Atkins (or Low Carbers) MENUS

[Brenda Joyce]

Breakfast- 2 scrambled eggs with ketchup

Lunch 6oz of cold cocktail shrimp

Dinner a hamburger (no bun) saute onions and mushrooms with 2 slices of cheddar cheese, ketchup, mustard.

snack energy bar

I did it the first day with no bread or sodas!!!! Whewwwwwwwww

[scooter]

I notice alot of people are having eggs and say 0 carbs....Is this without the yolk? Please explain, I am confused.

[skinny bill]

HI ALL SLOW FOOT I AM ALSO WACHINGS CARBS BUT JUST FOUND WHEAT BREAD DESIGNED FOR US CARBERS
ONLY 7 GRAM IMPACT CARBS PER SLICE KNOW GRANTED
I ONLY EAT ONE PEICE WITH EGGS BUT GOD IT IS GOOD
ALL HARRISTETTERS CARY IT IS CALLED NATUES OWN
GREAT FLUFFY THICK SLICE BREAD WE CAN HAVE AND WHEN MY WIFE PICKING IT UP FOR ME SHE TALKED TO BREAD MAN THAT WAS DELIVERING BREAD AND HE TOLD HERE ALOGHT OF THE BREAD COMPANYS ARE JUMPING
ON THE WAGON TO COME OUT WITH IT THEY REALY HAVE HAVE COME A LONG WAY HAD CANDY THAT WAS GREAT PENUT CHOCALATE BAR 0.2 IMPACT CARBS THEY REALY
ARE DOING GREAT THINGS WITH SPLENDA AND ALCOHOL
SUGAR SO WE DONT ABSORB THE FULL CARBS INTO OUR
BLOOD STREAM SO VERY LITTLE IMPACT CARBS. WELL
TALK LATTER SKINNY I HOPE

SW 330 CW 290 GW 175

[Want2BSlim]

Actually an egg is considered 1 carb by Atkins. Its .6 on the nutritional label of my eggs. Better to just round up to 1. Also ketchup has carbs. 4g per Tbsp...so be careful about that. If you are interested in low carb got Dr atkins Diet revolution book. Its only about $6-7. Or go to www.atkins.com and get all the same information for FREE!

DeAnn

Originally posted by scooter:
I notice alot of people are having eggs and say 0 carbs....Is this without the yolk? Please explain, I am confused.

[Want2BSlim]

Actually an egg is considered 1 carb by Atkins. Its .6 on the nutritional label of my eggs. Better to just round up to 1. Also ketchup has carbs. 4g per Tbsp...so be careful about that. If you are interested in low carb got Dr atkins Diet revolution book. Its only about $6-7. Or go to www.atkins.com and get all the same information for FREE!

DeAnn

Originally posted by scooter:
I notice alot of people are having eggs and say 0 carbs....Is this without the yolk? Please explain, I am confused.

[elmo loses weight]

Hello everyone, i am new to phen....only a week now....so far i have lost 6 lbs....however i an thinking on going the low carb way....i started the low carb last jan but stopped in feb when i wasnt able to find foods that i liked...out of now where all these different candies, ice creams, breads, etc comes out when i lost all faith in the diet....my doctor told me i should try it but i told him i would rather count calories which i havent been doing....i'm just lookinf for some motivation tp get me started!!!!!

[johneice]

do you have any good reciep while taking the phentermine diet i really need help.i have been trying to lose weight but i don't have the slightest idea i was taking the pill and i would go all day with out eating but i would drink water and have a slimfast for lunch and have a salad for dinner but i wasn't losing any weight so girls please help iam very in need of some help.

[EBONY POETESS]

skinny bill how are you doing these days
i remmeber you lost 52 pounds in two months with atkins just wanted to get an update

[daniadair]

One of my quick favorites for breakfast. Keep in mind though that I am one of those who does not like to spend a lot of time in the kitchen, so this is a really easy quick breakfast and it is pretty healthy too:

Don't have a name for it, it's just my favorite throw together:

Take 2 slices of tomato and chop them up into little squares add them to a bowl of 3 scrambled eggs, sprinkle in a dash or two of basil and mix it up. Throw it in the microwave for about 1-2 minutes scrambling/mixing as needed. When done take out of microwave and add some shredded Mozarella cheeze. Happy eating!!! Healthy breakfast in 5 minutes.

[HeavenScent]

Hiya, im probably putting this in the wrong forum, but i have been reading this post and it seems that you eat alot of fat with this diet(sorry i don't know anything about the Atkins Diet)Do you burn the fat off with exercise? Are too many carbs bad for you?

Im very confused *laughs*

[HeavenScent]

Take no notice of previous post, im on the atkins web page

[PreciousMe]

Yay!!! More Atkin follower's ... I barely started taking phentermine 3 days ago and have been doing Atkins for a while now, but I started stalling. Eventhough i'm a little aprehensive about taking pills I guess losing weight wins the battle. So far i've been feeling really good with the phen, and i'm happy that it decreases my apetite since as I go down in weight I have to learn to lessen my calories and it's not easy.

