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I'd still like to be counted in for the meet up. :)

Thanks everybody, I think it was the celeriac chips on Sunday (gross) and the soggy MiM's yesterday that did it for me, I just thought I can't do this for LIFE!! :break_diet: And as much as it was a novelty having bacon and eggs, I only had 1 piece, 2 at most as I am not that much of a bacon...

It's a chicken place at least it was in Australia, I can't recall seeing them here in the UK but I will keep an eye out now. :)

You are all just such lovely people and it's been a blast, but I think I am out of here, Atkins is just not for me. Good luck to each and every one of you. I am moving on (back?) to pastures new(ish) xxxxxxxxx

Wasn't your weigh in today???? :confused:

Bit fed up to be honest, lost nothing AGAIN, yes I know it's the red wine but I still lost on WW last year doing the same. :cry: I made the celeriac chips yesterday with egg......not too keen. :o And I made my gingerbread MiM's today and it's that soggy it hasn't even cooked after an hour in...

I didn't like my first one either. Now I love 'em especially my gingerbread cake one. :D Keep at it!!

Wow you are all doing great!!!! Well done!!

Is there a certain kind of pepperoni to buy? What brands do you all buy, haven't tried it yet...........

I was in Kingston upon Thames but can't remember seeing one, only McDonalds. :(

Well it LOOKS good anyway lol!!

When I bought my salad it was in a French PATISSERIE!!! And the girl offered me a bread roll with my salad and I said NO!! And all around me people were eating cake, but me I had none. :) It is quite difficult though to eat out for lunch I am finding, haven't been to a restaurant for dinner...

Wow!! You really are an inspiration, don't know how I missed this thread but I'm so glad I found it, thank you. :bighug:

No way would I have lasted my 4 weeks without the flaxseed bread, I know for sure I would have cracked before now!!

Oh and wait until you try your first MiM's soooo yummy. :D

You are doing great!! But like me you need to up the greens as I was told last week by Kat1e. Spinach or kale is the way to go, I had never eaten either in my life before until this week. :D Yes it *is* a lot to get your head around especially if you have done SW and WW and all the rest you...

I *was* boring and had a salad :), also had nibbled on my babybels and an Atkins bar, don't feel too bad about that as I have only had 1 a week.

Thanks slaj, I think it will be an omelette and salad, not sure about the cafe salads, what about the dressing? I will take an Atkins bar and a Babybel in my bag too, just in case I get the urge to be naughty. ;)

Thanks for the tips from a pro. ;)

Hoping somebody will see this before I hit the shops. I like to go shopping on a Saturday, you know a mooch around, then I usually stop and get lunch which is normally something like a sandwich and latte or soup. If I am really hungry then it could be a Greggs pastie thrown in a few hours...

Thank you I will defo take a wander around your diary, so did you not have any MiM's, cheese, sossies, bacon or cream on induction? I caught myself tonight at the supermarket looking at cocoa and thinking mmmmm chocolate MiM's but I think that could be the beginning of the slippery slope for...

Hi Katie I am now wondering about this veggie carb thing and am second guessing myself here, could you please post an average day's menu for yourself, thanks it will give us newbies an idea where we are going wrong.

Rhubarb!!! :eek: I thought we couldn't have any fruit on induction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh yes yes yes please tell me we can!!

NEW ENGLAND FISH CHOWDER Serves 6 900g cod fillets 4 rashers bacon, diced 1 small onion, peeled and chopped 2 tbsp chopped parsley 500ml fish stock 1 bay leaf 1 tsp salt ground black pepper to taste 500ml double cream Cut the fish fillets in 2.5cm cubes. Place the bacon in a deep...

I don't know what to do with it LOL!! Peel it? Gawd I hate peeling turnips and swedes as they are so tough, this looks like the Royal Marine of tough veggies. :D

Thank you and well done you on the 3lb weight loss!! :D

BRILLIANT Ruth!!!!!! Wow wow wow - 17 1/2lb in 2 weeks, is like a stone and over woohoo!! Well done you! :D

So did I but yours looks nicer. :)

Yep all makes perfect sense to us enlightened ones. ;) I am on another blog (non diet) and this older man was saying he has to change his diet or he will have to go on insulin, well I put up a link to the Gary Taubes book on the US Amazon site with over 350 positive reviews, wow you should see...

Thanks Coffee, I find it a real chore to drink so much water never mind nipping to the loo every 5 minutes. :cry: But I am going to try much harder today. :)

Well I bought one yesterday, what a weird looking veggie this is!!

Yes will do it later, it's not GREAT, but ya know it's quite nice and I do get a bit fed of of meat, bacon, eggs, meat, bacon, eggs if you know what I mean. ;) I think I also went wrong last time in that I didn't have enough fish in proportion to the amount of liquid......it's a steep learning...

