My goal is to lose at least 35 pounds, hopefully by the end of the year if not sooner. But my main goal is to get to a healthy weight and maintain it!
I have been following the atkins diet since 12/29/02. Except for one really bad day, I have been doing ok and lost about 4-5 pounds so far.
Food: Breakfast - 2 slices 2% American Cheese Lunch - 2 hot dogs, small salad Dinner - ?? will update later.
Water so far - 3 cups. I need to drink more water!
I joined curves a while back and plan to return on Monday. I wanted to do my induction first then start exercising.
shamma
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Christine, I wish you all the best on this quest. How is the Atkins diet?? there is a guy here that started it on Tuesday. How is it doing w/o carbs??? I could not do it at all. Exercise and eating right goes hand in hand. When you go back to eating normally??
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Thanks. I like Atkins. I have carbs, just healthier ones, you can have veggies and salads. And there are carbs in things like cheese, eggs and some processed meats.
I am a poster child for poor eating habits. I would normally eat a lot of fried foods, (french fries are my weakness), some sweets, no veggies, rarely a salad or fruit.
At least doing atkins I try to eat a salad everyday (which I never did). I am more aware of portions since I get filled up a quicker. I try to eat leaner meats and broil or grill them instead of frying them and I am experimenting with spices and condiments for variety.
By not eating a lot of the cr@p I used to, my diet IS healthier.
shamma
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Thanks for explaining. I wish you all the best, will you keep a log of how your progress is coming along??
ChristineC68
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Sure, that's the point of the log/journal, right?
Cira
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Hey Christine ... I've done Atkins and the Zone ... all proposing to cut the carbs. So I feel your pain! I will be rooting for you girl!
shamma
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I meant your weight your inches etc?? sorry if I wasn't clear.
ChristineC68
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Thanks Cira!
Shamma, I'll post what I lose (# & inches), but not my actual weight or anything. I am too embarrassed to do that.
shamma
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no need to be embarrased, you are on the path to making it right. I will be here cheering you on
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Good luck Christine, I tried Atking, but I dont like meat too much, and I died w/o sugar, so I had to give it up But since you like it you'll be fine, my girlfriend lost like 30 pounds on it, and fairly quickly
Christine...I need to cut a lot of carbs out as well...I give you credit...
good luck...
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Thanks Shamma
Liz - it's not for everyone, but I enjoy meat more then other foods so it's not too bad.
Erica - I think atkins is nearly impossible if you don't really eat meat.
Journal/Log Update: Friday dinner - omelette with cheese & bacon
Saturday Breakfast - skipped ( I shouldn't do that) Lunch - left over kielbasa Dinner - London broil, salad, small piece of cake - We had company for dinner and they brought the cake.
Sunday Breakfast - cheddar cheese slices and left over london broil Dinner - hamburger
I was much better about drinkng water but I have plenty of room for improvement:)
Laura
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My Brother did really well on Atkins a while back-- my weakness is pasta and dont eat enough meat to do it--although I get crazvings once a month-- def not enough for Atkins!!! Keep up the good work Laura
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Laura - That is so great about your brother - he must look.feel great. I prefer meat to carbs (except for my beloved french fries ) so this isn't too bad as far as diets go.
To update my log: Monday (I was home sick so I picked all day) 2 slices of american cheese 1 cup of browned ground beef (approx) one slice of LC cheesecake 1 - 1 1/2 cups of a beef/cheese casserole small salad
I am getting much better with the water, I had approx. 7 or 8 cups of it yesterday. I still need to get better but I find I reach for water just as easily as I would a soda now.
Tuesday B2 slices of cheese (see a trend? it's easy and travels well).
L 1 1/2 cups of the beef/cheese casserole
D Will probably be some sort of grilled chicken with garlic/lemon/wine sauce (if anyone has an easy recipe for this ) with a salad.
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Christine, I don't think I could do the Atkins at all. So how come I do not see any activity in there??? How large are your portions?? How many calories do you think you take in per day. I am with you on the water. I still have the same cup in front of me trying to sip away.
shamma
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Another question, when you eat an omlet since ther is no bread, do you just eat it like that??? I would miss bread and rice and potatoes so much. You are good
ChristineC68
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I have been pretty sick for the past couple of days so I have been putting it off. Not that I was active before - I am an exercise phobe It's next on my list of getting a healthier lifestyle, hopefully by the end of the week.
I couldn't even guess how many calories I have in a day, I would have to track them in fit day or something like that.
I usually dont have side dishes except salad with dinner and or lunch.
I miss bread and potatoes, I never really ate pasta much, but I would miss something no matter what type of diet I was on. At least this way I'm not hungry.
I think you're good the way you are so devoted to working out. I envy the discpline.
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I just entered most of what I ate yesterday into fitday and it came up to 1285 calories plus the LC cheese cake I had during the day - say that's 200-300 calories. So in total I am looking at about 1500-1600 calories.
This is a real rough estimate since I didn't measure my foods.
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Just updating my log:
Wednesday B - 2 slices of american cheese L - 2 hot dogs D- salad, half a chicken cutlet, 3 spare ribs, 3 chicken wings
Thursday B - 2 slices of american cheese L - 2 hot dogs D - salad, 2 cups of beef casserole, slice of lc cheesecake
Friday B - 2 slices of american cheese L - 2 hot dogs D- Is gonna be hard at papa joes
Monday starts my exercise routine unless moving furniture and painting counts - that's what we'll be doing this weekend.
