Time to try a journal. My dh has given up on lc and I'm on my own now. Perhaps if I'm accountable to the written word I'll stay on track.

A little background:
I'm 38 years old and have a 3-year-old ds, Michael. I've been chubby all my life, with a mesomorph body type. The thinnest I've ever been in my adult life (135) was for my wedding after months on Redux. I hate to think about the damage that did to my body. I quit my job in Dec. 03 to stay home with my son, but still do a little consulting work on the side for some mad money.

I began Atkins on 1-5-04, and am thrilled with this woe! How could this have been around for so long and I just now discovered it? I did great on Induction. I only lost 6 pounds, but consider that a success since I only have ~30 pounds to lose. I continued to lose very slowly (1/2 pound/week) for the next 2 months on OWL. That is, until last week.

My 2 brothers and their families visited for Spring Break. These are all very tall and thin people (how did I get the stubby fat genes in the family?) I did great the first few days they were here, then cratered during our first fancy meal out. We were at a very nice white tablecloth restaurant at a ski resort, and I ordered one glass of champagne along with my sil. That is my alcohol weakness. They were out, and I was secretly OK with that, since it would stall me for a few days. But my db excused himself. I thought he was going to the restroom, but turns out he ran to a nearby liquor store and bought us a bottle of champagne for the restaurant to uncork! I ended up drinking 1/2 a bottle of champagne, then ate the sweet potatoes that came w/ my dinner, then ate dessert . It went downhill from there. No need to get into detail, or get on the scale.

So now here it is a fresh Monday morning and I'm going back on Induction for a few days with renewed commitment. My goals this week are:
1. Drink 16oz. of water before I'm allowed one cup of my precious coffee! I did switch to decaf for this woe.
2. Up my water intake. It's been hard to get in 64 oz, but now i realize i need to drink at least 80 oz, and preferably more.
3. Exercise 5 days.
4. Adhere to a clean, KISS induction for about 3-4 days to get back on track.

I'm confident I can do this!

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Emily
Current: Size 10
Goal: Size 8

You can do this Emily. giving in with a special occasion is something most of us have done. Just get back on plan (and sounds like you have a good one) - and you will be back losing in no time.

You are confident, you know what to do, and you will.

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Mary Kay
2009 - 223
Valentines day goal - 214

Thanks Mary Kay!

Today was a good day:
B-decaf coffee w/ cream, 2 scrambled eggs, sausage
L-chicken salad (baked chicken, mayo, hard boiled eggs, seasoning), 1 cup Romaine, 1 tbsp Italian dressing, cheese stick
S-1 oz cheese, pork rinds
D-hamburger patty, 1 1/2 cups steamed broccoli

Water-80 oz. so far

Exercise-brisk 30 minute walk w/ ds in jog stroller. The hike and bike trails by my house have very steep hills, so this is a workout!

I'm keeping a detailed food journal at home and today comes out to 16.3 carbs. Need to add more veggies tomorrow. I may have some sf jello before I go to bed.

I forgot how hard Induction is!! Maybe I'll only do this for 2 days till ketosis kicks in again. I've been lethargic and have a headache, but feel great emotionally that I'm eating properly again!

Won't get on scale until Friday....

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Emily
Current: Size 10
Goal: Size 8

Hey emily.... I was just reading your post.. and I might suggest giving yourself atleast three days on induction.... it will give you the full affect.

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Megan Rose
Back and really to lose some weight!
250(sw)/196(cw)/175(gw1)/150(fgw)

Yes, you're right Megan. I need to give it at least 3 days. I'm halfway there. But OMG! I'm already at 20 carbs today and I haven't even had dinner yet!

B-Decaf w/ cream, 2 eggs, sausage
L-sauteed yellow squash and onion, 2 oz. cheddar, 1 slice luncheon meat (the squash and onions had tons of carbs per FitDay)
D-will probably just be pork loin and romaine for minimal carb damage.

I can't believe how good I feel after re-Inducting for just a day and a half. All the bloating and miserableness disappeared overnight. And the extreme lethargy I felt yesterday is gone too. I keep peeking at my napping ds because I want to go to the zoo this afternoon!