Looks yummy, loving the wings. :) No it's not just you, I am finding the sausage skins thicker or something :( and quite expensive too :( I noticed that the Green & ??? are £3.00 for 6 sossies and the old usuals like Richmond or Walls are a quid a packet - sometimes for 12 when they are on...

Dinner New England fish chowder, bit better this time not as watery by using cauli as a thickener and a bowl of spinach.

Lunch 2 slices olive, garlic and cheese bread (MiM's) one half plain butter and the other half with grilled cheese with a bit of spring onion.

YESTERDAY (and today the same lol) Breakfast - Chorizo, 2 boiled eggs with mayo and a sprinkle of paprika too look pretty for photo :D and one mini Babybel ff cheese.

I need to add something to the mince next time, yours looks delish and more cheesy than mine, what kind of cheese did you use and how much? And what is that brown stuff on your lettuce? Surely not sauce??? :eek:

You mean I can have...................chips...........:faint2:

Ooh the cleaner at work asked me today if I have lost weight as I look slimmer round the waist. Love it!! :bananalove:

Mmm too much hey? But I never had any salad at lunchtime does this count? Anyway went to Indian corner shop for kale, the man couldn't understand me, either he hadn't heard of kale or it was my accent. :D I bought 2 bunches of spinach for a quid, should I have one bunch or less than that? It...

Thank you I will look into this, I don't think I have ever had kale before!!! I usually buy just normal cabbage or spring greens which I really like. I must get more adventurous in the kitchen (and drink more water too!!).

I don't think they can understand our common accents. :D

That looks gorgeous!!

My loaf although it is delicious doesn't look as risen as yours, it seems to go flat when I take it out of the oven, do you have a secret or are you maybe using a smaller dish than me? Mmmmmm

Last night's dinner, lamb chops, cauli mash and thick "gravy" - does anybody think I am overdoing it on the carbs as in this is TOO MUCH mash?

Would love to try the avocado egg thing, mine felt soft but when I opened it, it was rock hard so I put it in a plastic bag in the fridge then it went black and I had to chuck it out. :cry: This looks lovely but the last time I tried pork stir fry it was horrid, what kind of "sauce" are you...

I think I might try and eat spinach or cabbage every day for a week to see if this will help and maybe cut down on the cheese.......... Don't really like spinach though I do like cabbage, is either more Atkins preferable? Here's last night's dinner, lamb chops, cauli mash and gravy, do you...

Oh that made me laugh as I consider myself very average in the kitchen. Thank you. :D

mrssimpkin How was that thing you did with the half an avocado and egg baked in it? Can't remember which thread that was on...

I don't think we can have the peanut cookies on Induction can we? No nuts just yet............:cry: I love peanuts and cashews and Brazil nuts and ya get the picture but I think they are a no no, lovely as they look!! Would like to hear more about the celeriac, haven't seen it in the shops...

Another good day, but damn I feel soooo bloated, what's that all about? Brekkie - Moussaka :eek: Lunch - Olive, garlic and cheese bread (MiM's :D) spread with butter Snack - Small packet of Mr Porkys and cup of coffee with cream and Splenda Later on snack - 1 mini ff babybel Dinner -...

Born and dragged up in Liverpool though. ;)

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I had that moussaka for BREKKIE!!! Mince for breakfast!! :eek: I'm having lamb chops and cauli, can we have mint sauce do you know? I have none in but could get a jar this afternoon, oh please say yes Honda. :p

Just keep thinking to yourself, one slip on the cakes might keep you from your STONE, such a landmark figure!! ;)

Gorgeous! I could have had 2 servings but I was good!! Though I don't suppose it would do much harm if you did, mainly meat and veg anyways. :)

The ground stuff is at Holland and Barrett £4.99, I believe some people buy the seeds (?? grains??) and grind their own in a coffee grinder, I am not that advanced yet, only on my 2nd packet. :)

I am going out with a gf to my small town on Friday night for dinner where we have a choice of 3 restaurant genres, Indian, Korean and Italian (and the English chippy but obviously we'll forget that one!!) Which of these would be more Atkins friendly and what do I order? :help2:

Splenda and vanilla should be OK no? I was very veggie poor on Saturday, in fact none at all, but I made up for it the next day, so tomorrow you can eat lots of your greens like a good Atkinser. :D

Oh my twist on the Atkins recipe book moussaka (not for Induction but mine is I hope!!) is divine even though I say so myself!!! :p

Been pretty good today even if I say so myself. :innocent0002: B - crab and mushroom omelette from the Atkins cookery book without the mushrooms as I had run out and without the sherry as I didn't have any - I'm not bloody Emily Nugent. :p S - SMALL packet of Mr Porkys L - well I was going...

