Atkins and Low Carb Weight Loss
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Topic: RE: Friday CARB Accountability Thread
I'll have my last bar of chocolate-covered marzipan tomorrow. I won't be buying any more as I prefer the Atkins bars! LOL 
Topic: RE: RECIPE THREAD!
FLAX PANCAKES -
3/4 c. flax meal
¼ c. vanilla whey protein
¼ c. cream
¼ c. water
1 beaten egg
pinch salt
¼ tsp. each baking powder and baking soda
DIRECTIONS: Mix all ingredients. Using ¼ c. measuring cup not quite full, pour onto hot, oiled griddle to make 6 pancakes. When the batter begins to rise up a bit and are browned to your liking on first side (about 2 minutes), flip and coo****il second side is brown. Serve at once with butter and sugar-free maple syrup.
NUTRITIONAL INFO: Makes six 4″ pancakes, each contains:
124 calories
8.32 g fat
5.13 g carbs
3.90 g fiber
1.23 g NET CARBS
Sue
Topic: RE: RECIPE THREAD!
Zucchini Doritos-style chips
2 eggs
2 cups cheese
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Cut ends from zucchini. Shred. Mix with egg and cheese. Make 6-8" circles on greased cookie sheet(s). Bake at 450 degrees for 12 minutes. Loosen and flip the circles. Bake for another 5 minutes at 450 degrees.
Let cool on a rack for 6-8 hours in a cool oven. To store, keep loosely in a bag or a plastic container in the refrigerator or on the counter. Best used within a week of preparation. After chips have dried substantially, in a plastic container toss with popcorn seasoning for desired flavor.
Makes 36 chips.
Nutritional Information:(Per 12 chips, 1/3 of recipe): Calories: 151, Carbohydrates: 1g, Fiber: 0g, Net Carbohydrates: 1 g, Protein: 10 g, Fat: 13 g
Zucchini Doritos-style chips
2 eggs
2 cups cheese
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Grease 2 cookie sheets.
Cut ends from zucchini. Shred. Mix with egg and cheese. Make 6-8" circles on greased cookie sheet(s). Bake at 450 degrees for 12 minutes. Loosen and flip the circles. Bake for another 5 minutes at 450 degrees.
With a pizza cutter, cut rounds into triangles (about 6 per round).
Let cool on a rack for 6-8 hours in a cool oven. To store, keep loosely in a bag or a plastic container in the refrigerator or on the counter. Best used within a week of preparation. After chips have dried substantially, in a plastic container toss with popcorn seasoning for desired flavor.
Makes 36 chips.
Nutritional Information:(Per 12 chips, 1/3 of recipe): Calories: 151, Carbohydrates: 1g, Fiber: 0g, Net Carbohydrates: 1 g, Protein: 10 g, Fat: 13 g
Sue
Topic: RE: Friday CARB Accountability Thread
.... what, no marzipan???
Interested in low-carb nutrition? Thinking of trying Atkins? Want to try high-fat and/or high-protein eating? Whether or not you have had (or are thinking about) WLS http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/atkins/
Topic: RE: Need help! Stalled at 263 lbs.
honestly LOLled at "a great surprise visit from the BOO"M Princess"
Interested in low-carb nutrition? Thinking of trying Atkins? Want to try high-fat and/or high-protein eating? Whether or not you have had (or are thinking about) WLS http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/atkins/
Topic: RE: So Thirsty!!!
Here's what strikes me as unusual about your post -- the thirst, as opposed to merely a lot of urination.
If this lasts more than a day or two, I might give my doctor/surgeon a ring and ask for some feedback. A thirsty day or so might be appropriate. But not more than that. Ordinarily people seem to urinate away a lot of inflammation early on. But you don't tend to see a great deal of longer-term thirst.
Will you post back and let us know how things are going?
Lisa
If this lasts more than a day or two, I might give my doctor/surgeon a ring and ask for some feedback. A thirsty day or so might be appropriate. But not more than that. Ordinarily people seem to urinate away a lot of inflammation early on. But you don't tend to see a great deal of longer-term thirst.
Will you post back and let us know how things are going?
Lisa
Interested in low-carb nutrition? Thinking of trying Atkins? Want to try high-fat and/or high-protein eating? Whether or not you have had (or are thinking about) WLS http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/atkins/
Topic: CARb Accountability Roundup -- SATURDAY, woo HOOOOoo
Good morning everyone! It's a gorgeous, sunny, perfect day in southern California, and I'm about to go work in the garden ... If you're in the path of the recent snow/ice storm that is happening in 1/3 of the US -- we have some very nice real estate available in this part of the state LOL!!!
