day 1

"ab" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hi gang,

started my diet today. Day 1 and counting. I went to the commissary today
and bought a truck load of chicken, turkey and fish. Not really crazy for
red meat specialy beacuse of uric acid problems.

Did you match it with 4 truck loads of veggies?

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Question: since it has no carbs and no sugar is diet coke allowed?

<sucks teeth> Controversy! Some do fine on it, it gives others carb
cravings, and/or causes stalls. You'll just have to listen to your body.

Nicky.

--
A1c 10.5/5.4/<6 T2 DX 05/2004
1g Metformin, 100ug Thyroxine
95/73/72Kg

ab said:

Hi gang,

started my diet today. Day 1 and counting. I went to the commissary today
and bought a truck load of chicken, turkey and fish. Not really crazy for
red meat specialy beacuse of uric acid problems.
Question: since it has no carbs and no sugar is diet coke allowed?

351/351/190

Best not to tempt yourself with anything that has a sweet taste. And
you body will still react to a sweet tasting food as if it is actually
sweet, to some degree.

TC

"ab" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi gang,

started my diet today. Day 1 and counting. I went to the commissary today
and bought a truck load of chicken, turkey and fish. Not really crazy for
red meat specialy beacuse of uric acid problems.
Question: since it has no carbs and no sugar is diet coke allowed?

351/351/190

Hi!! keep us poseted!

"ab" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi gang,

started my diet today. Day 1 and counting. I went to the commissary today
and bought a truck load of chicken, turkey and fish. Not really crazy for
red meat specialy beacuse of uric acid problems.
Question: since it has no carbs and no sugar is diet coke allowed?

If you can lose weight and drink it, it's allowed. Hell if you can lose
weight and eat all the sweets and carbs you want then that's allowed. It's
just that for most people, it causes a problem. But it might not for you.

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351/351/190

RTFB

You might benefit from reading Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution. It sounds
like you are eating too much food.

Use portion control to just eat enough to stop hunger. Do not eat until
"full."

I made best progress by calorie and carb counting with a computer program
called Fitday.

http://www.fitday.com

I have no connection to Fitday, except as a download customer.

320/155/?

"ab" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi gang,

started my diet today. Day 1 and counting. I went to the commissary today
and bought a truck load of chicken, turkey and fish. Not really crazy for
red meat specialy beacuse of uric acid problems.
Question: since it has no carbs and no sugar is diet coke allowed?

351/351/190

"Cubit" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

RTFB

You might benefit from reading Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution. It sounds
like you are eating too much food.

Use portion control to just eat enough to stop hunger. Do not eat until
"full."

I made best progress by calorie and carb counting with a computer program
called Fitday.

http://www.fitday.com

I have no connection to Fitday, except as a download customer.

320/155/?

WOW Cubit! I just noticed your stats. How wonderful!
How long did it take you to lose so much?

Cubit said:

RTFB

You might benefit from reading Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution. It
sounds like you are eating too much food.

<snip>

Are you replying to the right post? The OP stated it was his first day.
There was absolutely no mention of how much he ate just what was purchased.
Lots of people buy meat in bulk. That doesn't mean that's all they buy or
that they go home and eat it in one day.

ab said:

Not really crazy for
red meat specialy beacuse of uric acid problems.

Not that any food is ever required, but the good news is as you
lose and get healthier uric acid problems tend to go as well.
Also they tend to be cleared up by drinking more water.

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Question: since it has no carbs

Alert! It sounds like you haven't read the book. All of the
good low carb plans out there require carbs in the form of
veggies.

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and no sugar is diet coke allowed?

You won't get agreement on this point. It has aspartame so
for the first two weeks of Atkins it is out while other plans
often don't object.

A suggestion: Don't make it about yes or no, make it about
changing attitudes. Don't make it into a confrontation with
your old habits, make it about wearing them down gradually.

I suggest viewing diet sodas as a crutch and that some day
soon you'll be able to walk without the crutch. View them
as a substitute for your beloved regular soda and you'll
always want them, and that's a bad habit that you aren't
chipping away at. View them as a crutch and you'll want
to taper off over time. Sometimes it's not where you start
it's the direction you head that matters in the long run.

Thank you, I was about to break out in tears.

"Jeri" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Cubit said:

RTFB

You might benefit from reading Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution. It
sounds like you are eating too much food.

<snip>

Are you replying to the right post? The OP stated it was his first day.
There was absolutely no mention of how much he ate just what was
purchased.
Lots of people buy meat in bulk. That doesn't mean that's all they buy or
that they go home and eat it in one day.

Diet Coke is OK for most of us. Dr. Atkins did warn that aspartame
may inhibit weight loss for some people, as can caffeine. Coke uses
both, though the caff is far less than from coffee. A safer soda would
be one that uses Splenda, like Diet Rite Cola, which I think tastes
better than Diet Coke.

Doug Freyburger said:

ab said:

Not really crazy for
red meat specialy beacuse of uric acid problems.

Not that any food is ever required, but the good news is as you
lose and get healthier uric acid problems tend to go as well.
Also they tend to be cleared up by drinking more water.

Quoted message said:

Question: since it has no carbs

Alert! It sounds like you haven't read the book. All of the
good low carb plans out there require carbs in the form of
veggies.

Geez, was that diet coke has no carbs, which is a good thing. Nice
way to welcome a new person to the group. Or are you suggesting that
we should now be getting carbs from soda?

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

and no sugar is diet coke allowed?

You won't get agreement on this point. It has aspartame so
for the first two weeks of Atkins it is out while other plans
often don't object.

A suggestion: Don't make it about yes or no, make it about
changing attitudes. Don't make it into a confrontation with
your old habits, make it about wearing them down gradually.

I suggest viewing diet sodas as a crutch and that some day
soon you'll be able to walk without the crutch. View them
as a substitute for your beloved regular soda and you'll
always want them, and that's a bad habit that you aren't
chipping away at. View them as a crutch and you'll want
to taper off over time. Sometimes it's not where you start
it's the direction you head that matters in the long run.

ab said:

"Jeri" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Cubit said:

RTFB

You might benefit from reading Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution. It
sounds like you are eating too much food.

<snip>

Are you replying to the right post? The OP stated it was his first
day. There was absolutely no mention of how much he ate just what was
purchased.
Lots of people buy meat in bulk. That doesn't mean that's all they
buy or that they go home and eat it in one day.

Thank you, I was about to break out in tears.

You're welcome. You'll soon learn which people have valuable things to say
and which ones post just to see themselves in print.
Take what you need and leave the rest. :o)
--
Jeri
"Change is inevitable, except from vending machines."

Jeri said:

Cubit said:

You might benefit from reading Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution.

That's a sentiment most on ASDLC will agree with.

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Quoted message said:

It sounds like you are eating too much food.

Including you, Cubit. The book says to eat what it takes to
get through the early carb cravings. If it takes eating more
than will be eaten later that's the way it goes. The appetite
suppression starts once ketosis kicks in and until then
it's temporarily fine to eat "too much food" so long as the
carb count remains at or below 20 for the day and at least
half from the veggies in the allowed list. Comments about
too much food start having validity a week or two in.

Quoted message said:

Are you replying to the right post? The OP stated it was his first day.
There was absolutely no mention of how much he ate just what was purchased.
Lots of people buy meat in bulk. That doesn't mean that's all they buy or
that they go home and eat it in one day.

There are these newfangled machines called "freezers"
that have only been around several decades.