RIGHT YOU ASKED FOR IT!!! :whoopass: B - no syrup next time!! L - no cupcakes next time and a bit of veg or salad instead of egg!! D - eat your greens young lady!! 2 packets of SMALL Mr Porky's!! :mad:

Have you had your greens? SUCH a help with the number 2's. :D I am also trying to up my intake of water, still not really sure how much I should have, just drinking as much as I can.......

Oh sounds much better, mine is all gone now..........until the next time LOL!!

Some great ideas. Do you know I haven't had steak once!!! Will put it on the list, thank you for that. :)

Did you? I wasn't that keen, well the top cheesy bit was lovely, but didn't like the mince, it was toooo meaty. :o Next time I will add garlic and herbs or something like that.......

How about doing what Jim does, one carb a day? Better to eat one pastry than 6??? :confused: Everything in moderation..........

I have only made a few things I wanted it more for the diet itself really as it has been so long......... When I started and was clueless my sister said hit the charity shops they have every diet book going (including my WW and SW books) lol!! :D I am not very adventurous in the kitchen aka...

That's the one I have, I got it for £1.99 in the charity shop and when I went into WH Smiths later that day the exact same one was £14.99, gotta love the charity shops. :)

Wow another stone down the drain!!! You girls are doing so well (and boys too!). :)

Uh oh.........:cry::rolleyes::(

Nowt wrong with us northerners lass. :D

When you want to update your ticker thing you have to put in your PIN, where the hell do you find it???????? :cry:

You have done SOOO well, big congratulations to you. :)

Wow you have done amazingly well, you have almost cracked a STONE!!!! Bugger to SW too lol!! :D

You should move down here like I did where the streets are paved with gold lol. :D

Ah thank you for that, been on a steep learning curve this past 3 weeks!! :D

Thanks everybody and thanks for the recipes Honda, I have bookmarked it. :)

Hey that was quick I thought you were waiting for your curry??? ;)

Yes Jim sure is and besides the wine I also know I would have lost more if I had more to lose if you know what I mean. :D

Me too!! Thanks Jim. I swore last time I wasn't doing all this "dieting" again...................why do we do that? Lose the weight, look and feel great then slip and slide back to where we began. :cry:

Do you put water in the bowl too?

How long did you fall off the wagon for??

Thanks Di, I have lost 2lbs yippeee!!

Yay, week 3 and I lost 2lbs, be gone forever you ugly fat !!! (how do I get my ticker thingie to go down??

Never heard of that brand, I must get out more often. ;)

You and your mayo LOL!! Do you only buy Hellmans original? Was checking out those squirty bottles with garlic and stuff but seemed too carb heavy???

x Wow you will soon be buying a smaller size. :D No hurry on the chinese thingie, have to live off my pork/cabbage thing for the next few days as it doesn't look suitable for freezing, not bad but not great either, though I think it would be very nice with MINCE......

Don't you just love it when your pants start falling down. :D Well done.

Wow that sounds very messy grating a cauli. :cry:

Well yes I can actually lol :o but for some reason I didn't think we were allowed offal on Induction???

Oh thanks for that we have a couple of those kind of shops near me never think to go there duh!! I went to Lidl the other night and found it much cheaper than the Co-op which is my nearest, but will go to the international stores next time.

Very timely post Michelle, as I was just wondering what the hell cauli rice is too!! Of course I get cauli mash (yum) mmmmm so will wait for your answers.

Aw thanks Susie, it was hard to resist the cake but I can be strong when I want, except with red wine. ;) Good job we never went out to a fish and chip shop!!! :cry: Thank goodness the baby was teething so we had to sit it out and wait until she had settled so we could go out, hence my...

Hi coffee Hope this helps, from the sticky I have found this one works well for me: FLAXMEAL BREAD 75g flaxmeal 2 large eggs 1 tbs olive oil 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt OR 2 tsp cocoa and a sachet of splenda Mix all ingredients together, pour into a greased bread tin or better a...

Hi Honda, Oh I looked at soy sauce but it was some mega carb amount so put it back on the shelf. MMmm I already use the minced garlic in a jar so will get a jar of minced ginger and Chinese five spice, should I be getting light or dark soya sauce and any particular brand? I just like sweetish...

Everything went really well as my niece cooked bacon and eggs for us all and they had butties with sauce and I didn't yay me!!! SATURDAY Breakfast - 2 boiled eggs, 3 slices salami, piece feta cheese. Snack on bus - Mr Porky small bag Lunch - Bacon and eggs Then we all went for a walk...

Good for you Jim, keep up the good work!!