It's back-on-the-wagon day for me, and here's my plan:
Eggs Hollandaise (surprise, surprise!) with spinach and
coffee with cream
Fried cheese with TJs lower-carb marinara (there are several)
Decaf with protein-shake creamer
Chinese chicken salad (leftover chicken from last night)
And that's going to be about it for today, for me!!!
Howabout you???
Good morning everyone! It's a gorgeous, sunny, perfect day in southern California, and I'm about to go work in the garden ... If you're in the path of the recent snow/ice storm that is happening in 1/3 of the US -- we have some very nice real estate available in this part of the state LOL!!!
It's back-on-the-wagon day for me, and here's my plan:
Eggs Hollandaise (surprise, surprise!) with spinach and
coffee with cream
Fried cheese with TJs lower-carb marinara (there are several)
Decaf with protein-shake creamer
Chinese chicken salad (leftover chicken from last night)
And that's going to be about it for today, for me!!!
Howabout you???
Interested in low-carb nutrition? Thinking of trying Atkins? Want to try high-fat and/or high-protein eating? Whether or not you have had (or are thinking about) WLS http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/atkins/
Topic: RE: Friday CARB Accountability Thread
Saturday for me!
2 boiled eggs and Ryvita
2 Atkins bars
corned beef, mushroom and onion soup
4 ozs cheese
Oven-baked white fish
Coffee with cream and fruit teas.
Have a good weekend.
2 boiled eggs and Ryvita
2 Atkins bars
corned beef, mushroom and onion soup
4 ozs cheese
Oven-baked white fish
Coffee with cream and fruit teas.
Have a good weekend.
Topic: RE: High protein, low-fat, low-carb diets cause weakness, nausea & diarrhea...
Hey Phyllis,
I hope you get the book - I'd love to hear your thoughts on it! I'm actually thinking of re-reading it - or at least portions of it - just to get a better understanding.
If your fats are the highest percentage of your intake then you are most likely on target with what Taubes believes is what our bodies thrive on best. You are right that most of us could not thrive on an Inuit diet - Taubes thinks that much of our diet is based on genetics/ancestry. It makes sense that Inuit people would eat a high fat diet because they need the calories to maintain body heat. You would think that they would have a high rate of obesity and cancer - but actually that is not the case at all (at least before carbs were introduced in their diets!). Purdy interesting!
I hope you get the book - I'd love to hear your thoughts on it! I'm actually thinking of re-reading it - or at least portions of it - just to get a better understanding.
If your fats are the highest percentage of your intake then you are most likely on target with what Taubes believes is what our bodies thrive on best. You are right that most of us could not thrive on an Inuit diet - Taubes thinks that much of our diet is based on genetics/ancestry. It makes sense that Inuit people would eat a high fat diet because they need the calories to maintain body heat. You would think that they would have a high rate of obesity and cancer - but actually that is not the case at all (at least before carbs were introduced in their diets!). Purdy interesting!
Sue
Topic: RE: High protein, low-fat, low-carb diets cause weakness, nausea & diarrhea...
I have to agree about those things all tasting better with some crackers etc. That said, my hips are looking better at holding up my pants without the extra layers of fat, so I'm willing to do it.
My food plan calls for eating 3x a day (protein first) with no snacks, ever, and no protein supplementation. So actually Atkins is the very best plan for me because it gets rid of the cravings that carbs give me to snack. Let's face it, a carby snack is over the moon good, but totally not part of my surgeon's plan. At 6 months I was exercising 2-3 hours, 7 days a week and eating 1 string cheese snack. Surgeon told me to knock it off because snacks grow over the years and so will my body if I keep it up.
Atkins is the easiest to follow with the 3x a day, no snacking, though I do occasionally throw in a couple of pork rinds etc when I'm going to head for the unmentionables.
My food plan calls for eating 3x a day (protein first) with no snacks, ever, and no protein supplementation. So actually Atkins is the very best plan for me because it gets rid of the cravings that carbs give me to snack. Let's face it, a carby snack is over the moon good, but totally not part of my surgeon's plan. At 6 months I was exercising 2-3 hours, 7 days a week and eating 1 string cheese snack. Surgeon told me to knock it off because snacks grow over the years and so will my body if I keep it up.
Atkins is the easiest to follow with the 3x a day, no snacking, though I do occasionally throw in a couple of pork rinds etc when I'm going to head for the unmentionables.
HW: 249 SW: 229 GW: 149 Age: 63 - Body by Sauceda - 12/2011
