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Ahh it all makes sense now! Thanks for the post Jim. I should have read this before :sign0007: It all makes sense. Even though I've been losing weight (perhaps not as much as I like) I too have had the mentality, especially when I do the food shopping at the weekend "Oh just 2 bourbon...

I'm gonna stay with Atkins for a while yet as I lost 2.5lbs on saturday. So perhaps it is working after all :D Me thinks i need to be more patient!

Good luck (I remember when i was 10 stone) *looks back with tinted glasses!* :(

I wouldn't worry Wendy, a pound is nothing, it proberly is water retention. I can put on up to 3lbs and i stay like that for up to 2 weeks!! :eek: and it's so depressing. But when it's that time I've got to remember not to take too much notice. so really only 2 weeks out of the month are true...

WTH is going on!!?? I'm gonna look into this too, ( god i miss my yogurt, fruit and bread :(:cry:)

I didn't think protein shakes everyday was a good idea as they stall u, but you seam to have been doing great!

So if i do 30mins of med/hard cardio and 30mins of weights (burning approx 500 - 550 cals) how much should i up my net carbs allowance?

I haven't been on here for a while. I nearly gave up cos for 2 weeks i either put on or stayed same. But i was mega good last week and I've lost 2.5lbs, so 9lbs so far! I have a feeling too much aspartame and citric acid might have been my downfall. I did have some toms last week but only...

Hi, I've been doing Atkins with a little success but not much, so I'm getting despondent. I've heard about this diet but i don't know a lot about it apart from the phases. Could someone give me a quick breakdown of what i can eat in phase1 and what to avoid and any tips. Cos if it works...

:happy096: Well done, it eggciting isn't it!! (sorry excuse the pun!) losing that much weight in one week. I lost 6lbs in my first week, but only 1.5lbs in the second week cos i got a bit complacent.:( Claire x

I also love lambs kidneys and steak in a mixed grill, but decent steak is never cheap!

I'm finding it a little more expensive, we don't eat value cuts of meat etc so it's bound to cost more. So really it's up to you whether you buy cheaper cuts of meat or splash out and have slightly better cuts.

I bought some of these noodles recently but i don't know if I'll get them again cos of the cost and the packet is rather small.

I made my first Flax pizza and it was yummy. So now I can join the kids on Pizza night now! :D

I tried 2 Boots stores and 1 Superdrug and they didn't have any, so i had to get mine from Ebay.

I haven't had any heartburn, which is very unusual for me as I used to get it all the time.

I came out of Atkins flu a few days ago now, I feel much better but I haven't had that burst of energy yet, I'm still waiting for that!:D

I'm the same at the mo. My side salads are really boring now, I've cut out the toms too, I also used to love grated raw carrot but can't have that now. So it's just lots of different mixed leaves, red and yellow peppers. I used to have beetroot a lot, I wonder if that's high in carbs...

That sounds very interesting, but as I'm doing well on atkins I'll stick to it, but will definatly bear this new approach to mind.

YAY! well done claire, I know a lot of people might sniff at 1 or 2lbs, as I only lost 1.5lbs this week but as long as it's going down that's what i say. Well done, hugs x:) Try not to go on the scales much, i used to be terrible for that :D

I'm down to 198.6. so that's about 1.5 pounds. I did actually go up 1.3 pounds earlier this week. This is great somethings working for me at last! :D But I got caught out by the fizzy pop and sugar free items (have banished them to the bin now!)

Good luck :D

I'm having the same problem. Last week was great, this week, rubbish. So I'm cutting out all sugar free products and fizzy pop (mine had citric acid in! oops) :o I've got one hell of a sweet tooth and i was trying to replace the sugar with sugar-free stuff, but my body is not having it! I...

Right then i got my keostix just now, I've weed:D on one and it's showing at 1.5 mmol/L (15 mg/dl) ( the third colour along) Is this ok? not that i want to get complacent cos i don't. Also I've had 4 glasses of water so far today.

Yes stick with it. I did really well last week but that may have been water loss and this week I'm finding it harder cos I'm relying on too much sugar free things. It's going to take time to ajust to this diet, it's quite radical, no bread, flour etc :eek: but i recon it's gonna work for me...

One of the members here has suggested that i avoid toms, which is a bugger cos they are so versatile. :( But if i want this to work I'm gonna have to.

Many thanks. Funny you know, when i typed down the list and I saw the sugar free stuff, i thought i wonder if anyone suggests going back to basics! :D It's hard to break the convenience food / sweet tooth thing. I've been doing it all my life, it's like a habit.

Hi everyone, I've been 12 days on Induction so far. I decided to weigh myself today, normally it's saturday, but i just wanted to see how i was going, and I've put on 1.3 pounds. I know weight will flutuate but I'm worried cos I did so well last week and I feel that it's all going Pete Tong...

