LOW CARB MEETING ROOM
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I'm in!!!!!
I blew it today with carbs and I feel like CRAP!! I haven't had sugar in months. Coconut cake was just too tempting. So disappointed in myself. AARRGG!!
I have family coming tomorrow, but I won't "cheat " because of the way I feel right now. I don't do shakes and bars ... processed foods cause havoc on my stomach. I think I'm more of an "old school" Atkins dieter. Is there such a thing??
So..Count me in!0 -
Good Morning:
Well I was able to lose 3 lbs, so that is exciting for me.
So how was everyone's Mother's Day? Hope everyone enjoyed it.0 -
Good morning everybody!! I had an awful weekend...eating wise that is. :sad: Saturday evening I just binged big time. My husband was at work, kids were in bed and I sat in front of the tv and had 2 pop tarts, goldfish and then an entire box of macaroni. Geeze!! I just felt like I had ruined it with the pop tarts, so why not?! Then of course on Mother's Day I ate some m&m's, cookies and fried potatoes. Didn't even get on the scale today and will not until Friday. I am back to breakfast and lunch shakes this week. I'll have a normal, low carb dinner, a snack in the evening if needed and take a 40 minute walk everyday. I won't be able to do Insanity on this "diet" because I need too much food with that much intense cardio. I'm hoping this will get me back on track. Alrighty, gotta get my son down to his classroom (he's sitting at my desk eating poptarts...lucky child) lol. I'll check in later! Have a great day, and I hope you guys' weekend was better than mine!!0
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Hi everyone, I'm just starting with a lower-carb adjustment to my foods, going from around 120 down to 50. I've been stuck on a plateau for a few weeks and feel like I need a bit of a change to continue losing. Over the past year and a half I've cut way, way back on breads, pasta, grains and sweets, but I'm thinking it's time to cut back even more. I've started tracking carbs and fiber and have been doing the math to calculate net carbs, reaching 57 net yesterday which is a good start. The scale went in the right direction this morning.
My daily foods generally include:
Coffee w/ 1%
Fat free plain yogurt
1/2 apple
Walnuts
Lite swiss cheese
Eggs or fish
Lo-so V8
1 slice whole grain bread or croutons for salad (time to cut that out!)
"Salad Sistas" salad for lunch, which is a heap of greens and vegs
Evoo/balsamic vinegar dressing
Reduced fat feta
Meat of some sort for dinner, chicken, pork chop, lean gr. beef
Potato, brown rice or pasta (about 1/2 c. - will be cutting that in half)
Steamed vegs
Red wine on weekends
4-5 dried apricots (gotta be careful with those!)
80 oz water, faithfully
I'm 57, weigh 165, have lost 60 lbs using MFP since Dec 2010. I'd like to lose 10-20 more.
My cals usually range 1250-1500, I do some sort of daily exercise including walking my dogs. Strength training twice a week using hand and ankle weights, especially trying to build my upper body strength. Amazingly enough I've built up to doing 25 push ups (from the knee). Last year I don't think I could even do 3! Occasionally I jog one mile on the track. Speaking of which, I should get out of this chair and get moving.
Everyone have a great day!
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Welcome to the group JB-2011. You will get a lot of great information here.
In order to do low carb correctly, you have to start at a suggested point. I would say that 25g for the next two weeks would be a starting point. This is to see if your scale is moving, and at what rate. Then I would up it 5g only and stay on that for 4 weeks or until I get to within 15 lbs from my goal weight.
Yes, in order to lose weight, you have to find your "critical carb level." I too would suggest you cut back your carbs to around 30 NET CARBS (CARBS-FIBER) for the next two weeks to see if you get off of that "Plateau."
Looing at your food intake, I would take away "yogurt, apple, rice, potatoe, nuts, croutons/bread, and dried apricots" all spike your sugar, just for 2 weeks to see if the scale moves. Lastly, weigh and measure EVERYTHING!!! I have a hidden carb counter on this site, when in doubt it comes in handy to find out where your carbs are coming from.
This is just my suggestion.
Anyway, again....welcome to the group and we look forward to chatting with you.
