Ok I am on day 4 and here is my menu so far.

Day 1
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*Breakfast*
- Cheese cubes and water (know it wasn't enough)

*Lunch*
- 3 cups salad withe cheese cubes a little ranch and some cold chicken strips.

*Dinner*
- 4 or 5 small end steaks very thin. 3 cheese sticks, celery, walnuts.


day 2
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*Breakfast*
-cheese cubes 6 ft of peperoni rope 3 pc bacon celery and walnuts

*Dinner*
- 3 chicken legs 1 thigh walnuts 1/2 cup asperigus, cheese cubes and sticks

*Day 3*
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Breakfast 2 eggs 5 pc bacon 2 sausage patties 2 diet gingerales 2 pc gum cheese cubes

Dinner 3 brautworst with lots of saurkraut cheese sticks 4 skewers of teriaki chicken

Day 4 (today)
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3 eggs 3 sausage patties 5 pc bacon 2 celerysticks



Now I know I am not always eating 3 meals and 2 snacks but I am doing the best I can with my schedual. My deart is I am ingesting alot of fatty foods and it goes against everthing I know. I still have several days before I can weight myself and I don't feel any diffrent so in the interim I am worried this is only putting on punds. I have sufferd loose stooles 2 or 3 times and I am a camel when it coems to water. I think I had the hint of metallic taste yeserday for about 10 seconds but I don't suck on metal so I am not sure. Help! Am I ok here?

DasAmigo,

Before I address your menu, may I ask, have you gone back and read the replies to your other posts? You never responded, so I wasn't sure...

Ok, as far as your menu goes, I have several *notes*:
WAY, WAY too much cheese!!!
Cheese can actually cause stalls, so you REALLY need to limit it. Some people can't eat very much at all. I would definitely limit it to NO MORE than 3 or 4 oz./day.
WAY, WAY too little food!!! (ok, you knew I was going to say that, right???)
But seriously, no biggie if you can't get in 3 meals AND two snacks, but you are not even eating the minimum of 3 meals! You are going to send your body into starvation mode if you're not careful and that will not only keep you from losing, it will screw up your metabolism long-term. You definitely don't want that! So at the least, get in the 3 meals!
WHERE are your veggies??? You're not eating very many at all! Remember, this is a *LOW* carb woe (way of eating), not a NO carb woe! Get those veggies in!
And be sure to drink LOTS of water!

I know this woe is a HUGE leap of faith. It goes against everything we were ever taught about diet and nutrition, but take it from someone who's been doing this awhile, it works! Just give it time and you will be a believer, too.
Hang in there,

Summer


www.herstorygirl.com

DasAmigo~

Take a look at the sample menus Summer and Jenna provided in response to your previous post about the cost of low-carbing. If you eat the way they suggest, you will do much better. It would also be beneficial for you to read the list of acceptable foods for induction on the Atkins website. Nuts are not on it. Pepperoni, bacon, and sausage, while allowed, are not the preferred meat choices because they are highly processed and likely to contain sugar and nitrates/nitrates. There is a notation to that effect on the "Acceptable Foods for Induction" chart. I'm not sure what all is in something like "sauerkraut", but it's best to eat as many whole, fresh foods as possible. (I presume it was a typo when you said you had 6 feet of "pepperoni rope" for breakfast on Day 2?)

Gastrointestinal distress, both constipation and diarrhea, and pretty common as your body adapts to the new way of eating. In your case, you are not eating enough vegetables, so your fiber intake is very low. You should up your vegetable intake to at least 3 cups every day, but also don't be afraid to take a bulk-producing fiber such as psyllium husks.

Men typically get very good results from the Atkins plan. I wish you every success in your weight loss efforts, but what you are describing so far is not Atkins. I really hate to see people launch into things without a good understanding of what they're doing and why. Not only does it almost guarantee failure, but then people go around saying "I tried Atkins and it didn't work because I got tired of eating nothing but meat and cheese."

If you follow the plan, BY THE BOOK, you should start seeing some positive changes very soon.

Sky
Atkin since 8/02
186/144/under 150

DasAmigo - hello fellow Floridian (yes, I know, my sig says Upton, MA, but I grew up in Singer Island, FLA). I second what Summer says. If you are in induction, you really need to limit the cheese and eat more veggies. I, too, have never been able to get in three full meals and two snacks, so I make sure to eat just the three meals. If you are pressed for time, may I suggest you try to pre-cook some stuff? Have some hardboiled eggs and some cooked bacon or sausage on hand for breakfast, or, my favorite, make some smoked salmon and cream cheese (with celery) rollups for breakfast. And salad topped with some meat, like chicken or even tuna, for lunches. Don't worry about the fat.

Good luck and keep up posted.

Jen
175/130/120

I digress I havn't gotten all the way though the book. I printed a list that did include walnuts. so now I'm confused. yes I have read their recipies and will be taking them up on my next groceriy trip hehehe