Any Atkins Induction!

[Lotpodz]

thanks Chris

hopefully it will be as good as the ones in this thread! Everyone is doing so great!

[trishdadish]

you ladies are chatty kattys this morning! I just wnat to say to you guys how much all your support means to me and I wanted to say hello to the newbies you find the right place!

Thanks Jen for the info and christine and chris and Di and and and lol
you all are wonderful

Ok NOW GIVE ME THE BARK RECIPIE before I go NUTS whew (j/k)
Im craving me some chocolate!! TOM is here ugh

heres what I had today
B-small pork sasuage patty with 2 scrambled eggs
S-porkrinds (just a small few)
L-atkins shake
Dinner-ground turkeywith chopped onions brocoli mixed in with some mushrooms and a small amount of taco seasoning spoonful of salsa a spoonful of sour cream and a little shredded lettece on a cheese totilla

[mac24312]

Hi all!!
I have been so busy cooking I have had no time to post again..Maybe i can start fresh on Monday with you all!! LOL


Ok..now Trish...here it is..this is the original ones that I use...I did something different today and will take and give you that recipe too:


Bark is like a chocolate bar.

4 Tbs EVCO
1 Tbs Cocoa powder
2 OZ almonds (optional)
16 drops liquid stevia (or I use 2 droppers of English Toffee flavor, this is excellent)
1/4 tsp of vanilla extract

Melt CO in micro for 1 min, add everything but the almonds and use a wisk to mix VERY well. Then add almonds, mix again and stick in freezer till hard. Simple, easy, and quick!



Here's another recipe!

CHOCOLATE COCONUT BARK
20 grams Lindt 85% cocoa chocolate, 2 squares
1/4 cup coconut oil
1 tablespoon granular Splenda or equivalent liquid Splenda

Break the chocolate up into small pieces and put in a microwaveable bowl along with the coconut oil. Microwave on 50% power about 1 minute or until the chocolate has melted. Add the Splenda and stir to blend well. Pour into a small container lined with nonstick foil. Freeze until firm then break or chop into pieces. Store in the freezer for best results. It melts very quickly at room temperature.

Makes 2-4 servings

With granular Splenda:
1/4 Recipe: 145 Calories; 16g Fat; 1g Protein; 1g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 1g Net Carb
1/2 Recipe: 290 Calories; 32g Fat; 1g Protein; 3g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 2g Net Carbs

With liquid Splenda:
1/4 Recipe: 144 Calories; 16g Fat; 1g Protein; 1g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; trace Net Carbs
1/2 Recipe: 287 Calories; 32g Fat; 1g Protein; 1.5g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; .5g Net Carbs


Ok..I used the 2nd recipe for this and make it 5 times the amount and added 1 1/2 TBS of Peanut Butter to mine..boy its great with no sweetners added or just a little if you want too..

8 square of Lindt 85 percent chocolate
1 1/4 cups of CO
1 1/2 TBS of Peanut Butter..use Skippy Natural here
Melted together and then added the Peanut butter and froze till firm

Got to get back to cooking..

Later you all!!
HUGS
Christina

[Determinedtolose]

Originally Posted by trishdadish

you ladies are chatty kattys this morning! I just wnat to say to you guys how much all your support means to me and I wanted to say hello to the newbies you find the right place!

Thanks Jen for the info and christine and chris and Di and and and lol
you all are wonderful

Ok NOW GIVE ME THE BARK RECIPIE before I go NUTS whew (j/k)
Im craving me some chocolate!! TOM is here ugh

heres what I had today
B-small pork sasuage patty with 2 scrambled eggs
S-porkrinds (just a small few)
L-atkins shake
Dinner-ground turkeywith chopped onions brocoli mixed in with some mushrooms and a small amount of taco seasoning spoonful of salsa a spoonful of sour cream and a little shredded lettece on a cheese totilla

No me first!!!!

[Determinedtolose]

I'm jamming out right now to a song on youtube and I feels like dancing!!!

[LadyChurchill]

That recipe with the peanut butter sounds yummy! Must try it.....

Ok Lady Di....what music are you listening to? Too bad we can't pull it up here and get everyone in the forum dancing

I just finished dinner. Had some talapia cooked in butter and garlic and some fried cabbage. DH doesn't like any kind of cooked cabbage so I make it when he's gone.