Can't believe you haven't tried them yet Soraya, absolutely delish and now to me tastes the same as bread or cake, who'd a thunk it!! :D

My birthday is May 27th you can all bake me a MiM's birthday cake. :D

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OMG are we allowed syrup?????? :eek: Where from? How much is it? Can we make a butty? :p

Yes I am a crack(ling) head. :D

Hi Spangly and welcome, I'm fairly new here too and find this site a great resource, I probably would have cracked by now without it!! Oh and wait until you try MiM's. :D

Where've you been? :confused:

My bag from Tesco's says 2.8g per 100g, talk about confusion!!!:cry:

OK well not exactly poor but on a budget.;) Does anybody have any tips on how to cut costs? I did think of starting a thread about supermarkets say where food was on special offers but I think that will quickly get out of date and cause confusion.......any tips, hints or ideas appreciated...

Damn!! I have a big bag of them in my freezer and I love them. ;)

Sometimes it's good to be single you get to keep Mr Porky's all to yourself. :D Don't forget they have the multibag 5 x SMALL bags (get it Silver!!) for 99p at Lidl.

Ooops sorry Jenn, wasn't being offensive but I just found that GROSS!! But hey ho in a few more weeks of Atkins I may just find a bacon milkshake appealing. :D

Count me in.....

I just messaged my sister and told her, she said don't worry I am sure we can find you some ham and eggs LOL!! :D

Good idea thanks, I will also take a packet of scratchings, an Atkins bar and my ginger cake Mim's.......just in case............

I don't think you can have nuts on Induction? But I may be wrong.......

Still going well........though went a bit off with the wrong kind of cheese :mad: I was in Lidl and almost by automation bought those processed cheese slices got them home and saw they were 6g of carb for 100g of cheese but I ate half the 200g packet yesterday so that is 6g on cheese alone...

Wow Jim you lost a person LOL!! :D VERY well done, are you in Maintenance for life now?

I'm doing good, haven't slipped once!!! A bit worried for tomorrow as I am meeting my sister and niece for lunch so don't know what to do, we normally do something like a sandwich and coffee or soup, something like that...........:eek:

I'm London(ish) myself now, so count me in. :D

Wow some great recipes there though my stomach turned at BACON MILKSHAKE (only in America :D) Low Carb Bacon Milkshake | Your Lighter Side

Sometimes I have a kinda continental breakfast, some salami, olives, cheese, bit of pickled veg, sometimes with boiled eggs and mayo.

Whoever invented MiM's deserves a gold medal!! I would have cracked before now without them. I had cheese and spring onion on toast (MiM) yesterday morning, yummy, I don't use a mug in the microwave, I use a silicone mould in the oven, soooo much nicer, I had herb and garlic yesterday, today...

Oooh please share induction food porn with me!! How long are you staying on induction for? I have decided to stay on until it sends me crazy!! :D

Thanks Jim I have about 25 to 30 lbs to lose.

Yesterday 2 cuppas with Splenda and soya milk B - MiM's and philly and 1/4 avocado L - Salami, matchbox of cheese, 6 olives, 1 pickled onion for bite :D, bit of salad S - 20g Mr Porky and a coffee with cream and splenda D - Lamb chops, cauli mash and brocolli and my yummy gravy. I...

Morning Jim Well I suppose my Induction is over as I head into the 3rd week, but I will stay on it until I get bored of this way of eating and move onto the next phase........

Some people use 1 part cream to 10 parts water I think it is and have that as their "milk" I have it like that in coffee. It seems there is a substitute for everything on Atkins and SO MUCH MORE help on here than the last time I did it, when I just got soooo sick of meat, eggs, meat, eggs, etc.

I have tried all kinds of searches but I can't find the recipe I am using yet I know I got it from here, maybe it was on a recipe thread?? Anyway I really like it so I have typed it out for you. Sorry I have no idea whose recipe this was originally. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FLAXMEAL BREAD...

' And I bet you only drink water on the other nights Jim. ;)

Oh they are MUCH nicer in the oven, I think they taste too eggy in the microwave, I use the Flaxmeal Bread recipe, 200 for 15-18 minutes, delish!! Because I am baking it in an oblong dish, I cut it in half then cut each half lengthways and I have 2 pieces of bread, genius!!! I am going to...

The flaxseed bread recipe from the sticky, it was a big gluggy as the recipe says 2 large eggs and I think mine are medium so I just thinned it down with a bit of water, very nice too. The next time I make one I was thinking of using ground ginger and making a kind of cake, there is a recipe...

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OK I have been more conscious today of cream, splenda and cheese and just watching it in general..... 2 cuppa's with soya milk and splenda B - 100g spinach leftovers with scrambled eggs x 2 L - 1/2 tin salmon, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, spring onion, matchbox of feta, 8 olives, bit of...

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Ooops I didn't know there were little bags until last night at Lidl (99p) I have been having the BIG bag from the Co-op and of course once you start it is VERY hard to stop, so I just had a little 20g bag this afternoon, now where's my halo?? :angel:

If something sounds too good to be true it usually is , hope I am proved wrong !!!

