try my hand at steak.

Wish me luck!

--tati