Anybody tried the Atkins Diet on here?
18 June 2003, 02:03 PM
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Strictly no rice or bread (including pitta). Suffer like the rest of us!!! 
No pasta either!
[Edited by red_dog104 - 6/18/2003 2:05:36 PM]
No pasta either![Edited by red_dog104 - 6/18/2003 2:05:36 PM]
18 June 2003, 03:29 PM
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No rice or pitta Dan I just have a larger portion of meat or whatever it is I'm eating and substitute potatoes etc with salad leaves. Easy, seeing as its summer 
Even a (specially selected lo-carb) curry is nice with salad.
BTW, if anyone is thinking of buying new digital scales then Argos are selling some that also calculate body fat % too for £29.99 (or at least they were yesterday).
Got me some yesterday, only problem is, they read higher then my old analogue ones
By 3 lbs ! 
Any excuse for a new gadget
I just have a larger portion of meat or whatever it is I'm eating and substitute potatoes etc with salad leaves. Easy, seeing as its summer Even a (specially selected lo-carb) curry is nice with salad.BTW, if anyone is thinking of buying new digital scales then Argos are selling some that also calculate body fat % too for £29.99 (or at least they were yesterday).
Got me some yesterday, only problem is, they read higher then my old analogue ones
By 3 lbs ! Any excuse for a new gadget
18 June 2003, 03:33 PM
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Aaaarrrggghhh! I've just succumbed to a biscuit Damn. If I eat meat only tonight I will still be below my 20 carbs but I feel really guilty!
Damn. If I eat meat only tonight I will still be below my 20 carbs but I feel really guilty!
18 June 2003, 03:35 PM
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I don't think they're meant to be mega-accurate but they fire a (tiny) electrical pulse up through your body. It measures resistance somehow - more lard = higher resistance (I think)
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18 June 2003, 03:38 PM
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Kav's right. That and some age/height/gender jiggery-pokery too
You have to take your socks off to use it tho Gives a totally different reading if you don't step on barefoot.
You have to take your socks off to use it tho
Gives a totally different reading if you don't step on barefoot.
18 June 2003, 03:44 PM
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Yep I was amazed to find how low in carbs curry is (some are under 3% carb per 100g) - had a lovely chicken tikka masala for lunch - no rice of course
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18 June 2003, 04:50 PM
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You eat till you are full. On this kind of food, you fill up on less and stay full for longer I have found!
18 June 2003, 05:28 PM
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Yep Christian that sounds like the sort of meals I am eating. Gotta love eggs and bacon for brekkie. Only prob is no soldiers with boiled eggs.
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18 June 2003, 05:40 PM
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A week and a half into the induction and I've lost 1/2 a stone. Although for the last 2 days I haven't lost any it seems. I think the culprit is using sweetners in my decaff coffee that contain aspartame :/ should have read the book more clearly I guess. Haven't yet read up on what I can eat after the induction period though, was under the impression you have to limit yourself to 20g of carbs a day, although having read this page it seems that 20g limit is the same as in the induction?
18 June 2003, 06:23 PM
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All things green, remember no tomato though!
I buy that bag of mixed leaf salad (crunchy kind) from Tescos. There's enough for at least 3 big plates of salads from them. Usually add tuna & mayo on top
I buy that bag of mixed leaf salad (crunchy kind) from Tescos. There's enough for at least 3 big plates of salads from them. Usually add tuna & mayo on top
18 June 2003, 06:25 PM
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****!!! I just drank 2 big glasses of Fanta Lemon which I thought was diet but its not!!! What is the carb content of that?? What can I do to stop it from pulling me out of ketosis. Remember that when you are out of ketosis it can take a few days to get back into it A sort of stall!!
For all the first weekers remember that your weight loss will slow dramatically in the 2nd week so be prepared for it mentally
A sort of stall!!For all the first weekers remember that your weight loss will slow dramatically in the 2nd week so be prepared for it mentally
18 June 2003, 06:31 PM
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Christian visit This link and click on the carb counter, two thirds down the page on the right. Will tell you roughly how many carbs in most foods. Being american tomato is under vegetables instead of fruit. For the veg your looking for anything that has under 2 total carbs.
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18 June 2003, 06:33 PM
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Thanks simon, I thought you only go by net carbs? so they aren't that bad, if you go with say a day:
breakfest:
eggs (0.6) x2 : 1.2
3 rashes of bacon : 0.1
lunch:
tuna: 0.0
Lettuce: 0.4
Cucumber: 1.8
Tomatoe chopped: 2.6
dinner:
burger: 0.0
cheese : 0.2
3 rashes of bacon : 0.1
Only gives 6.4carbs
Do salt and pepper count for anything?
[Edited by ChristianR - 6/18/2003 6:51:27 PM]
breakfest:
eggs (0.6) x2 : 1.2
3 rashes of bacon : 0.1
lunch:
tuna: 0.0
Lettuce: 0.4
Cucumber: 1.8
Tomatoe chopped: 2.6
dinner:
burger: 0.0
cheese : 0.2
3 rashes of bacon : 0.1
Only gives 6.4carbs
Do salt and pepper count for anything?
[Edited by ChristianR - 6/18/2003 6:51:27 PM]