Digusted with weight gain on Atkins

I would definitly cut down on the cheese and up the solid meat/fish type protein.   Salami is also loaded with salt.  I love cheese, but it is very salty and that alone will interfere with WL.

I am not a big fan of fake food, ie protein bars and protein drinks.  I think the nutrition you get from those is inferior to healthy, real, whole foods.  I think of them as Weight loss junk food. I agree you sould up your veggie intake.

Try cutting the cheese consumption in half.  Add more solid protein, cut back on bars and shakes and try to eat more veggies.   I would also have 6 small meals a day.  Your pouch (I hate that word)  will tolerated veggies in small doses throughout the day.

Good luck

Hi Phyllis!

I probably picked the wrong day's menu to post as a "typical" day.  I don't eat salami or lunch meats every day as I know they are SO high in sodium.  I know tha****er retention will definitely lead to depressing results on the scale.  I do eat 5 small "meals" a day (I posted my food as a list, not broken up into meals, just to make it easier to type). 

As far as protein shakes, most gastric bypass post-ops do supplement with one or more shakes a day as we have the lifelong malabsorption to deal with.  VitaLady who posts here on OH supplements with as much six shakes a day at over 15 years post-op.  Also, many of us RNYers wake up feeling nauseous in the morning, so a protein shake is a good way to begin the day and then eat solid food later on. 

Unfortunately, I also spend over two hours a day in the car commuting and need to eat something in the car.  I also have to eat one of my meals at my desk at work, and we are not permitted to eat anything big or that "smells"; hence, the Atkins bar.  I do agree that whole food is a much superior form of protein.  During the week, I do the best I can.  On the weekends, I am able to eat a "cleaner" diet of more fish and poultry and occasionally beef.

Thanks for your input!  Much appreciated.  

You've gotten excellent advice from everyone else so I'll just throw in my 2 cents that I learned for myself anyway. I found I have to go even lower in carbs than the induction allows, myself I have to go 15 or less grams a day of carbs. I've even done days with no carbs and this is when I lose best, when I do less than 15. Guess I'm just very sensitive to them. Anyway you might try that several days a week and see if it helps. Also I would suggest you allow yourself a 5-10 lb varience in weight that way you don't obsess about a pound or two but you can catch it before it goes too far. Go with where you look and feel best, don't be a slave to numbers it'll make ya crazy! 

 i know this is an old post but i will just share my experience.  Try limiting the artificial sweetners, which would include the atkin bars.  I love splenda but it definitely keeps me from losing.  it will actually take me out of ketosis according to the keto strips.  i try to stick to stevia.  you may need to treat the atkin bars like a dessert.  they are better to eat than a snickers bar but you may need to limit your consumption.  i am just getting back to true low carbing after significant weight gain.  i can tell you that my weight always stalled when i added an atkins bar. i saved those for times when i felt like i just had to taste something sweet.