Today's menu......please add yours :o)

[JANIKvonD]

breakfast - 6 bacon rashers (thin)
lunch - 3egg omelette ham/cheese/little bit red onion (500 cal)
dinner- half a roast chicken with coleslaw

love cutting

[elizabeth58]

Breakfast 3 boiled eggs chopped with 1 teaspoon of butter and a little sea salt

Lunch 3 egg omlette beat egg yokes with salt and pepper and 2 oz grated cheese ,whip the egg whites untill frothy .Fry 2 thin slices of chopped onion in butter add 2 rashers of chopped bacon ,when nearly done add chopped mushrooms and 2 cherry tomatoes chopped also ,mixed the eggs together gentley as not to beat the air out .add to the pan and enjoy .

Dinner roast chicken with salad

Snacks Atkins breakfast bar or some cheese

[Aradasky]

Today I had 1 pc bacon and 2 eggs, will have cottage cheese and a Nathan's hotdog for lunch and a pork shoulder slow cooked with sauerkaut for dinner. I am also going to fix a green bean bacon cheese casserole for our veges and will have coconut and macadamias for snack. Oh YUM....

[naureen]

brunch is chicken kebab and an egg and dinner will be beef sirloin steamed indian style with green chilies and onions and some fried okra...yumm

[Aradasky]

Eggs for breakie, turkey burger and broccoli for lunch and new recipe -- turkey sausage casserole for dinner. yum......

[anmida]

I heard you can get to much water and I didn't believe it so I looked it up and sure enough, you can. It doesnt have to be gallons either. Then I remembered the times I drank 15 glasses a day and how sick I felt. Now I keep it to 8 cups.

I have just went back on Atkins diet. I wil probably have a fancy share for breakfast.

Choc. with cherry lite jello powder and some cool whip in the blender.

You guessed it, the reason im fat is because of sweets. I cant look another egg in the face after the last diet though and im having a terrible time trying to find something. the pancakes looked good, but now i have to go out and buy all that cocnut oil and flour etc. which is fine if I can find it.

i came to this site to get ideas. Im starving and have lost my taste for a lot of meat. I'm on salads and cheese and shakes and break down and have ACE biscuits after a week or so. HELP!

Breakfast:
3 eggs overeasy
bacon
coffee with light cream and splenda

Lunch:
homemade buffalo wings (0 carbs) with blue cheese dressing

Snack:
2 string cheeses

Dinner:
Chicken and veggie stirfry.

80 oz of water so far

[anmida]

Sorry I think I messed up the thread. I was writing about drinking too much water. Then I put my breakfast menu in which was not very clear and I spelled it incorrectly. I am new and your posts have great ideas.

For breakfast I had a double chocolate whey protein shake with cherry jello powder and cool whip in the blender. The rest is in my message. I'll be more careful after this.

[daffodyllady]

Anmida, I do understand how it is to be addicted to sweets! I never had much of a problem until I began my current job. I work as a home-health aide, caring 8 hrs a day for a bedridden heart and stroke patient. I am alone in the house all day, supposed to be cleaning the house while not giving her a bed bath, etc. But the family makes all this fantastic baked stuff that just gets half-eaten, and then sits there on the counter... and they beg me to help them eat it up, so it won't go to waste! I have learned to throw a dish towel over it, so I won't see it every time I pass it in the kitchen. And yes, I have to walk through the kitchen, as it is only a 4-room house, and the kitchen is the entry.

I think I am getting stronger... but peri-menopause isn't making it easier! (I'm 49) Every time I give in to the temptation, I fall hard, and it takes weeks to get back up!
Today, I am home, and am determined to eat only 20 grams carbs. This is the plan:

AM- 5 oz ground beef, with sausage herbs. 4 oz tomato juice.
Noon- chicken breast, sliced thin and stirfried. Summer squash, slow-fried, the southern way.
PM- turkey burger, topped with cheese and dill pickles, on lettuce.

And I have to hit the books today. Final Exam next week in Anatomy & Physiology for RN.

[Aradasky]

Anmida, Can you tell us how much you have to lose? And do you have an Atkins book? And online, there are tons of recipes that can disguise eggs. Maybe you could do more of an Atkins Vegetarian diet? http://www.atkins-diet-advisor.com/v...kins-diet.html and if you search the internet there are Atkins recipes for vegetarians. There is a discussion here, too http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=57817

You can also order almost anything you need online or if you have a health food store nearby,you can get most of the ingredients there.

The cravings for sweets really does get less but has not completely gone away. However I try not to give in as it is hard not to eat too much.

And yes, you can drink too much water.

[Analog6]

Anmida, you need to get away from processed products, low carb is about fresh not packaged. Shakes will NOT teach your body how to eat properly and having sweetened and chocolate flavoured ones (at this stage) will just fuel your desire for more and make it so much harder for you to stick to it.