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Emily
Current: Size 10
Goal: Size 8

Well, my pork loin had 5 carbs per 4 oz serving. Aaarrgh! Lesson learned: READ LABELS MORE CAREFULLY BEFORE PURCHASE. Turns out this one was flavored w/ Teriyaki. So I obviously exceeded induction level carbs today. I still feel good, though. And will continue for another 3 days just to be safe before adding more veggies and nuts.

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Emily
Current: Size 10
Goal: Size 8

Hi Emily! Good for you for getting right back on track!

Have you considered tracking your intake on fitday? www.fitday.com? I found that in Induction I was under-carbing it because I had forgotten to substract the fiber carbs and fitday helped a lot with this!

The Teryaki sauce? lots of salt. Get your water in today and that will help a lot!

Hang in there!

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Hugs, Rachel







(the horn is in honor of DH!)
Quien canta, sus males espanta... ("She who sings fightens away her ills") Miguel de Cervantes

Thanks for popping in Rachel! I do FitDay off and on. I used it religiously while doing Induction for the first time back in January. I have a good carb counter book now that tells me fiber and net carbs, which i keep in a detailed journal.

Yesterday was great - got in my cardio and 80oz. water. 20.9 net carbs:

B-decaf, eggs, sausage
L-Chilean sea bass, cabbage, 1/2 avocado
S-cheddar, 1/2 cup sf jello
D-pot roast, 2 cups romaine, 1 tbsp dressing

Got TOM today - so staying off scale till Monday. A couple more days of induction. It's much harder the second time after you've gotten used to extra veggies, nuts, berries, and a lc treat every now and then!

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Emily
Current: Size 10
Goal: Size 8

Today has been a pity party kind of day. I focused on all the negative things in my life which is so unhealthy. A comment my 5-year-old nephew made last week while they were visiting from TX really affected me more than I'd care to admit. He said he didn't like me because I was ugly. His mom (my sil) was very embarrassed. I shouldn't care, but children are so honest and it's very upsetting he thinks I'm ugly. I'm not gorgeous, but I'm not ugly! If I knew how to post a picture here I would so everyone could see. It's just that my sisters-in-law are very pretty and tall and thin. And I'm more the girl next door. I feel OK about myself until I get around them. One is 5'9'' and wears a size 4!

Oh well. Life goes on. Today was OK foodwise:
B-Decaf, eggs, bacon
L-1/2 avocado, swiss/pepperoni rollups, cheddar slice
D-Steak, cauliflower, romaine
s-SF jello, Atkins apple crisp bar (this is the only bar I'll eat since it only has 5g of sugar alcohol/glycerin. I count 2 stated carbs + 2.5 = 4.5).
Total carbs-20.3
Water-96 oz.
Exercise-none. But I wasn't sedentary. I walked around the Denver Botanic Gardens for 2 hours w/ ds in stroller. Must get exercise in tomorrow.

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Emily
Current: Size 10
Goal: Size 8

Emily--my middle name is Anne spelled like that! I haven't seen it many times in my lifetime--34 years and counting! you would be surprised tos ee who reads these things even if they don't leave a message with you! Take heart, you are doing the right thing for you. Kids speak their mind--sometimes it would behoove an adult to do the same--but somehow we never find the "guts?" the waht it takes to tell someone they aren't being fair with us. But we have to be honest and fair with ourselves and look in the mirror and know we see the truth!

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Lori

232/190/130
My other journal http://www.lowcarbeating.com/bb/showthread.php?t=1130

Hey Huskersfan. Yeah, I like Anne with an e! I know you're right but I just can't get past the "ugly" word. It's so....ugly! At least my dh thinks I'm cute. He'd better.

