typical menus

[ellief]

hi everyone. . .
ive been lurkign on this site for a few months now. i took the dive to do a clean induction a little over 3 weeks ago. i feel a million times better, but i have lost maybe one pound. yes, my clothes definitely feel much better, but i just dont get it.

my typical menu during the week while at work is as follows:

B: instone pudding
L: chicken caesar salad with mushrooms and some bacon.
D: usually chicken breast cooked in a little olive oil and a veggie (either brocolli, zucchini ) w ith some butter.

i work out 6 days a week and drink so much i have to pee every hour!! hhaha

im not exactly sure what is going on, and im getting frustrated. still holding on strong, but at the end of each week and the scale hasnt moved im starting to question what i could possibly be doing wrong.

i hope you guys can give me some suggestions!!!
thanks!

sincerely,

desperately not losing.

[Maggy]

Ellie, have you entered your menu into Fitday? What liquids are you drinking? TOM? lots to consider...but from just that menu, not sure but your calories could be low. Try eating 5 smaller meals per day....but I would enter it in Fitday first. Best of luck...you'll figure it out...and dont forget, the scale doesn't always tell the truth IF like you said your clothes are feeling better. Try using the measuring tape instead of the scale.

[lisabinil]

[quote=ellief;9979041]hi everyone. . .
ive been lurkign on this site for a few months now. i took the dive to do a clean induction a little over 3 weeks ago. i feel a million times better, but i have lost maybe one pound. yes, my clothes definitely feel much better, but i just dont get it.

my typical menu during the week while at work is as follows:

B: instone pudding
L: chicken caesar salad with mushrooms and some bacon.
D: usually chicken breast cooked in a little olive oil and a veggie (either brocolli, zucchini ) w ith some butter.

i work out 6 days a week and drink so much i have to pee every hour!! hhaha

I would replace the Instone Pudding-you look like you could be overeating protein. Also you need more veggies. Try an omlette with breakfast loaded with healthy veggies. Also it looks like you need to up your fats. Add half an avocado to your menu or some mayo or consider adding coconut oil to your diet. You need fat to burn fat! Look at the daily thread for menus-today it's called "It's SATURDAY-What are you eating today!"

[lisabinil]

EAT YOUR VEGGIES!

[ellief]

the instone is so easy to carry to work!! haha

my caesar salad is mighty big. i assumed the dressing and the bacon were addign a good deal of fat to my diet, i was actually a little worried i was OD'ing on fat, especially since i use fat at dinner.


Maggie:
i only drink water or decaff green tea. i officially gave up all artificial sweeteners three weeks ago.

My calories probablyr ange anywhere from 1200-1500, i am sorta close to goal. only 10 pounds to go. i eat when hungry and eat till im satisfied. i never feel deprived. of course i crave things like sf chocolates every once in a while, but have vowed to only really eat whole foods.

i will try fit day, not sure what else to do

[SugarFreeSheila]

The Instone Pudding, fabulous as it is (I love it), is likely contributing to your weight standstill, and not permitted on Induction anyway. I would extract it from the menu for a few days - you will likely see your weight drop in this time. Couldn't hurt to try! Remember, what stalls you now will comfortably maintain you later.

Make sure you are following this finite list of allowable foods for Induction. Here is a tiny version of the same list to print out and keep in your wallet for dining out and grocery shopping!

[ellief]

not allowed on induction!?!?! i could have sworn it was, thats the only reason i was eating it!!
will have to rethink quick and easy carries for breakfast. i never ate breakfast until i found the instone pudding. it made breakfast so much easier, a no brainer.

[SugarFreeSheila]

I hear you, Ellief - the day I read Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution was the day I began the program. Obviously not a perfect first day, but my intentions were good! I remember as I read the book on the bus ride home reading the book (I lived in Manhattan at the time), I stopped to pick up a MET-Rx Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough bar that had 51 carbs because it was "high protein," thinking I was right on track. Nevermind Atkins is about low-carb - and even if this bar were low-carb, it wasn't allowed on Induction anyway! As I finished up the book that afternoon and learned about what Atkins is (and isn't!) about, I started to really get the hang of it. The next morning, I was for whatever reason a half-pound down even with my mistakes, so I took that as a sign to really propel forward with it.

Luckily, you are having a much easier and better start of it than I did. But I promise, all of this does get easier. The roadblocks become less and less apparent until they just aren't there anymore.