Now, for all of us who did our taxes this year I thought you might get a giggle out of this:

Income Tax Filing Strategy

To: Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury Washington, DC 20001

Enclosed is my 2008 Form 1040, together with payment. Please take note of the attached article from USA Today archives. In the article, you will note that the Pentagon paid $171.50 each for hammers and NASA paid $600.00 each for toilet seats.

Please find enclosed in this package four toilet seats (value $2,400.00) and six hammers (value $1,029.00). This is in payment for my total tax due of $3,429.00.

Out of a sense of patriotic duty, and to assist in the political purification of our government, I am also enclosing a 1.5 inch Phillips head screw, for which HUD duly recorded and approved a purchase value of $22.00, as my contribution to fulfill the Presidential Election Fund option on Form 1040.

It has been a pleasure to pay my taxes this year, and I look forward to paying them again next year in accordance with officially established government values.

Sincerely,
Another satisfied taxpayer

Have a great evening!!!!

[Determinedtolose]

Hi Mary!
Oh I wish we could pay them back that way!!!

I was listening to this song! This is my dance song!! Crank it!!

You Tube

[LadyChurchill]

Ok, I'm up and moving.....woohoo

[trishdadish]

Love it! Nice tunes Di! Thanks Christine almost had a break down lol going to target right after work

[TiffJake]

Originally Posted by Lotpodz

Hey guys

So I had my roadtrip for work and survived. It was really hard working outdoors and in someone else's house in the middle of NOWHERE but I think I did ok.

My only downfalls over the 24hour period were 3 South Beach bars, 2 were 9 carbs each and the other was 3 carbs. I ate mostly nuts and cheese over 2 days but I did not cheat and more importantly was not even tempted to cheat.

The house we stayed at had just had a huge BBQ over the weekend and it felt like a cruel joke when I walked in the kitchen to see THE BIGGEST pile of carbs I have seen! LOL! Chips, cookies, hot dog buns, hamburger buns, bagels, crackers, goldfish crackers, you name it! BUT, not even tempted.

I also had a little emotional breakdown at one point when someone got a poloroid with me in the background. I nearly broke down and cried right there while working. It was so upsetting for me to see how big I am now. It really affected my mood all day but later I just calmed myself down by saying "Its ok, you are working on it and will over this soon". Kinda corny I know but I really hit a low.

Argh..sorry for the novel!

My last weigh in was on Tues at 235 (down 4lbs) and today I am at 234 so I am on the right track at least

Good for you! Way to resist the temptation, and you are right, you ARE working on this!! You can do it!

[Lotpodz]

Thanks Tiff, I appreciate it! You are doing great too, love your pics..you are so pretty either way

[TiffJake]

The funky hormone weight seems to be leaving, woohoo! Down 1 1/2 pounds today.

Thanks for the sweet comments I have lost 30 pounds in a MONTH!!!! WOOHOO!!!

And the coconut bar sounds yummy, but I can't have that stuff in my house, LOL! Or I will eat it all the time. I have Dove Sugar-Free candy, and I will have 2, and then one more gives me diarrhea, so I know that I can't have more than 2...that keeps me honest

[Lotpodz]

That's AMAZING to lose 30lbs in a month, so proud of you and you are my new (one of many on this site!) idol

I feel like I am at a slow start, can you tell me how much you lost in the beginning? Would love to know more about your story Tiff!

[TiffJake]

Originally Posted by Lotpodz

That's AMAZING to lose 30lbs in a month, so proud of you and you are my new (one of many on this site!) idol

I feel like I am at a slow start, can you tell me how much you lost in the beginning? Would love to know more about your story Tiff!

Aw shucks Thanks!

I just stayed as close to the induction foods as I could (LOTS of meat, steak, green beans, cheese) and a handful of peanuts every now and then when I wanted a "cheat" because I love peanuts. I walk my dog every night, so I am getting some kind of a workout, and I am drinking as much water as I can stomach When I am not drinking water, I am drinking unsweet tea with sweet n low (I know, everyone has their opinion about different sweetners, but I like sween n low). I would limit myself to 3 packets a day (per DANDR book) so my huge glass of tea was only a little sweet. I didn't really snack, drink "diet" drinks (like soda). I didn't eat low carb versions of foods (like LC pasta or bread or tortillas). Hm...what else...I dont know....no alcohol, NO sugar, in anything. Meats and greens and cheese, that is my usual day.