Thanks Elemental, what particular Mims recipe do u use (i know theres a few out there), cos i tried it once and they were bitty and not nice, perhaps i need to try again. Yeh I'm doing the jelly at the mo (sugar free made with some fizzy pop), it's nice with the smallest drizzle of cream. :17729:

Thinking about it ( i'm no doctor mind, so you'd better check) but they always say eat a varied diet and so the doc may say hold off on the Atkins thingy. Mind you , u never know!

I found the ones on ebay but they have asparteme in them. Do you guys find that they don't effect you too much (slow your weight loss down)

I ordered some yesterday, so it's all new to me. :D

Thank you Leanne. I feel ok now, it comes and goes in waves.

Sorry i know this is a waste of a thread as everyone gets this but I've got this Atkins induction flu thingy. And god do i feel crap :( One minuite I'm ok the next just want to lie down. I'm forcing myself to eat but can't stomach a lot, all I've got for lunch is jelly, I know that's not...

Ahh congrats. XxX As for your question i can't help you sorry. My babies are 11 and 13 now, there's no way hose i'd go back to the baby days! :D (like my sleep!)

Thanks Jim x Wendy that's fab, you should be well happy with that. Are you going to the gym as well?

Hi can someone give me the link to these powdered water flavourers that they use (ebay). I'd like to try them but I'd like to make sure i get the right ones! Thanks x

Yeh don't i know it :(:D

Thank you guys XxxxX

I'm a loser too now! YAY!! OMG just got on the scales and I've lost.................wait for it.............bearing in mind that The most I've ever lost on a diet in the first week is about 2/3 pounds and that was years ago at SW. -6 POUNDS I nearly fell off the scales, you don't...

Here's the link Kitchen Thick it Up - Thickener | Low Carb Megastore It's Locust bean, (and/or tara), guar, acacia, xathan gums. WTF is a locust bean, hope it don't resemble an actual locust!! :eek::D

Elemental....Please take note. After having about 8 of these sweets (i said 5, but i think it was about 8) I was on the loo with really quite bad runs :o:eek: and my tummy was doing ten to the dozen. so perhaps for me 2 or 3 might be ok but I'll have to be really careful and perhaps only...

I make sugar free jelly with no sugar fizzy pop. Also i bought some mints and butterscotch sweets from Aldi. They are 0.4 carbs per 100g, and the packet is 44g. And there is sucralose in them not aspartame. There is quite a few in the packet and i only have 5 today.

I ordered some Kitchen Thick it Up - Thickener from low carb megastore and it says it's 0 carbs

I go to a 24hr gym in Milton Keynes. I go 3 times a week, 40 mins of cardio and half hour or more of weights. I started by only being able to lift a 10kg barbell (bicep curls) now I lift 20kg. Which is what some of the men who are new starters are lifting :D I also work my triceps...

I've just read your post elemental and I'm already sick of the sight of eggs. I'm only on day 5 and I'm getting a sicky eggy feeling at the back of my throat and I used to love bacon but i'm going off it rapidly. Know how you feel. xxx

Thanks for the help guys. Will read sticky later want to watch Body Farm on bbc 1. Ta ta xxx

LOL u guys are funny. I think i might get some (might make me a little more OCD than i normally am!! :D )

I've just been looking into this Ketosis thingy and this is what i found "there is one type of ketone molecule, called acetone, that cannot be used and is excreted as waste, mostly in the urine and breath (sometimes causing a distinct breath odor). If enough acetone is in our urine, it can...

I haven't read much into this ketosis thingy. Will have to look it up.

Started on Saturday. Yeh it was that "oh it's only one" feeling. I was feeling really confident and then it was "Oh go on!" Bugger, I'm gonna do this or Die Tryin.:o

Can't believe I've just ate a cake and a choc bar, groan. I wasn't feeling sad but i felt a bit light headed and felt i needed a sugar rush so i ate the cake i brought home for my kids from the kitchen i work in and bought a choc bar on the way home. I was doing so well...............just...

I tried to make one of those MIMS yesterday (1 egg, 30g flax (1/4 cup) and something else can't remember now :D But i found it very bitty, I know flaxseed is very grainy, but ummm not sure. Perhaps theres a different recipe out there?

Good luck. xxx

I made some oopsie rolls today for the first time, and squished them flatter to make a pancake. They defiantly need flavouring, there was a faint eggyness, but i added splenda which was ok. Perhaps I could find something stronger and sweeter.

Thank you guys :)

BTW my hubby just brought a cup of tea up to me and a MARS bar :eek I told you pork scratchings i said, so i shooed him away very quickly, what a dingbat hee hee. But i drank the tea and i forgot i can't have milk.....oops

I live in Hodge Lea, which part do you live in?

WTF Pork scratchings...one of my fave pub nibbles but dont eat them anymore cos of the fat!! I thought pepperami was processed, so a no no How bizzare :D

Thanks Katie, it looks like you've done extremly well on this plan! :happy096: Out of interest what is your fave snack?

Hello, I've bought the book, I've read the induction bit and I started today. After wasting several hundred pounds on the SureSlim diet (hated going to be weighed by this woman every week! for the fear of being a failure, and I was a fail a big one at that!!) Plus only having meals 5 hours...