Bailey: The main thing is that you are back on track and you are close to your goal weight.
Linda:flowerforyou:0 -
Good Morning!
Bailey, I also had a bad weekend with food. Really Sunday more than Saturday. I did good on breakfast and lunch, then we decided not to do dinner as hubby wanted a nap before we had to go to Little Rock to pick up my mom from the airport. So, since we weren't having dinner, I ended up eating a whole batch of Easy Cheesecake Frozen Yogurt that I had in my freezer! And if that wasn't bad enough, my mom's plane got delayed an hour, so hubby decided he needed to take me out for Mother's Day to a Chinese buffet. I tried to be good, but really, there aren't a lot of options. Ended up going WAY over on calories and sodium, so of course my weight jumped up this morning ( I had to look!). Lots of water today and back on track!! This will be a good week! What shakes do you drink? I tried making a protein shake on Saturday and it was, eh. I had to make myself finish it.
I am happy to report that my foot is feeling great! Saturday we took the dog out and I realized I was walking on it. I turned to my hubby and said "Look honey, I am walking like a normal person again!!", lol. I have switched the gel inserts to my good running shoes and am wearing them. Last week they killed my foot! So progress, for sure!
Well, off to get some more water to drink, lol! Have a great day all!0 -
Dis, I drink the Atkins pre-made shakes. They are great!! Fajitas for dinner tonight! Can't wait!!0
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I agree 100% and welcome to the group!!
Looing at your food intake, I would take away "yogurt, apple, rice, potatoe, nuts, croutons/bread, and dried apricots" all spike your sugar, just for 2 weeks to see if the scale moves. Lastly, weigh and measure EVERYTHING!!! I have a hidden carb counter on this site, when in doubt it comes in handy to find out where your carbs are coming from.
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Thanks for your imput! I guess I'm not really ready to commit to going that low just yet. :blushing: I'm not ready to give up walnuts or yogurt or 1/2 an apple, but I can certainly do without potatoes, rice and bread. I'll see how I do with my lowered-carbs deal over the next week or two and let you know.
Congrats on your 3 lost, Linda! :flowerforyou:
jb0 -
Hey yall... I lost 5.8 lbs this week (Atkins). Now I have the danged ole stomach flu and cant eat ugh0
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Renee, almost 6 pounds?! That is fantastic!! Keep it up, girl!
Nothing new to report here. Yesterday was day 1 back at the shakes and I did pretty good. Didn't do any workouts or walks yesterday...today I will. Got home last night, made dinner, took my son to get his tball shirt, came home and ate, baths and cleaned the kitchen, put kids to bed and crashed. Busy day! I plan on trying my new biggest loser workout video tonight. Have a great day, all!0 -
awesome job on your 6lbs,
well for me the weekend got the best of me salt wise well i gained 6lbs so i am back to 201lbs, but i am cutting it out today,
hope you all have a wonderful stress free week!0 -
Hi everyone!
Haven't checked in I think since Friday!
But am happy to say I lost another inch off my waist (total 4) and another .4 (total 16.4) pounds yeah me! I have to see my diabetes doc in June, so I should be able to report a sizeable loss in 3 months time- he should be pleased I know I am. Read a few blogs, sounds like everyone is doing ok - great! even setbacks are ok, Erica cause you know what you need to do . I hope you feel better Renee. Bailey congrats on pounds lost - knew you were a dteremined lady! didn't see Coy hope she is doing ok
Ok off I go....Have a great afternoon!0 -
Congratulations to all the losers!!! Way to go!
Feel better Rene, I would not wish that on my worst enemy. Keep yourself hydrated too.
Pam, your doctor is going to be elated with your progress, keep up the good work.
Bailey: Trust me, you are definitely getting your exercise in with the children, so never think that you missed a workout.
Blkerica: I have been where you have been, had to cut back on the salt dramatically. You can do it.
Jb: Sorry you aren't willing to give up the foods that keep the weight on, but when you come around, we will still be here.0 -
Just have to post this...saw this today and it's true on so many levels, including weight loss....