Anyway, two good days. Almost.
Yesterday was a model lc carb day until 11:00pm. Made chocolate chip cookies for Michael's (ds) Playgroup Friday morning, and didn't even taste a morsel. I brought raw peppers & celery for me to munch on. But those leftover cookies kept calling out to me when I was all alone as ds was sleeping and dh was out watching basketball w/ his alumni club. I cratered and ate one. I weighed it first (as any good little lc'er would do) and it was 3/4 oz. So I figured around 15 carbs. And you know, it wasn't even that good! Why did I have to scarf it down? But I did 40 minutes of upper and lower body weight training, and had 88 oz of water. 35 total carbs. W/out that damned cookie would've been fine at 20 good carbs.

Today was great. Started off w/ a 2.5 mile run + 1 mile brisk walk. Had to do that after reading IronSquirrel's journal. Included steep, thigh-burning hills.
B-decaf, Atkins crunchy almond cereal
L-hamburger patty, cabbage, raw peppers & celery, ranch dip
S-cheddar
D-will be parmesan chicken, romaine and dressing.
22.1 net carbs. I'm down on my water intake. Only 56 oz. so far. But will catch up.

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Emily
Current: Size 10
Goal: Size 8

Got on scale this morning. 147.5!!

I was hoping to be at 149, since I still have TOM and still feel bloated. And I got up to 151 after 3 days off-plan during my ski trip. I'm so excited I'm heading out for a nice run with ds in jog stroller.

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Emily
Current: Size 10
Goal: Size 8

Excellent Day!
B-Decaf, eggs, bacon
L-cabbage/hamburger stir fry, cheddar
S-Apple Crisp bar
D-Big spinach/romaine/avocado salad, baked chicken, SF jello
Total-21.6 net carbs
Water-80 oz.
Exercise-45 minute run in the stinging snow. OK, I walked a little of that. And yes, it snowed today. 80 degrees 2 days ago, and snow today. It was fun, though.

My menus are a little boring and repetitive. Sundays were traditionally our take-out pizza night, but can't do that now. Didn't feel like cooking so just ate leftovers. DH doesn't complain! Tomorrow I'm making Crustless Spinach Quiche. Yumm!

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Emily
Current: Size 10
Goal: Size 8

Ate well all day until I went to the Wiggles concert tonight (if you don't have a toddler, you won't know who the Wiggles are). I had a couple handfulls of ds's popcorn. Thought I blew it bad, but turns out it was only about 6 carbs per FitDay.

B-Decaf, lc cereal
L-Chilean sea bass, sauteed spinach w/ garlic
S-2 pcs lc bread w/ butter, Splenda, & cinnamon. Thought I had died and gone to heaven. It probably wasn't that good, but I haven't had anything resembling bread in months, much less cinnamon toast.
D-1/2 avocado w/ italian dressing, pepperoni/cheese rollups
S-1 cup popcorn
exercise-none
water-72 oz

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Emily
Current: Size 10
Goal: Size 8

Great day for exercise & water, bad day for food. I'm getting depressed. My dh officially quit Atkins today - asked me to get Mini Wheats and orange juice for his breakfasts now. And my friends are totally anti-low carb. So much so that I can't bring the topic up. I feel I've been ostracised. So I have nobody. Just this forum. And everybody seems to already know each other here!

I won't give up.

Even though I only have around 13 more pounds to reach goal, I think I have to lower my goal. Because I look in the mirror and all I see is fat, fat, fat. 13 measly pounds isn't going to fix that.

B-Decaf, 2 scrambled eggs
L-Mixed greens salad and fried okra at Black Eyed Pea. Didn't touch the rolls or cornbread despite the condescension from my friends. Figure the batter on the okra was my cheat for the week.
S-almonds, cheddar, 1/4 cookie (I hate having kiddie treats lying around!)
D-baked chicken, steamed broccoli, romaine/cucumber salad
S-Le Carb frozen dessert (I told you it was a bad food day)
Net 31.7 carbs
80 oz water

Exercise: DH went into work late this am, so I took the chance to go for a run without ds in jog stroller. I felt light as air! It's amazing the difference without pushing a 30 pound kid in a 20 pound stroller, especially up those hills. Jogged 35 minutes, fast-walked 10 minutes. One of these days I'll be able to jog the whole route.

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Emily
Current: Size 10
Goal: Size 8