I have been using soya milk in my tea, it doesn't taste like what Im used to, but hey it's tea right??!!!' Have you started a diary on here yet?

Ah thanks Nelle, You know I have a feeling I have done the above diet before. :D Well, I have done most diets in the world LOL!! Is there a pic of a dark haired man and woman on the front of the book? I will have a look for it later. Thank you Barb

You could make Atkins sausage rolls!! I bet somebody here has a subsitute!! I just wish the recipes were a little easier to find, I have started a copy and paste doc but it's a bit all over the place. :rolleyes:

My first time with spinach last night and YEP it sure does work!! :D

Ah I get it, yes I have been a little generous to myself. ;)

Your post mirrors my dieting life, no butter, low fat, sweeteners and all the rest of it. So how come if we are all eating low fat we are getting fatter?? When I did my big shop for Atkins at Tesco the other week I made a point of looking at what other people had in their trollies (try it)...

Thanks Ladies, I think I need to make more of an effort this week, you are all so creative in the kitchen, whilst I am a lazy bugger LOL!! Living on my own, I have become far too used to ready meals for one, soup, sandwiches and the odd Greggs pasty or more than the odd cake or biscuit.:D

Going to the shops without one shoved in my gob just ain't the same anymore.

Try telling your FB friends!! I took my post down after all the negative comments on how DANGEROUS Atkins is......

Well I just cooked it in the pan in butter, my God how can a full pan shrink so quickly into a mere layer on the bottom?? I mixed a bit of cream in a la Honda and yeah its OK.....not bad.... This last week I have been TERRIBLE with my veggies thinking about it, really crap, so have decided to...

I know you are all right, yet I lost more weight on WW last year, anyway I figure I have given up enough and it's not even Lent!! GIVEN UP BREAD (I WAS A BREADAHOLIC!!) RICE PASTA POTATOES SUGAR FRUIT FRUIT JUICE PORRIDGE COTTAGE CHEESE CHOCOLATE :cry: CAKES BISCUITS SWEETS GREGGS PASTIES...

Oh you and your cream LOL!! :D What is Boursin cheese???

Thank you ladies, I will try the frying pan method as I don't fancy a bowl of nuked slime for me tea. :D

Thanks Jim and Alpaca Not been really hungry again today. :cry: For brunch (couldnt eat this morning) I had 2 of those Black & ?? sausages, 1 piece bacon and 2 poached eggs. It's half past 5 and I have just had a packet of Mr Porky scratchings and plan on having chicken and spinach for my...

I have been having the Mr Porky ones in the gold bag, 2 for £1.50 at the Co-op last week, I have been trying to only eat half a bag but didn't stop today and got through the whole bag, yummy!! :D

OK I shouldn't admit such a thing at my age but I have never cooked spinach and now I don't know what to do with the 225g bag of baby spinach leaves I bought from the Co-op. And I keep seeing wilted spinach and I don't even know what that means?? Can I do something to liven it up as I am on...

This is the man that brought me back to Atkins and minimins. :D I came across it accidentally and wow what an eye opener it was!! I have just recommended it to a gf. I went to Amazon and downloaded the free kindle for pc's and phones and got the book within a minute for 4 quid!! Money VERY...

VERY well done Dawnie!!!

I think I had better join Honda after my miserable day today and cut back on the cream (and Splenda) and cheese........:break_diet:

5lb on week one Jim. What's carb creep? Sounds like a disease. :D

Well it's a bad day for me here, I have lost nothing, nope nothing. :cry::cry::cry: I do feel really down as I have been good though it's been a bit of a struggle to eat to be honest. :confused: Last year after 2 weeks on WW I had lost 7 1/2 lbs. :sigh: I will give it a month and see how...

I have lost nothing this week and I am only on week 2. :cry:

rut size??? :eek:

Ah thanks for that, I wondered what was missing. Let me know how you get on with your "jam.";)

I would be grateful for any "gravy" as I miss the wetness of it, I was always one for putting lashings of gravy on me dinner and it's just not the same with dry meat and dry veggies, if you know what I mean.;)

MiM's was pretty good but I will have to add more Splenda next time as I have a pretty sweet tooth. I did the Philly with Splenda thing as a spread but I don't know something seemed to be missing? I am sure I have seen somewhere in a non Atkins diet recipe you mixed Philly with sugar and ...

It's a little hard to read but beggars can't be choosers. :p

Very well done!!!

Same here Jim. Brrrrrrrr Well I'm still on track, menu pretty much the same every day, but could be the last of the pork today. Phew. I forgot to mention I have also been having 1/2 bag of Mr Porky pork crackle for a few days now, oh soooo delicious. :D Today I am thinking of baking the...

Ah no worries Soraya and good for you getting back on track, well done!! OK re-reading the label (and I have only been having one glass a day because you know sometimes it is SOOO hard to make it) and thanks for the tip on the Vanilla rooboos tea, I will sure to look out for it, I always drink...

