Irisa

Start Weight:(27 Feb 11) 160.0 lb
Current Weight:(27 Aug 11) 150.0 lb
Goal Weight:120.0 lb
following: Atkins
performance: losing 0.5 lb a week

I am a single mom with two active teenagers that have smoking metabolisms and are eating all the time. Our home is always busy with teens and friends eating pizza, pastas,ice cream, tacos, mountains of fries and other fun foods.

I started Atkins Induction today. Yesterday I planned my menu for the week and purchased groceries. Today was the first day of this new way of eating. I have a soft-side cooler that will help me get my meals and snacks to work each day.

I've already made a weeks worth of sausage/egg/cheese quiche-like muffins that are already bagged up and ready to go.My snacks are prepackaged as well. I've also got a plan of what I will eat for dinner while the teens eat their pasta and other tempting foods. Some meals will work for all of us and the kids need not know any different. I've bought some of the zero carb powdered drink mixes to help me get all of the water in each day.

I am officially ready to go! I hope other Atkins members will help me out with this. I have a lot to learn.


FatSecret member since: 27 Feb 11

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  Atkins Induction - March
status: Completed
ended: 04 Apr 11
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Irisa's cookbook

cals: 87kcal | fat: 5.68g | carbs: 1.05g | prot: 7.36g
Mini Egg Sausage Quiches
A dozen of the tastiest breakfast muffins you could imagine.
cals: 181kcal | fat: 14.61g | carbs: 10.88g | prot: 3.95g
Dried Cranberries, Walnuts and Goat Cheese Salad
A yummy side salad.
cals: 77kcal | fat: 5.22g | carbs: 7.61g | prot: 1.24g
Sweet and Spicy Chinese Cabbage Salad
Crunchy cabbage salad with a sweet and spicy sauce.
cals: 240kcal | fat: 12.37g | carbs: 11.26g | prot: 21.35g
Tuna and Mushroom Salad
Even if you're not a mushroom lover, you very well might enjoy this recipe.
cals: 85kcal | fat: 5.61g | carbs: 6.71g | prot: 3.46g
Mediterranean Salad
Simple to make mediterranean salad featuring romaine, kalamatta olives and crumbled feta cheese.
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Atkins Induction 3 weeks not losing
I am a newbie. Just started Atkins for the first time today and I already see that I am going to glean valuable insight from everyone here. I also see that I may have the same problem as Pam.

Because the foods are so satisfying and I am not starving between meals I may have the same problem getting all of the calories in. Since I am just starting I r-e-a-l-l-y want to do this right.


I AM reading the book and have pulled together my first weeks menus from the sample meals in the book. This will put me at aprox 20 grams of Carbs per day but the suggested menu does not tell me how many calories.
posted 27 Feb 2011, 14:52
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06 March 2011

Two pounds for the week. Not sure what to make of this. I am proud of the two pound loss but I was expecting more. Where is that 6-9 pound drop that so ...
on diet Atkins  losing 4.6 lb a week

27 February 2011

I am a single mom with two active teenagers that have smoking metabolisms and are eating all the time. Our home is alway busy with teens and friends ...
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