Man! That’s the worst flu I’ve had in years. I thought I got bad
chicken or something… yuk
The egg drop soup has been the only thing that even sounds slightly
appealing. I just can’t eat. At all. period. my stomach still hurts.
It feels bad in there.
So I sip soup, and lurk.
Thanks for being here.
S=)
Poor thing! How about chicken broth, or some sort of ‘brothy’ soup? I
understand what you mean, because when I am sick i always want carbs like
mashed potatoes, pasta, toast. How about scrambled eggs, or some sort of
frittata or quiche? You need food that is easy on the tummy right now.
Hope you get to feeling better soon!!!
Hugs, Kristina
I’ve been so sick. Now the thought of meat, eggs, fish, or cheese
just makes me nauseous. I can’t possibly eat that stuff. What am I
going to do? I’ve gotta get back to work, etc… The thought of
anything with meat just I can’t deal with it… In fact the only
thing that sounds do-able is crackers or white bread…
help…
Ok. Ive been reading back at some of the coconut messages. What
exactly does one do with it. Just take a spoonful a day or can you
use it in cooking. If so, has anyone got any atkin friendly recipes
that use coconut oil.
Mazza
ps this is my second time round with atkins. Did it 2 years ago and
lost 45lbs but slowly put it back on while reintroducing carbs 
hmm well I knew all that cheating would come back to bite me in the
rear…. All that cheating(I knew this would happen) has thrown me
completely outta ketosis. I was even drinking between 80 and 90 ozs
of water to try and keep flushed. My mother in laws scale is off
though. I only gained 2 lbs back thank god.
well on to other things….I took my daughter to her endocrinology
appt yesterday. Spoke to the endocrinologist about her diet and she
has agreed to have me remove all sugars, refined flour( she still
wants her to have whole grains) . She says there is no reason why her
carbs should not come from veggies and fruit. Now I know its not
straight atkins but it atleast is a start for her. I have told the
school about the diet changes and they are working with me. so I
guess its a start.
Denise
Hey Everyone!!
My name is Steph, I’m from Canada. I’m on day #2, so far so good!
I decided to try Atkins, because I liked the idea of burning your
own fat for fuel.
I’m quite active, I’ve always worked out… over December and
January I’ve put on a good 15lbs. These 15 pounds are especially
aggravating to me because I spent a year prior seriously exercising
and eating healthy to loose them.
I’ve pretty much gone on a 2 month bender, I LOVE carbs and I know
that i’m addicted, which is another reason why I wanted to give this
a shot… I need to get these cravings and urges under control!
I have yet to step on the scale, because I know what it will say and
I’m afraid… all the hard work i’ve done over that past year, gone
out the window, because I couldn’t control myself for 2 months…
I will weigh myself next week, I’ll also be tracking my body fat,
which is actually more important to me than pounds… as muscle
weighs more than fat anyways!
There’s a couple things that I’ve done that might not agree with the
induction process… I’m use to eating 5-6 times a day… smaller
meals, every 2-3 hours… so, for two of those meals during the day
at work I have a protein shake. It’s not atkins, but it has no
sugar and is sweetned with sucralose, so I figure it can’t be that
bad right?????!!!
Also, after work is when I usually binge and eat all the carbs I can
possibly find… so what I’ve done is made some of the Atkins banana
nut muffins… that way I still have something sweet and resembling
bread! And I can melt some butter on it and work on getting my fat
intake up! Good or REAL bad????
Anyways, just thought I’d introduce myself… have a good day
everybody!!
Steph!
OK, everyone — fess up!! What LC treat did you have for Valentines Day?
Me, I had 3 HUGE strawberries that were *incredible*!! A shockingly intense
strawberry taste all the way through (even more shocking considering that it
is mid Feb!). I actually planned on eating two, but went back to the fridge
to eat one more!
Funny, but I guess that I have been away from sugar so long that, after
eating them, I felt a little ‘rush’, like a caffeine jolt, with my heart
even beating faster for a short time. (STILL worth every bite! LOL!!) I
wanted to make some sort of dessert with SF chocolate pudding and cream
cheese, but every recipe I could find added like 1 cup of cream to the mix,
and I didn’t want to add that many carbs. I still wonder about the taste of
softening 1 brick of cream cheese and whipping with one box of instant
chocolate fudge (SF) pudding? Anyone tried it??
-Kristina (who is already thinking about my strawberry today!)
I’m just posting a quick note to stay “in the loop”…I seem to have
gotten the flu that is going around… I couldn’t sit up yesterday.
Slept all day and night, terrible body aches, fever, yuk.
Thinking of you all, sorry for your troubles, wishing you the best.
S=)
Dear notelling;
You are really lucky that you didn’t gain weight when you went off
Atkins for the week. If I even think about “cheating” and eating
more carbs, I stall… I spent my teen-age and early twenties going
on and off of very strict diets. I think that’s how I messed my
metabolism up. But when I was younger, before I started showing
signs of hypothyroidism, I could lose weight very easily. I abused
my body alternately starving it and feeding it junk food and crap.
Now I will have to spend the rest of my life guarding my health ver
carefully.
But everyone is different. Some can get away with not drinking all
of their water, taking the minimum vitamins or none at all, even not
exercising. I have to do all of this every day. And even when I do
all of this faithfully, I still have days where I see no progress.
I’ve actually gained weight a couple of times since I started.
I think you should develop whatever kind of lifestyle you think is
reasonable to live with based on the information that you have. And
then I think you should live by it faithfully, and not treat it like
a diet. I don’t think that it’s good to try to play the game of
seeing what you can “get away with.” If you’re constantly
fantasizing about cheating your food plan, you can never learn to
enjoy it. It is more like a punishment than a way of life. And
that’s not a fun way to live.
Again, congrats on your fabulous metabolism. I wish you well.
S=)
Well needless to say I have fallen offtrack this weekend. I had fast
food twice, drank a bunch of pop and had crackers. I figuer I will
just chalk it up to experience and hop back on track now. Since I
drank my large mtn dew though I have drank like 50 oz of water. for
dinner( we are at the inlaws again death to Atkins home) mom made
meatloaf with crackers and I had two helping with some green beans
and a salad. She made 2 types of potato’s though and I was very good
and didn’t eat any (pats self on the back) I figuer I will try and
sqeeze in about 32 more oz of water tonight and try and really flush
the system good to start back up again. I will get up tomorrow and
eat right if it kills me. i figuer I may have put a couple of more
lbs back on from this binge so back to induction I go. Maybe I will
get lucky and the swoosh fairy will visit. I brought my shake with me
for a quick meal if I need it and I haven’t taken any vitamins at all
in a few days. gotta get back in gear again atleast this starts a
fresh week and we will see where I stand then.
Denise —-