Good thanks Jim, I did feel a wee tiny bit of snow in the air, but it seems to be holding off..........for now. How's the weather at your end?

A la Jim McDonald from Corrie :D So there is So I did So you are Just tag on the end Steve, Elizabeth, Betty, etc......;)

Hi Jenn Nice to see you here from all the way over the pond!! :flirt2: You'll have to ask if you don't understand our local sayings, but don't worry because sometimes we don't understand each other either!!! :D

Yes you are defo over reacting. :D Over half a stone in a week is brilliant! Have you done your measurements yet, like Michelle said that can be a better indicator than the scales. Keep up the good work!!

Well no more Atkins for me (:D) I just woke up from a dream more like a nightmare where I was doing all this lovey dovey stuff with my ex husband and I cannot stand the man. Aaarrgghhhhhh. :cry:

Oh Jim's already told me off LOL!! :D Let us know how the choc one goes, on the sticky it says about adding more water to make it more cake like or something like that or was it less egg???

8lb in one week???? :eek: :D:sigh: I am 58 and lost 5lb in a week and am over the moon!!! :)

From the sticky: Flaxmeal Bread 75g flaxmeal 2 large eggs 1 tbs olive oil 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt OR 2 tsp cocoa and a sachet of splenda Mix all ingredients together, pour into a greased bread tin or (better) a silicon mould, bake in a pre-heated oven for 16-18 minutes at 200...

I think they are new, at least I haven't seen them before AND they were a quid at Tesco so I bought a bottle but now I am not sure but they do help to get the water down your neck............ So what do you think fellow Atkinser's as I am only new and on Induction? The one I bought is...

OMG it tastes sooo much better cooked in the oven and in one of those silicone loaf pans, very very yummy "bread" today for moi. :D

babble??? :cry:

Bright and sunny here in Surrey Jim though I am a Northerner so I do appreciate the weather darn sarf. :) OK pretty good today folks, though please anybody do pull me up if they think I am doing the wrong thing!! 2 cups tea with Splenda and soya milk 1 coffee with Splenda and cream...

ONLY 15lb missus!!! I was on SW last year and in 4 weeks I lost a measly 2lb!! So well done and p.s. you need to update your stats. ;)

Thanks for posting this Jim, it all becomes clearer.:)

I had a few really weird dreams too last week!! Maybe it's the cheese??

Thanks Katie I have just copied and pasted A LOAD of the recipes off here and am off to the library to print them. I did make the MiM yesterday with cinnamon and splenda and it was really really nice spread with butter. I am going to make the loaf today and have a "sandwich" - thank God for...

Oh is there a recipe on the sticky for this? I bought one of those silicone loaf tins from Poundland and was thinking of making a MiM's loaf of bread today??? What do you think? Does it cook better in the oven than the microwave?

I have noticed this with cheese too!!! Worra pong!! :D

I was thinking about this yesterday, isn't it a max of 3 tbsps of cream and 3 tsps of splenda a day? I know I have started creeping up on my intake, so will have to watch myself........... Oh and very well done on the 2lb weight loss!!

Thanks everybody for the support!! :D Well it's been a funny old day, didn't actually have "meals" as such just been picking and eating as I felt like it all day, grazing maybe?? I made the New England fish chowder last night, not bad but very watery. :rolleyes: So today I have eaten and...

I have been taking 2 teaspoons of Benefiber in the morning, but will look out for the psyllium husks when the Benefiber runs out. You can stir it into any food or drink so I have been putting it in my first cuppa of the day.

See you at your week 1 weigh in!! :D

It's good to know I am not the only smelly person then!! :p

I think it is because nitrates are supposed to be carcinogenic (sp??) and they would be liable to getting sued if you got cancer, that's my take on it anyway, so seeing as I was already eating food with nitrates in I don't see any difference for myself. Of course somebody may come on here and...

My first weigh in this morning and I have lost 5lb. :D It probably would have been more but I had already started weaning myself off the carbs and hadn't had bread for about 5 days before I started. So that is approximately 1/6th of the weight off I want to lose!!

Wow that is fantastic!!!! Keep up the good work. :D

Thanks ladies, it's so much easier when you start to understand the lingo. I have had terrible breath since I started so I bought some sugar free mints for when I have talk to people, trying not to eat too many. And my wee has been quite smelly too, and dare I say it, my number 2's. :sign0163:

Thank you for that tip, I will tip it back in next time and zap as you say, also I may need a bigger coffee mug. I mean it wasn't terrible and I did eat it and it DID have the texture of bread which I really have been missing, so I will persevere, I will make the one today with Splenda and...

Drum roll please, I have lost 5lb and am very happy. :D I can't wait to see the scales move further down........

