Atkins Day 4 - Yes, I'm still counting it as day 4 despite day 3's <0.5g of flour! :P

Count the coffee because even black coffee has 1g carbs!  And the fiber in your veggies doesn't cancel out the carbs, just adjusts the rate lower. Sodium--um, didn't you eat a a lot of processed meat--sausage and pepperoni?  There's your sodium, to be sure. Just clearing that up.

Are you SURE about the coffee?? I've never heard of it having carbs in it...?  Perhaps the caffeine isn't good?  I switched to "altern", which is off brand splenda, this morning. YECH.. I hate splenda but I'm sipping it.  There's no way it can be good for you.  I put it in the cup and it foams up and doesn't mix well. :(  It has this "sacchariny" taste to it like sweet-n-low.  It's just gross.  I tried it black.. Too plain..tastes like unsweetened tea. yech. Coffee: http://www.calorieking.com/foods/calories-in-coffees-brewed- percolated_f-Y2lkPTEwNzAmYmlkPTEmZmlkPTY5NTEwJmVpZD0yNTMyNjA yNzYmcG9zPTEmcGFyPSZrZXk9Y29mZmVl.html

Nutrition Facts
Calories 2 (Kilojoules 10)
		% DV**
Total Fat	0 g	0%
Sat. Fat	0 g	0%
Trans Fat	0 g
Cholesterol	0 mg	0%
Sodium	5 mg	0%
Total Carbs.	0 g	0%
Dietary Fiber	0 g	0%
Sugars	0 g
Protein	0.3 g
Calcium	4.7 mg
Potassium	116.1 mg

Atkins barks about the caffeine and its effects on insulin. It has nada for nutritive value. I'm actually surprised to see any potassium! I have quit coffee for 6 months with zero effect - no more, no less hungry. It may be a player in some people, so do try to erase it for what it is worth.

How do you function!??   Lol  I used to not drink coffee daily but when I found it woke me up and made me ready for the day it became an addiction.  Perhaps if I get my thyroid in order and I get more sleep I can delete the coffee all together.
cirving@brain~>$ rm coffee
rm: cannot remove `coffee': It's your life force...
cirving@brain~>$ rm -r coffee
rm: cannot remove `coffee': Hahah, make me!!
cirving@brain~>$ rm -rf coffee
rm: cannot remove `coffee': Waahh!! Nooooo! Are you sure? (Y/N) cirving@brain~>$ ...

JG is right about coffee having 1g of carb.  You check Splenda I think it has less or no carb.  What about real cream instead of creamer too.  Brenda

I just omitted the creamer all together. The real cream/milk stuff makes my coffee too .... sweet?? It's a different kind of sweet than I like it completely changes the taste of the coffee and I don't like it.

BP number kind of surprising due to what you said about the salt.  Decrease the salt and it will get even better.  Obviously, you'll have even better weight loss without so much salt too.  I know I guy that lots of weight just melted off him using Atkins. Brenda

Yeah I think the salt is killing my weight loss. I LOVE sausage and that's a problem.  Perhaps I can find some unsalted sausage or something. These processed foods are great because I don't have a lot of time in the mornings. They make life easy but in reality they're killing me. I've got to figure out another way to do this.  Perhaps I could cook a weeks worth on Sunday using low sodium bacon and sausage... Perhaps that's an idea. I like Atkins because it allows me to enjoy the foods I really like, like sausage. Even if the weight isn't coming off, it's not coming on either and that's good.  I like being able to eat like this. I am going to try and figure out a way to cut down the sodium.

will you stop?  it's only been 3 days! Give it 6 weeks no matter what you think before you start up.

It's been 4 thank you very much! :P I need my results now! Lmao