Hmm I try not to eat the franken food (shakes,bars, and all the other low carb foods to many sugar alchols for me, and most aren't really aceptable for induction). I'm also lessening my splenda and cheese intake, and have stopped drinking everything but water and unsweetened tea. I'm hoping that Phen along with a clean induction will jump start my weight loss again. Oh and favorite treat for induction, is flax bread.

PS. Flax will really help move thing along ahem...lot's of fiber lol...which I guess is important when taking Phen..at least by what I've read.

[PreciousMe]

Quick recipes I use:

Canned tuna, chicken, or salmon...sauteed in olive oil or butter, throw in spinach, mushrooms, or brocolli (all frozen veggies I can use just a little at a time). Usually add spices...pepper, salt, hmm lemon pepper, or soy sauce.

Microwave flaxbread...(got the recipe from the http://atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/)posted by Elizellen

Ingredients:
25 grams (1 oz) Butter
2 Medium Eggs

4 heaped tbsp ground flax
1/2 tsp baking powder

How to Prepare:

Melt butter and add eggs and mix
Add ground flax (ground linseed) and baking powder and mix till smooth(ish).
Leave a minute or so to thicken up then put into a microwaveable container about 5" x 4" and nuke for 3 minutes.
Turn out and cool.
Makes a dense loaf, quite spongy but less so when it cools.
Good for sandwiches, toast, and grated as breadcrumbs.
You could add parmesan and herbs to make a savoury loaf.

(I usually tweak this by adding some liquid splenda, Atkins SF vanilla or chocolate...mmm I've also tried cocoa (makes a mock chocolate cake)...oh and I've added bannana extract to it and that tastes good. )

The turkey and ham roll ups are always easy with either mayo or sour cream...oh and i've learned that I love jicama with chile and lemon, or splenda and cinnamon.

Flax pancakes are pretty good to...just add a couple of tbspns of flax to scrambled eggs and a lil sweetner if you like and top with Atkins SF syrup.

Chicken with brocolli and carb options alfredo sauce.

hmm...if your craving something real sweet you can try clouds...cream cheese mixed with unsweetened butter, splenda, and vanilla.

Diet rite with a lil heavy cream is good to.

Quick snacks: boiled eggs, porkrinds, rollups, cheese,...

I'll keep thinking...there's a good recipe forum at the atkins diet bulletin board site, but with the phen and all I doubt i'll be craving much.

[ November 08, 2004, 04:20 AM: Message edited by: PreciousMe ]

[diva]

I am awfully confused. I had heard that atkins didn't work well with phentermine. To get HEALTHY results a low fat, low calorie diet with excersie should be used. If I ate the stuff in the above diets, my cholesterol would be through the roof and I'd be the next circus fat lady. But, that's just me.
Here's my diet:
Breakfast: 3/4 cup Special K cereal with 1/2 cup skim Milk Approx. 180 Cal. 0 Fat

Snack: Small cup, low-fat yogurt 110 Cal 0 Fat

Lunch: 6" Subway Sub on a honey oat roll,with turkey, no cheese, veggies, fat free chips and diet soda
350 Cal 4.5 Fat

Snack: 5 dried appricots 90 Cal 0 Fat


Dinner: Broiled Scallops, green salad with low fat dressing. 300 Cal 9 Fat

Total: 1030 Cal 13.5 Fat
Maintaining 1000-1200 Cal and <22g Fat.

30 minutes on tread mill or elliptical machine

[doxiegal]

I was an Atkins dieter for many years, and some of the trick that they gave me was to cut out the processed meats ie the bacon and deli meats, cut way back on your cheeses because these do contain carbs that can keep your strips from turning as well. If you dont have the book get it , if you have it read it! And read it again, I always found it helpful to read it over and over for support, somtimes I would call the Atkins center and get help to my questions as well! It sounds like you are all doing great and I wish you all luck!

[british gal]

I am watching my carbs and calories but on the cereals, it say 30/40 grams for certain calories, how the heck am I supposed to know how much is 30/40 grams! I don' have a weight thingy. So I use a cup but I would love to know how much - using a cup - is 30/40 grams argh lol so any idea?

[moanie77]

The second number could include the amount of calories with 2% milk or something. Usually it says so at the top of the nutrition chart.

[insearchofme]

Bumping this thread for low-carbers looking for ideas.

[Paco]

I'm probably so with this but I will post anyway. This is a typical day for me:

Breakfast: early morning cup of coffee with splenda and sugar free cream
8am - fruit - usually blueberries or plum
lunch - special k drink
mid afternoon - sugarfree jello or pudding
supper - meat and veggie

I started this diet Sept. 16th with Phen - stopped the Phen in late November. As of today I went from 197lbs to 158lbs! I started Phen today to jumpstart the last 18lbs I would like to use. My dr said I could only take it this month, and then not again for a year. The Phen will last me two months as I only take a half and do not take it on the weekends. I do watch what I eat...as I feel sooooo much better eating healthier!