Today I had 3 vienna sausages for breakfast (not that yummy, but it was something, and it was LC meat). And I had a salad at Chipotle for lunch (lettuce, chicken, tomatoes, cheese, sourcream). VERY GOOD! I don't know for dinner yet. I have some really good ham lunch meat, and I think I will nuke it, so it is like dinner meat, and make some broc and cheese. And water, water, water.

Anyway, I don't know if any of that is helpful, but that is what I have been doing, and until right now (hovering around 245) I have been losing the weight fast. I am about to kick it into another gear, and hopefully break this plateau!

[jen_1971]

Hi ya'll!!

Tiff, wow!! 30lbs is great! you must have been on strict induction the whole time - that's hard work! way to go!

Hey! I was grovin' to the tunes Di !! hahaha thanks for the music pick me up!!

just a quick check in... i may make a bit of bark tonight hope it sets!! it's good w/a spoon tho so it's ok!hahaha

menu -

b -egg cream
l - the ckn strips and brocolli
d - 2 hmbr patties w/bacon, lett, toms and mayo w/swiss, couple of small ribs

i may try the pork rinds tonight w/cinnamon.. something diff...

i'll check back later!! have good evening!

[Lotpodz]

Originally Posted by TiffJake

Aw shucks Thanks!

I just stayed as close to the induction foods as I could (LOTS of meat, steak, green beans, cheese) and a handful of peanuts every now and then when I wanted a "cheat" because I love peanuts. I walk my dog every night, so I am getting some kind of a workout, and I am drinking as much water as I can stomach When I am not drinking water, I am drinking unsweet tea with sweet n low (I know, everyone has their opinion about different sweetners, but I like sween n low). I would limit myself to 3 packets a day (per DANDR book) so my huge glass of tea was only a little sweet. I didn't really snack, drink "diet" drinks (like soda). I didn't eat low carb versions of foods (like LC pasta or bread or tortillas). Hm...what else...I dont know....no alcohol, NO sugar, in anything. Meats and greens and cheese, that is my usual day.

Today I had 3 vienna sausages for breakfast (not that yummy, but it was something, and it was LC meat). And I had a salad at Chipotle for lunch (lettuce, chicken, tomatoes, cheese, sourcream). VERY GOOD! I don't know for dinner yet. I have some really good ham lunch meat, and I think I will nuke it, so it is like dinner meat, and make some broc and cheese. And water, water, water.

Anyway, I don't know if any of that is helpful, but that is what I have been doing, and until right now (hovering around 245) I have been losing the weight fast. I am about to kick it into another gear, and hopefully break this plateau!

It does help a lot, thank you! I am trying to do the same, am not having ANY Frenkenfoods at all. I am eating Macadamians and almonds but am watching my portions. I was away from home yesterday and had to eat some South Beach Diet bars but I still think I was under 40 carbs for the day.

Thanks so much for sharing, I am sure you will have a HUGE whoosh soon

[dixediva1]

Hi Sistah's,

Sorry I've been missing, I have been so busy. I didn't spring clean. I think it hit me yesterday. lol

Tiff Wow, what a difference 30 lbs makes. you are beautiful. keep up the good work.

Welcome to all our new friends. everyone here is friendly and helpful.

Chris, you are a better woman than me. I couldn't just eat the CO. I cook with it and oil pull w/it. Do you cook with it are do you just eat it. maybe I missed something.

Diana, I couldn't hear the music, waaaaa. maybe its cause I can't get dsl only dial up..grrr. but I love living in the woods.lol

Christine, can I come live with you. I know your a good cook. hope things settle down for you soon.

Mary, when you say " heavy cream " is that half n half ,or is it whipping cream. the recipe sounds wonderful .

Jenn, I need to mulch around my trees. I have the brownest thumb you'll ever see. do you have the scalloped turnip receipe. if so will you post it please. I love turnips.

