Hello everyone!
My name is Lauren, I'm 21 and I'm a sugar/carb addict.
This is my 2nd time on Atkins. The first time I was following this WOE I lost 20 pounds and then cheated and never got back on the plan. That was a year ago.

So I started induction on April 1st. I felt kinda wiped out for a couple of days but now I am enjoying the extra energy.

My husband is not joining me this time around so I definitely could use the support here. It's so hard seeing all of the Easter candy and goodies in the kitchen but I keep telling myself I'd rather be thin and enjoy feeling thin instead of stuffing my face with candy and enjoying it for a couple minutes. hehe.

I do have a couple questions. I am already starting to get in the habit of eating the same food everyday. I went out and picked up a large variety of meat like steaks and chicken and some fish (salmon and orange roughy) but I am clueless about how to prepare it so it has some flavor. So far I have just been pan frying stuff. I have a grill and I would love to know of some marinades or sauces that would be alright to use while on induction. That was an issue I ran into last time I was eating low carb. I flipped through a couple of LC cook books at Wal-Mart but it seemed like most of the meals were for people that weren't on induction.

Also, I read a couple posts where people were mentioning to eat a lot of vegetables. Is it okay on induction to eat some extra salad greens? I eat a lot of broccoli and asparagus and I hope that isn't bad.

Thanks to anyone that can help me out.
-Lauren

HI, Lauren, welcome to lce!

Asparagus, broccoli, and salad greens are great lowcarb veggies and fine for induction. I'm sure you'll get lots more advice. I just want to say HI.

Alice

Lauren,

I'm not much of a sauce cooker -- so i cant' help ya there

but for the vegies -- i have always felt that there's no such thing as eating too many
(big salads and 2c vegies here and there wont break your WOE) I always tried to have veggies with 2 meals

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Hi Lauren,
Welcome to LCE You may get more responses to your cooking questions in the cooking forum, if you want to post some questions there.
As for the salmon, I did a little *playing* in the kitchen, which I do a lot...
and came up with a salmon dish my DH and I like a lot. I get the boneless salmon filets and rinse them in cold water. Then I sprinkle on (very generously)
some garlic powder, paparika, red cayenne pepper, a touch of sea salt and some lemon pepper. Then I spray the salmon with Olive Oil spray on both sides and grill on my gas BBQ grill for about 10 min each side...depending on the thickness of the filets. I cook skin side down first and usually it comes off when I turn the salmon and I carefully put it back on the side that is now up to keep it from drying out. Then I serve it with some fresh lemon juice squeezed on, or a bit of homemade LC cocktail sauce. Very yummy...almost like a *blacken*salmon, except it's done on the grill.
HTH

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Hello...I am also new. My name is Sarah and this is my second time on Atkins. The first time, I lost 60lb and have kept all but about 20 off. I still need to lose about 42 lb. I've been back on for 3 weeks and have lost 15lb. I am really excited to be back on and wonder why I ever stopped. I'm going all the way this time!

I am having one little problem- I'm eating too much cheese. I try not to but I have a hard time finding another quick snack. Any thoughts? I am going to start writing everything down- I think that might help!

Thanks!

Welcome! If you eat it during one of your meals try it for a snack--celery sticks, sliced or cut cucumber pieces, radishes, meat sticks, beef jerky, there are lots of choices that are LC.

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