[pooticus]

Here's what I ate yesterday:

Brekky: (was actually brunch )
2 large eggs
2 slices bacon
1 oz Mozarella
1 Tbsp Bacon Grease
4 oz Mushrooms
1/4 c onion
1/2 tsp Butter
3 cloves Garlic
24oz Decaf Coffee

L - None

D - 3 c Mixed Veg Salad - Romaine, spinach, red bell pepper, onion, carrot, cucumber, radish, celery
2 c broccoli florets, roasted
2 Tbsp Vinaigrette
1/2 tsp Olive Oil
3 clove Garlic
4oz Chicken Breast
1 Tbsp Capers
2 Wedge Lemon
1 Tbsp Lemon Zest
1 tsp Butter

Today:
Brekky:
24oz Decaf Coffee
1/2 Apple
1 Tbsp Mac Nut Butter

Lunch:
3.5 c Mixed Veggie Salad - Spinach, Romaine, Broccoli Slaw, Red Bell Pepper, Onion, Carrot, Cucumber
2 Tbsp Vinaigrette
1 Tbsp Feta Cheese
1/4 Avocado
1 Portobello Mushroom Cap
2 oz Mozzarella
2 Tbsp Parmesan Cheese
1 oz Turkey Pepperoni
Olive Oil
1 Roma Tomato
1 Tbsp Red Bell Pepper

Dinner -
3 oz Beef Shortribs (Beef Bourginone sp?) with Miripoix and Mushrooms in Red Wine Sauce
2 c Broccoli Florets
1/2 c Mushrooms and Veggies from the Sauce

[amiga74]

pooticus your menu looks yummy! esp the portabella pizza!

ellief, i too love the instone puddings and like to have it for breakfast, but i'm trying to cut it out. maybe slowly wean yourself off...start every other day, every 2nd day etc?

the closer you get to your goal weight, the more difficulty you will have with weight loss. your body just wants to hold on to it, unfortunately.

what kind of stuff are you doing at the gym?
maybe you could switch to HIIT? (high intensity interval training?)

[ellief]

hmm so i also think my caesar salad may be the culprit. i havent eaten instone puddings in four days.
if any of you have a wegmans close by, maybe you also have an addiction to their caesar salad. i knew they were slightly too good to be true. i never had a chance to look at their nutritiional information for the dressing becuase its made somewhere secret and they dont sell it unless by the pound. but i think the amount of bacon in there could be slowly affecting my weightloss. . . who knows. . im doing an experiment this week without bacon and seeing how i do.
wish me luck!!!
ellie

[BeesTee]

Ellief: For a quick breakfast in the morning that is allowed on induction-

Try boiling a dozen eggs and keep them in the fridge. If you have 5 minutes in the morning to spare, you can peel them and slice them and heat them up in the microwave. Add some butter and pepper and whala- yummy warm induction friendly breakfast. If you have NO time in the mornings (like me!) then just grab the eggs and eat them on the way to work or at your desk. Add some black decaf with splenda, and youre set. Thats what I do- I never skip breakfast!

[tomswife]

Try reading the book and doing a clean induction. Or at the very least print off the list of allowable foods for induction. Your second menu isn't for induction either. It's been a while since you started this thread. How are you doing now?

[Tracey40]

Ellief -

Just checking in to see how you are doing? I just saw this and thought maybe also there could be sugar in the salad that your purchased.

Never give up! Stop in to say how you are doing!!!

Tracey

[CinderellaHick]

Howdy everyone I started three weeks ago Here is what I"m eating and I've only lost 6 pounds so far -

Here's my typical menu:
2-3 pieces of bacon or sausage

hard boiled egg
large salad with radishes, tomato, egg, bacon, cucumber caesar dressing (1 carb)

cucmber or celery with hummus or cream cheese or hard Cheese and beef stick for a snack

Small salad and chicken, steak or porkchop

I was drinking 3-4 diet caffeine free cokes and some splenda drinks but have cut them down to 1 dcf coke a day.

When I enter my counts into fitday I show around 1200-1400 calories aday 60-70 % fat, 20-30 % proteins,

I've also been excersizing a little -200-300 calories a day.

I'm thrilled with the 6 pounds but I thought it would come off a LOT faster. anytips for things I can do to speed things up?

220.5/214.5/150

[Tracey40]

Congratulations on the 6 lbs!!

You really need to drink water, it really does help!

I don't see too much with your menu except processed foods - may make you retain salt and they have hidden carbs and sugars. Hummus, how many carbs and sugars - especially if you are not making it yourself? Hummus is chick peas - starchy = carbs..... if you are on induction, may not be on the allowable food list..

Do you use fitday at all? It will give you all carb counts as well...

Tracey

[eculmone]

Originally Posted by ellief

the instone is so easy to carry to work!! haha

my caesar salad is mighty big. i assumed the dressing and the bacon were addign a good deal of fat to my diet, i was actually a little worried i was OD'ing on fat, especially since i use fat at dinner.


Maggie:
i only drink water or decaff green tea. i officially gave up all artificial sweeteners three weeks ago.

My calories probablyr ange anywhere from 1200-1500, i am sorta close to goal. only 10 pounds to go. i eat when hungry and eat till im satisfied. i never feel deprived. of course i crave things like sf chocolates every once in a while, but have vowed to only really eat whole foods.

i will try fit day, not sure what else to do

Last 10 pounds are tough. R they your idea of 10 pounds? You may already be at your ideal weight. Also age is a big factor. As we get older, the less cals we need to maintain our weight when we were in our 20's???

[Tuscanytrace]

I just had to plan this out for a week when my daughter's going to be in rehearsals every night of the week (and I think Saturday) for 4+ hours a night, 4-8! In order to stay on Induction, if I didn't plan, I'd be dead.