So in other words you have to want to lose weight more than you want to eat fruit? ;) Or bread, chocolate, cakes, biscuits, potatoes, rice, bread, pasta.............

Maybe she's still in bed LOL!! :D

See me neither Claire so I'm not bothered at all, just trying to help her find a way...... Say if she is eating apples, she doesn't have one, she will have 3 one after the other. She is always buying loads. Now for myself when I was doing all my other "healthy eating" diets (SW, WW, you get...

Aha!! I just learnt from you that the shakes are meal replacements. And I learnt yesterday that the Atkins bars aren't.

I was talking to my sister today and she was asking how I was going on Atkins. She said she did it a few years ago but cracked because she couldn't have any fruit. She eats AT LEAST 3 pieces of fruit per day. It doesn't bother me as I am more of a veggie person, but for those who LOVE fruit...

I've just had a big hunk of roast pork that I cooked this afternoon PLUS ate a load of fat too LOL!! I wish I had bought more now, all pork cuts were half price last week in the Co-op.

Another new thing for me to try, mind you I don't even know what they look like LOL!

What is it that causes the wind effect? :cry: I have been using Benefiber since Day 2 as I knew I would get constipated as I normally eat quite a bit of veg and now I am restricted. And what is the whoosh? I keep seeing it on here but I have no idea what it means. :(

And no more of that counting, calories, points, weighing, measuring, stressing all of it, yes I know you have to "count" carbs, but it's not quite the same is it?

Phew Dawn you had me worried there for a minute!! Are you going to start a diary? I have and I find it's keeping me on track, plus you get lovely support and answers to questions you may have as you begin your journey.

I have done all of the above in the last year too, this is my second time on Atkins the other was YEARS ago and I felt sooo guilty for eating all that fat. Not anymore. :D

Oh a BIG thank you Dawn, I never even thought of kippers and I do love them - duh!!! :rolleyes: Ah but hang on you are on WW I see, can we have kippers on Atkins??????

I actually posted a thread about this same thing and was told to think outside the box!! Last week on quite a few days I would have 5 thin slices salami, 1 mini ff Babybel and 2 hard boiled eggs with a squirt of Hellmans, not like my usual of tea and toast. ;) Good luck you can do it, I am...

I can't believe you ate 5 rashers of bacon!!! :eek:

Be careful of the Cappucinno Nut bars, maybe it's just the bar I had yesterday (or my whole box) but honestly some of the nuts were so rock hard I was scared of breaking a tooth, so I spat them out (discreetly of course) into a tissue.:p

I just made my first one and not too keen, I think I have done something wrong :cry: it tastes very egg whitey so I probably didn't mix it up properly plus it overflowed inside the microwave, it seems to be cooked on the top and not the bottom, it's.........eeerrrr.........OK, I didn't put any...

The bar was OK, I mean you wouldn't exactly go crazy for one LOL!! I got the Cappuccino Nut and ate it on the bus but it was a bit embarrassing as some of the nuts were like concrete and I had to spit them out into my hanky, real teeth crackers. :p I think I will get just the chocolate ones...

Thank you still going well!! Breakfast - scrambled egg, 2 sausages, 1 rasher bacon, 6 mushrooms all grilled Lunch - picked at piece of pork I had cooked and some salami Dinner - haven't had it yet but FINALLY I made the New England Seafood Chowder looks OK too. I am going to have a go at...

Day 6 Well I've had a funny old weekend out and about Atkins day today. Had a lie in and got up quite late for me, didn't want to eat until about 11am when I had 2 BIG cups of my home made soup. Soooooooooo Breakfast - 2 big cups soup, 1 Babybel cheese, 2 slices salami Lunch -...

I had one today in a desperate situation (on the bus!!), are they supposed to be a meal replacement bar or just a snack?

Yes it's snowing here too in my part of SE London!! Or I could be SW?? Don't really know to be honest as I am a Northerner and only moved down here about 7-8 weeks ago.

Thanks for the recipes Lady and the curry OXO's Honda, I am not fond of spending much time in the kitchen either :D plus I live on my own so to be honest I can't be bothered, my days of putting the tea on the table every night for the kids and the old man are long over. :p

I'm not sure if I have ever had this herb before?? Is it like curry or chilli? Must be something strong to get rid of that meaty meat taste??

OMG!!!!! You have just made my day/night, I will hunt some out for tomorrow night's treat, yippeee!!! :D

When my sisters and I were on SW we bought those Quorn sausages OMG they were HORRIBLE!!! Like shrivelled up bits of cardboard, at least now I can have real meat sausages!! :p

OOOh well done Honda!!!!! :D

Thanks for your help Katie, well I managed to stay on track, took the soup in a flask and had an Atkins bar on standby but didn't eat it. OMG I love pork crackling!!! I used to buy those gold packets for a treat can't remember the name but they sell them where they sell alcohol, I suppose these...