"Persevere. Because nothing worthwhile is easy." President Barack Obama :happy:0 -
I'm in a pretty bad mood today. I just need to stay away from the scale!! I am 2 pounds up :sad: . Not cool with me. Plus, I feel like I look like a moron today. My pants are really big, but I just went and bought a bunch a few months ago, so it's hard for me to go out and shop again. Good problem to have, I know, but my pants are really "bunchy" in the front and I just feel stupid. I am going back to eating lunch today. I was doing 2 Atkins shakes, but I've got a headache today on top of my grouchy-ness, so for the sake of the people I work with, I'm going to eat Planning on a chicken salad "sandwich" wrapped in romaine lettuce. May make some deviled eggs at noon too. I am also planning on putting a roast in the crockpot at noon for us to have for dinner. No carrots or potatoes in it like I used to do. I have some asparagus that I'll steam and maybe a salad. I'm going to go back to induction, which is a shame, because I just bought a bunch of berries to have with whipped cream. Oh well, my family can enjoy them. I will however, keep eating my choco-perfection, as it actually contains a ton of fiber and keeps me nice and full along with other benefits.
Hope everyone else is having a good day!0 -
Bailey I hope ur day goes better than it started - oh wait - u know u could have had to lie on the bed to struggle to get those pants on and couldn't breathe when u bent over in them ! :sad: Trying to make light of it.
Thanks for the reminder about chicken salad n deviled eggs - I usually do fish, or tuna, and am getting bored. I really love chicken salad with a few grapes, pecans, and vidalia, and mayo (small amounts of course). Hmmm today is grocery shopping:bigsmile:
Thanks for the encouragement Linda! 0 -
Hi Ladies:
Bailey: Don't be too hard on yourself, remember that muscle weighs more than fat and you have been working out. So give yourself (body) time to adjust to the new routine:flowerforyou: . If you have a sewing machine or knows someone who does, just take up the pants in the waist from the back seam for now. Have your berries with whip cream that is ok, just use portion control.
So you are losing inches as Pamela said and that my dear, is a GOOD THING!!!
Pam: You seem off to a great start and your salad sounds scrumptious. Stay out of the center aisles, just walk on the outer perimeter of the supermarket, those are all Atkins Friendly.
All Others: How is your day going? Hope to hear from you.
We can do this, and we will. Have a great day. 0 -
I agree with Linda, stay on the outer aisles!! I try my hardest to do that!! My kids of course, still have cereal and juice, so I do go into the center aisles for that stuff, but the outer aisles are an Atkins dieters best friend!!
I am in a better mood now. I am planning on my walk tonight and a good tanning session...that outta help my mood. It's been such a long week. I'm ready for Friday already. No cheating this weekend for me. I REPEAT: NO CHEATING for me!!
I did forget to put my roast in the crockpot at noon, so that stinks, but I know I have some ground turkey in the fridge, so I'll figure something out with that.
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Hi All,
Boy can I relate Bailey. After a horrific weekend, my scale has creeped up as well. I'm doing great this week staying on track. But I am crabby!!!!! I keep biting people's head's off. Good thing for my family I'm going out of town the next two days :-) I was craving sugar last night like crazy.
My workouts are still going well. I wore my heart rate monitor while I cleaned house today (which involved mopping all my wood floors and cleaning windows). I was shocked to see I burned 705 calories!!
I hope everyone does great the next couple days! I'll check in on the weekend when I get back. I'm so looking forward to doing NOTHING the next two days :bigsmile:0 -
I have not eaten well ALL WEEK!! On Saturday, I had taco bell AND pizza, Sunday I had Chilis for mothers day, monday and tuesday we had parties at work and I had ALL KINDS OF STUFF......I dont even want to get on the scale in fear of seeing the truth. Back on the wagon today....have done well all day, need to drink more water to flush my body out.
Hope everyone is having a great week!0 -
Alright ladies, time to "tighten things up around here." Falling off the track is one thing, but constantly derailing is "OUT."