Most of these recipes are from Dana Carpender's Low Carb Slow Cooker cookbook and assume you have at least a basic slow cooker. I have a programmable one that will switch to keep warm after it's done, in case those rehearsals go late!! And it's got a probe, too, that will do the same thing once the internal temp is reached.

Breakfasts: all will be either choice of 3 scrambled eggs with choice of spices, or 3-Egg Egg Cream in choice of flavors (determined by what flavored stevia is closest to my hand).

Lunches: on days when I've had scrambled eggs for breakfast, I'll do the egg cream for lunch. But assuming I need 3 lunches:

1) 3-Egg Salad with homemade grapeseed oil mayonnaise, lemon pepper or curry powder spicing, and/or capers for crunch
2 & 3 Skillet Chicken Veg Alfredo (this will make enough for 2 meals for the whole family)

Dinners:
Monday:Chicken Burritos, p. 42 4 g. useable carbs

Tuesday: Seriously Simple Chicken Chili p. 43 4 g useable carbs (uses rest of Jack cheese and salsa from yesterday)

Wednesday: Curried Chicken w. Coconut Milk p. 47 4 g. useable carbs (flavor leftover coconut milk to use in Egg Creams!)
Cauli-rice

Thursday: Choucroute Garnie p. 153 5 g. useable carbs
Green Beans with Browned Butter

Friday: Beef Stroganoff p. 90 4 g. useable carbs
Fauxtatoes

[junkfoodmonkey]

I tend to have a pretty set menu for a week (and ring the changes week to week.) Breakfasts and lunches especially are usually the same, especially Monday to Friday, when I'm at work.

Here's next week's for what it's worth. I'm at a max of 35g of carbs a day just now, squinting carefully at 40 maybe by the end of the month.

Breakfasts:
2 eggs, scrambled in butter, with some chopped leek. Berries and Greek yogurt (carefully measured!) Possibly some celery and cream cheese bites if I'm peckish enough. Might add mushrooms to the eggs some days.
(Sunday is the exception, I'm planning a One Minute Muffin.)

Lunches: I've been making stews, curries, chillis etc in the crockpot to take to work and microwave, but now the weather is improving at last, I'm going more cold and picnicky.
Cold chicken with mayo
Piece of crustless quiche (with peppers and spring onion)
A bit of chedder cheese
Berries
Nuts (possibly not every day)
Cherry tomatos
I probably won't eat all of this at lunchtime, I'll use some bits of it as snacks in the morning and afternoon.

Sunday is the exception again. Since Sunday morning I'll be roasting the chicken to go cold for the lunches, I'll have roast chicken and veggies for Sunday lunch.

Dinners:
I'm planning on making a chilli on Sunday, big enough to split into four, and will include veggies in that, so it's just slap it in the microwave during the week and bob's your uncle. Low Carb convenience food. I'm putting a small tin of kidney beans in there too. My first step onto the beans rung!

The other three dinners I plan pork chops (done on the George Foreman most likely) with veggies. The veggies will be leek, green beans and a little red onion, which I'll microwave first, then finish off sauteed in butter and garlic, my fave way to do veggies right now.

If I need to snack, I'm well stocked up with tuna right now, so a little tuna mayo salad will go down nicely.

It's going to be a tasty week!

[gina59]

My menue for today:
Coffee with stevia and cream
Egg with a springle of grated cheese
Shrimp 1 cup with cauliflower 1 cup
Egg with a springle of grated cheese
Turkey very lean with 1 cup of cauliflower
2 sugar free jello
wgt 155

[hellosusanc]

I found something recently that I've really been enjoying. I'm calling it the James Ray Breakfast Shake. I read about in the book “Harmonic Wealth” by James Ray (I’ve been to a free seminar that he offered in my hometown and bought his book at Barnes and Noble. It’s great!) The book is not just about money (although he covers that.) There is actually a whole section on the physical body and he offers up some great ideas that have worked for me.

One of those is starting off the day with a glass of water with lemon and then making my first meal a green shake. Yep, veggies for breakfast. Still doesn’t hit the spot like a pile of pancakes, but I’ve lost seven pounds in the last month and a half and my skin is looking a lot brighter and clearer. There is a recipe for the green drink in the “Harmonic Wealth” book that James’s anti-aging doctor prescribed to him on Page 246. Good luck and God bless!
a James Ray fan

[saidie]

I was just thinking maybe the dressing has some MSG in it.. it could be causing some water retention.
I have loads of food intolerances..so I tend to think on those terms. If I eat a tiny pieace of bread I am swollen for 3 days or any thing with MSG in it.

[number1effort]

Great suggestions!

[LRJ]

Love these suggestions. I am sure they will also help me.

[saidie]

OK I have to ask? Am I the only one who does not like the stevia? I bought loads of it.. tried it and think it has a horrible after taste..
Linda

[g8rchic]

I don't really like stevia either. If I mix it with splenda it's ok but then whats the point, right?