HI! I'm planning a two-week to hopefully lose 8 lbs. and return to a maintenance phase aftewards w/ good lower carb fruits (apples and raspberries, for example.)

Thanks for the input!

CALORIES = 1140 NET CARBS = 17.5 for the day

BR 2 hard boiled eggs
2 pieces turkey sausage
calories = 240 net carbs = 3.5

SN Q-Smart Bar
Calories =120 net carbs = 3

LU 1 Atkins shake
1 can sardines
Calories = 270 net carbs = 1

SN Q-smart bar
Calories = 120 net carbs = 3

DI 1 Jenn-o turkey patty
garlic
2 cups broccoli
1 slice mozzarella cheese
calories = 290 net carbs = 4

SN Low-carb fudgesicle
calories = 100 net carbs = 3

TOTAL = Calories 1140 NET CARBS = 17.5

I have read about people using the sticks for ketosis. If I do this for two weeks and exercise (maybe not as much as I'd like though) I should lose my weight.

Thanks for your input!

Just joined the forum group. Didn't see my post in with the "newbie" mix.

Welcome, Athena.

I would certainly like to see a bit more of the "raw veggie" group in your menu, like maybe add a salad at lunch, and swap out the bars for a nice selection of raw crunchie veggies dipped in some full fat dressing. Other than that, seems ok.

HINTS: if you don't lose at a reasonable rate, ditch the bars and the ice bars and replace the shake with a salad.

Hope you'll make yourself at home.

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Maggie posts wise. Lose the shakes and bars and have a nice big salad.
And water, water, water!

I looked over my successful plan from last year (lost 9 lbs. in 2 weeks). I didn't use the processed foods, but I think this looks easier in regards to preparation.

So, more veggies, less processed foods, but still easy. Does this look better?

Thanks for the input.

CALORIES = 1040 NET CARBS = 19 for the day

BR 2 hard boiled eggs
2 pieces turkey sausage
calories = 240 net carbs = 3.5

SN mozzarella sticks -2
Calories =100 net carbs = 2

LU 1 can tunafish
1/2 cup green beans
2 Tbsp. Mayo
Calories = 250 net carbs = 6

SN can sardines
Calories = 100 net carbs = 0

DI 1 Jenn-o turkey patty
garlic
1 cup broccoli
1 slice mozzarella cheese
calories = 280 net carbs = 4

SN celery sticks
cream cheese
calories = 70 net carbs = 3.5

TOTAL = Calories 1040 NET CARBS = 19

I think you may be right about the shakes and bars. Thanks.

do you drink coffee, what do you put in it,

are you drinking lots of water....
you have already pre planned snacks, I found that when I am eating right on with my low carbing, I hardly need snacks... the protien and fat i eat keep me going till my next meal time.

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carolyn in texas
started 8/11/03 327/268/177
5/20/08/ - 348
onward thru the fog

I cut back on the diet Coke . Only (2) 12 oz. cans in the AM. I am down from drinking 80-100 oz. a day. No joking! Gross. I'm going to slowly whittle myself off this amout too. Maybe for several weeks substitute green tea for one of the 12 oz. cans. I still think about it. It is still not easy to drink only this amount. I am a junkie, but I can't go back.

Good point about the snacks. My husband says the same thing. I want to still try to exercise, so I thought I needed a certain amount of food.

No snacks for you? Did you post your plan? I'm brand new so I haven't seen it maybe.

Thanks for sharing!

I don't have a two week diet, I change around my food almost every day,

but I do eat the following on a rotating basis:

breakfast:

1-2 hard boiled eggs with mayo (egg salad)
or
scrambled eggs with either sausage, bacon or ham and cheese mixed in
or
mini quiche (I make quicche with cheese, bacon or sausage, and some spinach and put them in muffin tins and have 2 of these as a serving)

lunch:
usually a large bowl of salad - lettuce, cukes tomatoes, artichoke hearts, cheese, some kind of meat (ham, chicken, beef, etcl) and dressing
sometimes I will have sf jello with lunch, or a couple of strawberries and cream

dinner:
some kind of protien (meat, beef, fish, pork, chicken )
some kind of cooked veggie - cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage
some kind of a salad - lettuce with veggies, cukes and sour cream, cole slaw,

if I need a snack, I have fruit, popcorn ( I get the mini bags and just have that and not the big ones)

I drink between 2-4 quarts of water a day

I have two cups of coffee in the morning (one before work and one at work)

If I had to eat what you wrote down for two weeks, (the same thing day in and day out, ) I would be bored within 3 days and give up.

eat a variety of things, different meats, veggies, salad dressings, etc.

hope this helps.c

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carolyn in texas
started 8/11/03 327/268/177
5/20/08/ - 348
onward thru the fog

after induction. I did the more regimented plan last year and was successful. Takes lots of discipline and determination, but the maintenance afterwards is the key. I'd like to start cooking low carb foods after my induction phase.