Atkins diet blog

Boy am I going to have this Atkins treat tomorrow!4 carbs per
serving. In total 8 servings.
Belgian Waffles
Greg Pryor
Belgian style waffles are thicker than standard waffles, but this
recipe can be prepared in either type of waffle maker. When serving
a lot of waffles, make them ahead and reheat by placing on a baking
sheet in a 375° oven for 5-7 minutes, until crisp and hot. (Waffles
can also be frozen and reheated.)
90g (3oz) soya flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
3 teaspoons sugar substitute
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 eggs
1/4 cup ice water
1. Heat waffle iron. Whisk together flour, baking powder, sugar
substitute and salt. Add cream, eggs, extract and ice water; batter
will be stiff. Add a little more water if necessary, 1 tablespoon at
a time, until batter spreads easily.
2. Place approximately 3 tablespoons of batter in center of waffle
iron. Cook according to manufacturers directions until crisp and
dark golden brown. Repeat with remaining batter.

2 egg yolks
1 tsp salt
2-3 tsp light mustard (French’s or Dijon - both are sugarfree)
1,25-1,5 cups sunflower oil or other oil of your fancy
2-3 tsp vinegar or lemon
(french herbs or tarragon to taste - optional)
BEFORE YOU START: All ingredients at room temperature.
In a bowl, beat egg yolks, salt and mustard. Here comes the tricky
part: SLOWLY, adding VERY little at a time, add oil while beating at
top speed, adding the oil in a small, even flow towards the end (if
you add too much at a time, the mayo will curdle. Below are
instructions for how to rescue it if that happens). Beat until you
have added all the oil (and herbs). Once the mayo has thickened,
add the vinegar or lemon, and add more mustard and salt to your
taste.
IF IT CURDLES:
In a separate bowl, beat 1 egg yolk. Slowly, beating at the highest
speed, add a little of the first mayo at a time. Continue to beat
until all is added and it has thickened. Add a little COLD water
while beating and it will regain its proper consistency.
Delicious.

Ingrid, The herring had sugar in it, right? Why do they spoil so much good food with added sugar? I can’t shop without my strong glasses to check each label.

Strawberries will be allowed later, with whipped cream. Yum.

Of course Midsummer is the biggest holiday in Sweden next to xmas. The christian church only took on the winter holiday because of all the pagans who would be good little christians until the next big pagan festival. They couldn’t compete, so they stole it and assigned it the meaning of “birth of christ” which had been blasphemy to celebrate up until then, because their religion was “about the death, not the birth.” So you can probably figure out what easter really is!

I always think it’s so funny when people sneer at Pagans and then go celebrate their biggest festivals. Not that I’m either one. I just think if people have strong beliefs, they might read a bit of the history instead of the dogma.

Christine

Ingrid, my husband and I tried this too. I gained 6 pounds on low fat products, fat free products, veggies and fruit.

I thought I was under an evil spell. So glad to find out what was wrong. After 10 days of eating great stuff, I’ve lost 7.

Christine

Ok ~ I just started on Sunday and was very enthusiastic after doing
weeks of research on this diet I thought ~ this is the one for me, I
can do this. I don’t want to make this a book but I’ll give a little
background ~ I’m 44 yo F and I’ve roller coasted with my weight all my
life, always about 20 or so pounds overweight. Then almost 6 years
ago I had my daughter and miraculously only gained 11 pounds during my
pregnancy and lost 50. I’d been at my highest weight ever (154)
pre-pregnancy. I am only 5′ 2 1/2″ so at 115 lbs I felt great, but
skeptical ~ I thought ~ it’ll come back so I kept all my “bigger”
clothes. But by last summer I had only put back about 7 lbs so I felt
pretty safe after 5 years getting rid of all those clothes ~ BIG
MISTAKE. Since last summer I put on 20 lbs and got back up to 142 ~ I
tried other diets but was only able to lose 3 lbs ~ which brings me to
now. I started on Sunday at 139 lbs. I’ve stayed well below 20 grams
of carbs and lost 1 lb by day 3, lost another 2 by day 4 but then this
morning (day 5) when I weighed myself I gained back 2. I would like
to get back to that 115. I was so excited yesterday, but today for me
was a major setback. I keep reading about others who have lost like 8
lbs by day 5 ~ what am I doing wrong? I haven’t been able to exercise
for more than about 10 minutes a day (I’m a single mom and my little
girl has been really sick since Monday). I’ve been eating eggs and
sausage for breakfast, about a cup of salad w/feta cheese and turkey
breast for lunch, dinner has been either steak or chicken with 1 C of
salad and 1 C of veggies from the approved list (with butter of
course) and for snacks I’ve had either sugar free jello or pork rinds
or even a couple of slices of cheese and turkey breast. I’m trying to
get all my water in and doing pretty well with that. I do have
caffeine ~ can’t seem to stop that ~ need at least my one cup a day
(black) but it’s 1/2 decaf 1/2 regular. Anyway, sorry for making this
a book. I’m getting discouraged, I don’t want to give up ~ any advice
or suggestions would be great ~ thanks for reading.
Cyndy
139/138/115

hiya, a big big thank you to everyone here for the messages you post
and the support and help for the messages i post, it’s really helped
me get thru this induction, and i’ve lost about 11lb’s i’m going to
continue with induction till i lose about another 10lb’s if i can,
tho i know it could slow up a bit now, so you’re stuck with me for a
while yet.
Good luck to you all.
jacqi (uk)

I just want to say…
Some people can get away with eating less the 20 carbs per day but others may have problems with it because when your body don’t get enough carbs, it goes into starvation mode. When that happens your body actually produces its own sugar and your metabolism slows down. Diabetics would know this. If they dont eat enough in a day, they can take a blood sugar reading and their sugar may be high and that is the reason for it. Our bodies are using fat as its fuel sourse but carbs play a very important part in keeping your cells healthy.
Debbie

In a message dated 6/25/2003 6:20:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, charlottematson@… writes:

Maggie, i try to keep telling myself that, but the harder i try , it seems like i still do back stepping. first i stopped drinking, then i went on to stop smoking (cigs.i never did do drugs or?) and now i’m trying to eat better and loose some unwelcome weight. but the Dr. keeps telling me how bad my body is from the diabetics. it’s almost ready to shut down, and i’m looking at more surgery.i have no probable with this woe, i love water and salads so it really fits in with my life style. thanks for the nice words they do mean a lot to me, and God bless you and help you when you need Him….y/f……. [INLINE] char
Char,
We CAN get you through this induction. Im worried about you and I want to see you healthy and feeling good. My uncle has diabetes and for years he didnt take care of what he ate and his weight. Now he is paying for it. The circulation in his legs are bad and he has an infection that wont go away. So far he has 3 operations and its still taking very long to heal. How much weight do you have to lose to put you in a safe zone? We can all do this together. We can even share what we ate in the day.
Debbie

Thanks for the recipe Yogini. IT sounds delish!

Promised my son when the low carb cookbooks came, and the low carb tortillas were delivered, that I would make him enchiladas. Well, the 3 cookbooks came, the tortillas came, and I can’t find a recipe for enchilada sauce! Help!!! Virg.