I know!!!! I was like...what the heck is in this.......flavored chalk? Ha ha :)

So what happens if you do cheat and go out for mexican or chinese? What happens? We normally go out for Mexican every Friday night. Tonight we didn't :( and I'm missing it!

If you're still in the induction phase of Atkins and you eat food you shouldn't then you kind of blew it. Once your body gets into the weight loss mode you have to keep it going...if you eat something you shouldn't it stops and you have to start again...that's why it's important not to cheat.

O.k. ladies...what's for dinner? I just made whole wheat wraps with turkey, bacon, lettuce and cheese with chipolte sauce and a few BBQ pork rinds on the side. For desert I'll either have chocolate ice cream or maybe a flavored Riccotta desert. Oh...and I had a Diet Rite too.

Monterrey jack cheese & chicken in a low carb tortilla. It was really good!

Oooh, I love Montery Jack cheese...I'll have to try that one. I've reached the point where I'm full most of the time so I have to remind myself to eat and the meals are getting smaller.

I still feel hungry I think. I definatley do not forget to eat !!!! What point are you guys in? Today is day 6 for me. (Oh and 4 pounds lighter!)

I started Christmas morning and I've lost my water weight so now it's on to lose the 'real' weight. I've been stalled the last couple of days but I remember doing this the last time too. I still can't see that I've lost anything but I can feel it and the scale says I have. :) I'm going to start walking again so that will help.

Well I cheated on New Year's Eve so I guess I'll consider this is day 6 for me too. I went down 6 pounds but when i started working out these last few days I put on like 2 pounds. So let's hope that's muscle :p I'm going to stop weighing myself. Because the proof really is in the way my clothes fit...THEY DON'T :p I really need to get me some smaller pants, but I'm afraid to just yet. I've lost a total of ALMOST 40 pounds now!!

Also I should say, I've been doing this diet since beginning of October. I think my stomache has just really shrunk and that's why I'm not really hungry.

Are we the only 3 doing this? Where is everyone??? :D ;)

Well my husband is doing it with me. BUT - we had a bday party on Saturday and HE CHEATED ! He ate sloppy joes with the bun , chips, AND cake and icecream! BAD BAD!

I had 4 almonds and two cold raw hotdogs!

Last night for dinner we had chicken wings!!!! we just peppered them and season salt and fryed them in vegetable oil. They were awesome too!
No carbs - right???

I glanced over various pages (and did not read them all).

Folks, you need to eat several little meals a day. Preferably somewhere around 4 - 6 small meals.

Those of you eating only breakfast and dinner...this doesn't work. Your blood sugar levels spike and drop dramatically.

The key is to keep your blood sugar levels steady. If you don't, you end up being really sleepy, irritable, etc.

Reducing carbs is one thing, but total calorie consumption per day is also something to keep an eye out for.

For those of you that want to loose weight/burn fat, etc. I recommend working out, BUT I also recommend eating MORE. That's right. Eating more! BUT you have to eat healthy food.

Here is a typical meal plan that I would recommend:

Meal 1
Serving of Cottage Cheese (substitute yogurt if you want)
Banana

Meal 2
2 Hard Boiled Eggs
Small orange

Meal 3
Grilled Chicken salad (grilled chicken, cranberries, spinach, feta cheese, and balsamic vinagrette)

Meal 4
Carrots w/ hummus dip.

Meal 5
Seared ahi tuna on a bed of spinach w/ ginger dressing.

I adapted the following meal plan from my bodybuilding diet. This is something that I would recommend for anyone, as it is easy to make and is not that boring. I actually reduced the carbs in this meal plan.

You want to work out and build larger muscles. Why? Because w/ larger muscles, you burn more fat and calories (due to a high metabolism). And because you burn more calories, you get hungrier faster (if you eat "healthy foods" and not junk, because your body processes healthy food faster.

Women do not have to worry about getting bulky. It is very difficult for women to get large enough to have a massive muscular physique comparable to men.

Avoid fried foods - yes, avoid the fried chicken you ate last night. No bacon.
Avoid sodium filled foods - such as hot dogs, sausage, etc. No frozen meals as they are full of fat and salt. Salt makes you retain water.

If you want to do an Atkins diet, where you keep protein levels high,...stick to white meats such as chicken and fish. Avoid red meat.

Bad hubby!! LOL
And yes, I think we are the only 3 crazy enough to do this. :p It's working thought right?:D

Just a tip. Freeze your yogurt. It then becomes a "frozen" yogurt. Similar to ice cream. Use a metal spoon to chip into it when you let it thaw for just a small time.

I learned this tip from a professional male model. It helps satisfy sugar cravings.

Good idea. but do they make low carb yogart?