Let's do this....This remainder of this week, will be a NO CHEAT week for us. WE CAN DO THIS, and WE WILL. 0 -
I have been so bad lately. I haven't been eating hardly anything during the day and going crazy in the evenings. It must stop. I have to weigh in today and face the consequences of going off program. I will report this afternoon. On a brighter note, I woke up feeling more human than I have in just over a week now. Mucinex was what I needed all along to clear all that garbage out of my chest and to be able to breath normally again. Hopefully I'll remember that for next time! I hope everyone has a lovely day! :happy:0
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I had to pop back on to tell you that my weigh in was....down 0.6lbs!! Wow. I really don't know how that's possible. Look at my diaries and see how terrible I have been with not only the carbs, but overall choices. I'm not taking this loss to mean I can go hog wild though. I fully understand that this could have been a gaining week for sure! I have a goal for next week...20lbs lost is within sight and I CAN DO IT!!! 0
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Hello everyone!
Happy to report my foot/ankle is 100% better! Yay! No pain, even when not using the insert. But I am not doing anything strenuous till at least next week. Don't want to push my luck!
I lost my Mother's Day gain, and was down .4 lbs this morning! Yay! I have been good all week, mostly, lol! Did have the bottom muffin of a McDonald's Sausage McMuffin on Tuesday morning, but I made that be my carbs for the whole day.
Tonight is another story. I am going to a Blue Bunny Ice Cream party! It is at my boss's house, so not going is not an option. It is going to be just sugar free and no sugar added ice cream, but still that stuff has 19-22 carbs per 1/2 cup. I told her I would just taste everything. That should keep my carbs in check. And I am not eating any other carbs all day to prepare for it, lol! Pray for me, lol!
Hope everyone has an awesome day!0 -
Coy, so glad ur doing good, mentioned i hadn't seen u on here in a while. glad ur feeling better and congrats on ur loss!:happy:0
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Dis, glad you are 100%!
Coy, glad you are better and back with us!
Linda, You are right, a lot of us have done pretty poorly lately and we need to step it up. So here's to everyone getting back on the wagon and going at it full force, no cheats!! :drinker: (That's water in that cup, by the way...hehe)
I am back down to my weight I was last week. Sad though, because I could be down another pound or two if I'd stuck to it. No worries though, I am back in the game and I'll have a good weekend and good rest of the week. I have Diet Barg's in the fridge and I'm not drinking them. I'm all oligifructose....no splenda, even! I am loving this natural sweetener and the chocolates. I had 3 yesterday and still went down. This stuff really works and I am so excited to have found it!
I am not sure what's for dinner tonight. Didn't lay anything out for tonight...My husband is a fireman and works 24 hour shifts, then is off for 48 hours, so tonight he's at work and it's just me and the kids. I guess we'll do kielbasa sausage and sourkraut. That's the only thing that I have that doesn't have to be defrosted. I forgot to put the roast in the crock pot, so last night when I got home I sliced it up raw and grilled it along with zucchini and asparagus in foil packets with butter, sea salt and garlic powder. Oh my, soooo good! A few months ago, I would have said, "well, I forgot to put the roast in, so we'll go grab something" and ran to Wendy's or the like. I am super proud of myself for my "achievement".
Feeling much better today as you can tell. Hope everyone else is feeling great, too! Have a great day and I'll check in later!:bigsmile:0 -
I am now 3 pounds on home scale.. for we will see when i got to reuglar weight in.. I love MIMs0
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I need lc friends that i can view the dairy to get ideas0
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Well, today is normally my weigh-in day, but since my special visitor (who makes me gain weight overnight) has decided to rear his ugly head, I'll not be weighing. Forgot my breakfast shake this morning, so I'm sitting here starving. The only thing I have here at work is a chocolate bar...may just eat it. It's the chocoperfection bar and is full of fiber, so I can sort of justify it, right?:blushing:
Anyhow, not much to report today. No workout yesterday, maybe today?? I've not done a workout for about a week now. I was back into the swing of things for about a week, but lost interest yet again...we'll see what next week brings. I really need to start my walking back up. That is at least something to get me moving and not as horrible to try to get through as a workout dvd is.
Hope everyone is having a great day!!0
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