OOhh now you will be keeping an eye on me. ;)

I have always done this with chicken carcass, but of course before I peeled off every bit of skin, then added at least 1 onion, a load of carrots and some long grain white rice, of course that was in the bad old days. :D

It's the Hayward brand seems to be OK on the carb count??

If you don't mind Lady can you please elaborate on these 2 as they are not in my vocabulary....yet. :D

Thanks for the feedback people, cos you know I am worried I am not doing it right!! Well I don't want to be regimented so much I fall off the wagon but I don't want to be doing it WAY WRONG!! Pickled onions and pickled veg anybody? Are they wrong? I do love the crunchy bite in them. Well...

Wow!! Loving all this inspirational stuff!! :)

Wow Bren, you look AT LEAST 10 years younger, very well done!!!!!

Wow well done Honds!!! Bread is going to be my biggest loss, I LOVE it with lashings of butter, well now I can have the butter but not the bread!! I can't remember now, have you made the MiM's? I bought a packet of flaxseed from Holland and Barrett, I might have a go after work when I make...

Day 4 menu 2 cuppa's with Splenda and soya milk (put 2 teaspoons of Benefiber in one as I don't want to get constipated with the lack of fruit and veggies as is my normal MO) Breakfast - 5 slices thin salami, 2 hard boiled eggs, 1 Babybel ff cheese (I see a pattern here LOL! 1 cup coffee...

Hi Slinky and very well done on your weight loss, you must feel great!! :happy096: Last year my 2 sisters and I did SW, we followed the diet really well and none of us lost more than 2lbs in a whole month. My sister's neighbour lost 5 stones and is still losing, hence why I said it doesn't...

I was thinking of making the fish chowder for tonight as I feel a bit overloaded on meat, eggs, meat, eggs, meat..........

I wonder if there is an easy peasy calculation Honda? Anyway I am going to have a squirt, it can't kill me can it?? :confused: I think the mince part of this dish is like that crack slaw you made, kinda grey and boring and oh so meaty LOL!!! I will liven it up next time, was thinking garlic...

I just joined My Fitness Pal online and put in my stats and it came up with these figures: Net Calories Consumed* / Day1,200 Calories / Carbs / Day165 g Fat / Day 40 g Protein Day 45g Uh oh what have I done wrong??? :sigh:

Well done Michelle, both on the weight loss and the laps in the pool!!! :D

Slimming World as good as I have seen the results for other people does NOT work for everybody, especially anybody who is carb sensitive.

"In a nutshell, if you eat sugar, flour and other hi carb foods, you generate a lot of insulin. Insulin is a very powerful hormone, that has the following effect... 1. Its stops you burning fat instantly, so if you eat carbs, you literally cannot lose weight. 2. Insulin is known as the...

Thanks Jim, well I did make the mince and cheese thing last night, not bad but it needs a bit of a kick to it!! I would normally use my favourite sauce which is Brown Sauce with Branston Bite. I checked the carbs on the back of a 470g container. Per 100g 32.6 Of which sugars 29.7 Now...

Thanks will check it out today.

Well I made it as per the recipe with onion, sauce and olives..........was not too bad I thought and quite satisfying, hey ho onto Day 4 tomorrow. Next time I will add some garlic, herbs and tinned tomatoes (will check for carbs) and make it a bit more "lasagnerish." Or maybe chilli or...

OK I have to ask what is my fitness pal? I have heard others talk about it, I thought it was their dead fit and healthy mate LOL!! ;)

Like the Atkins Daybreak bars and the Flaxseed I have in mine!! Better to crack with one of these than the usual!! Thanks for the soup recipe, I am now starting to get a bit confused with counting carbs which is what I REALLY did not want to be doing, counting this and that ............mmmmmmmm

Ah thanks Honda I will buy some strong cheddar after work, silly me didn't read the onions amount properly cos you know I am used to putting in a whole onion or two in my normal recipes!! :eek:

That sounds yummy, do share!! Well Day 3 2 cuppas with Splenda and soya milk Breakfast - 2 boiled eggs, 6 thin salami slices, 1 Babybell FF cheese Cup of coffee with splenda and cream Lunch - 1 large cup salad with a bit of EVOO and Mayo, 1 beefburger (Tesco) grilled with cheese on...

Recipes on Induction I have been copying and pasting some of the recipes today off the sticky, but now am unsure if I should have any of them on Induction or should I just keep it clean? I like that mince and cheese thing and the MiM's though have had neither yet. Any thoughts please?

That sounds lovely Michelle, I will defo try that!!

Thanks guys. :)

Honda, did you make the soup yourself? You must have because you can't have tinned soup on Atkins right? Awwww I miss my soup boo hoooo...:cry:

Excellent Michelle!! :D A stone in a few weeks. Well done and keep up the good work.