Are you measuring those table spoons correctly 15 ml of something is really small - it may be better to weigh that to use volume measure What kind of eating were you doing before you started this?

[quote=Redearthflame]@Spacey47... What is OP? Thanks everyone for your comments. What are the differences between the 1972 Atkins book and the New Atkins Diet Revolution? I am am not going anywhere on this plan!!!! [/quote] You have to follow the plan. Everthing about it. It does not work with cheats and shortcuts for sure. 1972 Atkins was Dr Atkins first plan - 2002 was the last plan/book made that Dr. Atkins worked with At thiat time in 2002 a few things had changed - the plan allowed for a bit more veggies and included a more detailed description of how to move from induction towards maintenance. At that point the glycemic index had been discovered so that more was known about how food impact blood sugar and the idea that fiber is not real carbs was included OP is original poster.

Do you want to make your food dairy public or maybe we can buddy up?

Did you eat whole eggs? (74 and 70 is close enough)

Wonder if a baked sweet potato would not be starchier than most or at least some lentils I eat both in small portions at odd times.

Did you weigh all portions? Try to work the food dairy and add everything and maybe you will figure out what could be wrong. What did you drink?

So what did you eat? You lost nothing eating 1000 calories daily? Maybe you did not measure things properly? There is nothing in your food dairy so I cannot really comment on anything specific.

That does sound like a bummer Are you following the diet Cut out the sugar alcohol (meaning the candy) Follow the rules - so no cottage cheese, no carrots that would probably help

Nice that you lost pounds. Way to go I weigh everything. Cups are very unprecise measurements.

[quote=Dicesr] It also seems like you're consuming a lot of Splenda, which in one Duke study was observed to cause "extreme" damage to beneficial intestinal bacteria, and was correlated with greater weight gain in rat models.[/quote] Did you know that the sugar industry paid for that study And that study did not test if normal sugar had the same effect It was overall pretty lame research But I do agree that sometimes sweeteners can prevent weightloss I always recommend cutting sweeteners and eating more fat if people are nto losing

I love it. One one my absolute favourites. I usually eat it raw. It is may favourite snack. I sometimes add it to salads. And I julienne it for thai salads (with chinese cabbage, daikon and mung beans or what ever I have)

[quote=RavenSoul69]Liv001, may I ask what publication year your Atkins book was first published? I ask because that's not what the more "modern" Atkins diet is about, at all... For instance, you mentioned you need to limit cheese drastically. The book says up to 1/4 lb a day (to me, that's a lot!). Also, the focus is not to stay in active ketosis anymore...unless it is your personal choice to stay in the first 2 week induction period for a longer time. Just wondering if you have a different Atkins book than I do...[/quote] I probably have all books. Except some of the ridiciluous versions the Atins diet came up with right after Dr, atkins passed away So when I started 6 years ago I used the 2002 DANDR book which I still follow. I think it is brillian 1/4 lbs cheese is around 115 grams cheese - it is a bit but it is not lot compared to what some people think. Some people think Atkins unlimited cheese which it is not I do not care for the current Atkins either. All they try to do is sell processed foods. Which I think is not going to make anyone be healthy.

I am not sure about your source but a ripe banana has vitrually no starch But you are right it does contain glucose Which is one reason it is very bad to to eat if you are on teh Atkins diet. Because the last thing you want to do is to rush up your blood sugar levels. The point with a low carb diet is to avoid all that. So if that is your aim bananas is not really a good idea In other contexts - it may be fine I do the Atkins diet and I think the poster is on the Atkins diet so I am just trying to give advice that is relevant tothat particular person. For us an egg - would be a good post exercise snack.

I think a ripe banana would have very little starch

It is actually quite confusing when you look at the details. There is so much talk about calories that we should think it is super clear cut what is what but what it says on the label is not necessarily going to reflect reality if we really want to be super picky. And in fact scientist are not really sure about how much calories we may or may not absorb from certain foods Fiber may have calories. Scientists do think that some fiber gets broken down in the long intestine. So in North America the law is that that fiber has to be included in the calorie count. In UK it is not. So if we compare labels on cereals for instance. UK labels will have a lot lower number on some cereals than they do here. Now if the fiber in the ceraal is insoluble - it may have calories that the labels are not reflecting on the other hand over here labels are probably including calories that are not digested Another thing that happen is that producers inject products with water and stuff so always read to see if there is a list of ingredients that my explain why certain products have certain lower numbers.

Fruits are carbs. Bananas are very high in sugar which is probably why people eat them in buck loads. so if you are on the Atkins diet they are going to get your bloodugar going and take you out of ketosis very quickly.

I think sometimes UK and European labels do not count the calories in the fiber when they give the total calories. I am not sure what the reason for that may be I would phone them and ask

I think the person was trying to be helpful spacey may be needing a hug Group hug time :)

I would follow a diet - like Atkins induction for a bit just to get used to it. I like the 2002 Atkins because it does not advocate so much processed foods as teh new one. So then you just eat what is allowed and the rest will work out Here is the list: Eat meat, fish and eggs (but whole foods - not processed) Add butter, oil, mayo Eat cheese but only 3-4 oz max Eat plenty of low carb veggies. And that is that That Atkins veggie list: Vegetables Salad vegetables You can have two to three cups per day of: alfalfa sprouts daikon mushrooms arugula endive parsley bok choy escarole peppers celery fennel radicchio chicory jicama radishes chives lettuce romaine lettuce cucumber mâche sorrel These salad vegetables are high in phytonutrients and provide a good source of fiber. Other Vegetables You can have one cup per day of these veggies if salad does not exceed two cups. The following vegetables are slightly higher in carbohydrate content than the salad vegetables: artichoke celery root pumpkin artichoke hearts rhubarb asparagus chard sauerkraut bamboo shoots collard greens scallions dandelion snow peas bean sprouts dandelion greens spaghetti squash beet greens eggplant spinach broccoli hearts of palm string or wax beans broccoli rabe kale summer squash brussels kohlrabi tomato bean sprouts leeks turnips cabbage okra water chestnuts cauliflower onion zucchini If a vegetable, such as spinach or tomato, cooks down significantly, it must be measured raw so as not to underestimate its carb count.

I always go with USDA data http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ According to it celery raw has 16 calories per 100 grams