Newbie - Any surprises on carbohydrates that crept in when you first started?
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GiveHerWingsSheWillFly
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I'm day three into Atkins. I'll have to admit it's been a bit tougher than I thought. It's not anything that I haven't been able to work through. Tonight we went to eat Japanese for my daughter's birthday. I tried to be really good and passed on the onion soup (wasn't sure of the carb count if any - but I love that stuff), skipped the rice and asked for extra vegetables, ordered filet mignon and shrimp and had a side salad (with Ranch) that consisted of basically lettuce with a few strands of carrot, which I picked out. I didn't have any sauces other than soy sauce the chef used to cook with. Oh yeah, I passed on the mint... that was hard to do.
My concern is I was entering this into MFP and it showed the shrimp having 17 carbs! Then I looked around the internet and found a higher carb content that I thought was possible. Atkins shows them at the most at 1.8 NC.
Has anyone accidentally tripped up and had some carbohydrates sneak in? I've been trying to stay to the letter.
I was really not satisfied with anything I've eaten over the past couple of days. I felt tired and weak and was craving an Atkins chocolate shake. I put one in the freezer and had it as a snack after dinner last night. I plan on doing one a day if I have to have it. Tonight I had one cup of unsweetened almond milk and added 1 ounce of Atkins chocolate shake. It gave it just enough sweet for me to feel satisfied. It helped me out a lot. For some reason, the unsweetened almond milk has a calming effect on my cravings.
Happy to be here. Have a long way to go but I'm confident that I can do this.
My concern is I was entering this into MFP and it showed the shrimp having 17 carbs! Then I looked around the internet and found a higher carb content that I thought was possible. Atkins shows them at the most at 1.8 NC.
Has anyone accidentally tripped up and had some carbohydrates sneak in? I've been trying to stay to the letter.
I was really not satisfied with anything I've eaten over the past couple of days. I felt tired and weak and was craving an Atkins chocolate shake. I put one in the freezer and had it as a snack after dinner last night. I plan on doing one a day if I have to have it. Tonight I had one cup of unsweetened almond milk and added 1 ounce of Atkins chocolate shake. It gave it just enough sweet for me to feel satisfied. It helped me out a lot. For some reason, the unsweetened almond milk has a calming effect on my cravings.
Happy to be here. Have a long way to go but I'm confident that I can do this.
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Good for you @GiveHerWingsSheWillFly There are some surprises as you go along. Eating out is a trick but it gets better.
If you feel tired and weak and headachy, get a bouillon cube and make soup. When you first start, your body tends to release water and with that salt and if you drop too much salt, your body will start dropping potassium and magnesium to balance. So make sure you have enough salt, more than we are used to and you will feel better because your electrolytes will be in better balance.
We all trip up and let some carbs slip in until we get better at assessing things. Shrimp has very little carbs, unless you bread it before cooking. mfp will often have user entered data which is just plain wrong. So, if you think it is weird, do look for the ones with the check marks or USDA or check on another site for a more accurate count. And assess what you actual eat. I love fried green tomatoes. In Canada, that is all they are; fried tomatoes that are green. I ordered them in the States, and they came heavily breaded. So disappointed, but I pulled off the breading as best I could. So, mpf listed the breaded ones. I could not find the non breaded variety.
I stick to real food rather than bars or shakes but I know others that find bars and shakes convenient. I just need more volume to feel satisfied. I use low carb veggies for the volume. You can eat a lot of greens and other veggies before the carb count becomes a problem. I also find the convenience food expensive and the sugar substitute triggers my appetite.
Hold course. The first week is always the hardest. You want to be satisfied with what you have eaten or you will not stick to this. If you are hungry, add fat. It satisfies and makes you less hungry without pushing your blood sugar and therefore making you hungry.
There is a group of Low Carbers on mfp.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group
It is a private group so you have to ask to join but there are 20,000 of us doing no carbs, low carbs, or slow carbs. Lots of good information and friends there.
How are your macros on mfp? have you adjusted them to match what the Atkins diet recommends?
I also like dietdoctor.com and ruled.me for recipes to help get you started.
Best of luck with this. Stay with it. It gets easier.5 -
Thank you so much for responding and your encouragement. I really appreciate the advice.
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yep dasher gave my fave recommendations too!! ..Keto flu is hard as we dump sugar/fructose and carbs the first 2 weeks..stickign with it almost always gives a woosh of water weight..and as some say..why carry 7 pounds of extra waeraround? So stick with it..
I follow a very specific kidney diet..I can eat no meat for protein, so protein for me it is full fat yogurt ( with 7 carbs per cup) a few eggs, limited cheese ( as a garnish usually) and lots of veggies..I have 8 main ones I eat all the time..and they have a few carbs, carrots highest, but i dont have a choice! I can barely keep under 40-50 carbs
So if you HAVE the freedom to stick with great meat dishes, and eggs, and cheese in quantity.then you have a real advantage other diets don't offer.
My only caveat--
Depending on your age and metabolism you may lose slower than a 22 yr old of same weight, and the heavier/more ones seem to lose faster...but you still can lose, improve blood sugar, lose inflammation in joints, etc.
I started with regular LCHF for 2 mo, lost 15 lbs, then had to stop all meat protein for my kidney disease, vent vegetarian and lost another 15lbs.
I wish I had what others can have daily, but such is life.
there are so many sites if you search for LCHF you can cook and bake forever... I LOVE making a pizza base with cauliflower, and egg, some cheese and oil...and almond flour for making is great when you get further along.2 -
I am on day 3 again also. Day 3 and day 6 are the hardest for me. Glad my son brought me a elliptical. Even tho I can only do 5 minutes at the most it still helps. Also in O A for additional support.1
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I just made this "Atkins friendly - Low Carb cream of broccoli soup" from Pinterest the other day and like a air head I did finished reading the article before making it. Turns out it's 16 net carbs per serving! I'm still in induction so there's now way!
Also the amount of carbs in onion really surprised me.0