Laura, I've never taken the carb blockers, I do take the cinnamon pills. they keep your blood sugar from spiking. I think on netrion it is called cinnamon bark . you can read up on it there. I got mine at walmart for about 3.99. I can tell a big difference. I think it also helps with my appetite..I know the coconut oil does. not sure what it does tho. I just know it does. you'll get in sic soon. just hang tough. we are here for you.

Lotpoz, you are doing great. I do really bad when I travel. we are all on the same path. we'll get to our destation bit by bit. we will lose weight the same way we gained it. One spoonful at a time.

Trish, you sound up beat. yep you gotta try the Co Bark.

Wavvvvvv to all I missed. I know when I name names I'll miss someone.

Rae


I made the CO last night..it is de-lish.

[dixediva1]

here is the info on cinnamon bark.

Cinnamon Bark Capsules

[TiffJake]

Thanks Rae! I am cleaning too We just moved into this house before Christmas, and I STILL don't feel like I have everything in its' place!! BTW, I love your SIG line "If it's to be, it's up to me"...reminds me of one I heard that really struck me, "If I want what I've never had, I have to do what I've never done" !!!!

[Determinedtolose]

Originally Posted by Lotpodz

Hey guys

So I had my roadtrip for work and survived. It was really hard working outdoors and in someone else's house in the middle of NOWHERE but I think I did ok.

My only downfalls over the 24hour period were 3 South Beach bars, 2 were 9 carbs each and the other was 3 carbs. I ate mostly nuts and cheese over 2 days but I did not cheat and more importantly was not even tempted to cheat.

The house we stayed at had just had a huge BBQ over the weekend and it felt like a cruel joke when I walked in the kitchen to see THE BIGGEST pile of carbs I have seen! LOL! Chips, cookies, hot dog buns, hamburger buns, bagels, crackers, goldfish crackers, you name it! BUT, not even tempted.

I also had a little emotional breakdown at one point when someone got a poloroid with me in the background. I nearly broke down and cried right there while working. It was so upsetting for me to see how big I am now. It really affected my mood all day but later I just calmed myself down by saying "Its ok, you are working on it and will over this soon". Kinda corny I know but I really hit a low.

Argh..sorry for the novel!

My last weigh in was on Tues at 235 (down 4lbs) and today I am at 234 so I am on the right track at least

I can't believe I missed this post!!!

I agree with Chris! You are doing something about it now and just wait about a month, you're going to lose so much weight, peopel won't recognize you! You did so good resisting all that junk! That's the real strenght test right there and you passed it!
You're doing great with the weight loss too!!

You feel free to express your feelings too! Doesn' matter how long it is, okay! I believe it's important to vent so that way we can move forward and let all that go.

The pic is a good thing in a way, it will be a before for you!! People will see how well you're doing and how good you're looking too!!!


Hi Chris! Ahh, the dreaded water weight!! I hope what your going to do will work for you!! Your'e so close to where you want to be too!!
Hang in there Sweetie!!


Hi Tiff! Golly!! 30 lbs in a month!! Whoohoo!! You are doing so well and sticking close to induction it totally the key!! Good for you!!!
Keep it up and you'll be down another 30 before long!!!


Hi Rae! I was wondering where you were at!! I saw those cinnamon pills too at my Wal marts and I thought about getting them, but wasnt' sure. I think I may do that now! Sounds like a plan!!!
So you've been cleaning huh! I've got the biggest brown thumb ever. I can't grow anything to save my life! Unless it's on my body, but that's about it! LOL
I wouldn't mind living in the woods either! Peace and quiet is all I want! I want to live near Jen, Christina, you and Mary now!! Sounds like my kind of place!!!

HI Buddysgirl, Hi Laura, Hi Viv where ever you are!! I hope you all are doing great!

I'm off for the evening, but I'll see ya bright and early!!


Love Ya Gorgeous Gals!!!

[Chrislukey]

Hi Ladies just a quick hello before I head off to read and sleep.
Yes Rae I really do just eat the Co right off the spoon It is just quicker that way. I also cook some with it. Not too much cause Dh hates the taste of coconut. I can't really enjoy the music either we still have dial-up but in a week or too we are going to bite the bullet and pay to have Comcast....it is pretty pricey because we don't have cable we have direct tv and Dh will not give it up. Neither would I, I love my dish.


Ok I will talk to you all in the A.M sounds like everyone is doing well!