You can have things like smoked salmon & cream cheese for breakfast, or use the smoked salmon in place of bacon. I just had my big protein breakfast of 120g of steak and 2 huge mushrooms sliced, cooked on a ribbed grill pan with 40g of butter. And I poured all the juice over the lot before I ate it too! And a coffee (my only one of the day), no sugar, with a tablspoon of lovely pure cream. Yum yum. Total carbs 2.8g! I will not be hungry now until dinner time.

I often add avocado to this mix, or some cheese. Or you can make a nic frittata from things lik leek, mushroom, zucchini - almost whatever appeals to you. Once it is cooked cut it into slices & there is breakfast for a few days! I used to do this when I was working and take it to work and heat the slice in the microwave. Slice mushrooms over the top, they soften just enough during the minute or two the frittata is heating. Add a big dab of butter and tuck in.

ATKINS INDUCTION PHASE FOOD LIST
(DANDR 2002)

The aim is to restrict carbohydrates to 20gram or less per day.

YOU MUST DRINK 8 x 8 oz (250ml) GLASSES OF WATER DAILY – ATKINS IS HIGH PROTEIN AND HARD ON KIDNEYS IF SUFFICIENT WATER NOT DRUNK.

FISH – all fish
SHELLFISH – all shellfish (oysters and mussels no more than 4 ounces daily)
POULTRY – all poultry, skin on
RED MEATS – all including beef, lamb, pork (restrict bacon/ham products cured with sugars – read the packets)
EGGS – all eggs
CHEESES –cheddar, cream cheese, Gouda, mozzarella, Swiss and blue cheeses made from cow, sheep and goat milk
SALAD VEGETABLES – 2 to 3 cups daily from the list


Alfalfa sprouts
Bok choy
Celery
Chicory
Chives
Cucumber
Endive
Escarole
Fennel
Lettuce
Mushrooms
Parsley
Peppers
Radicchio
Radishes
Sorrel


OTHER VEGETABLES – one cup per day (but restrict salad vegies to 2 cups)


Artichoke hearts
Asparagus
Bamboo shoots
Bean sprouts
Beet greens
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Collard greens
Eggplant
Kale
Kohlrabi
Leek
Okra
Onion
Pumpkin
Rhubarb
Sauerkraut
Scallions (spring onions)
Snow peas
String or wax beans
Summer squash
Tomato
Turnip
Water chestnuts
Zucchini


SPICES – all spices to taste
HERBS – all in moderation
FATS AND OILS – all vegetable oils, butter, cream (not thickened cream with gelatine and sugar).
BEVERAGES – clear broth/bullion, soda water, mineral water, decaffeinated tea and coffee (use cream), herb teas, lemon and lime juice (unsweetened), water
ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS – any EXCEPT Aspartame.

DO NOT!

Eat any grains, breads, pasta, fruit, starchy vegetables, or dairy products other than specified in the list. Be wary of prepared salads, many have dressings with sugar.
No wine during induction – too high in sugars

SAMPLE MENU

Breakfast
2 or 3 eggs as omelette or scrambled, cooked in olive oil or butter, with avocado or mushroom
Slice of cheese and tomato OR 2 rashers of grilled bacon
Decaff coffee with cream

Lunch
150g salmon
Green salad from list
Decaff tea or coffee

Dinner
Grilled or baked chicken – 150 – 200 g
Green vegies and cauliflower, steamed and then browned in butter
Decaff tea or coffee

I also like to have grilled bacon and sautéed mushrooms for breakfast, easy to cook, filling and delicious!

[rlavallee]

hey y'all, forum newbie here. Just starting a low-carb diet, I'm a bit unsure about how effective it can be but I figured I'll give it a try. I think I have the general idea, here's today's menu:

4 cups half-caff black coffee

Breakfast:
mushroom & cheese omelet, cooked in butter with 2 eggs and 1 oz. cheddar cheese

Lunch:
Baked chicken, leg & thigh
1/2 can spinach

Dinner:
1 lg. boneless, skinless chicken breast, sauteed in olive oil
2 cups stir fry vegetables, steamed (10 total carbs)

Supper:
8 oz. ground chuck patty
1/2 can collard greens

Any recommendations about how to improve it would be appreciated. The current plan is to stick pretty close to this menu nearly every day.

[Aradasky]

rlavallee,

This looks good, just be sure and track your carbs. We do not know how much you have to lose but depending on the amount, you should see a difference soon. Be sure to drink at least 8 glasses of water a day, you will be thirsty in the beginning. Try to get hold of an Atkins book or a low carb book that you like and read, read, read. There is no subsitute for understanding what you are doing and why it has to be a way of life, not just a diet.

Also start a progress thread and we will talk there.
congratulations for getting started!