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Kity, I am starting to get a little bored with my menu at this time and am looking for recipes to add a new dimension. Usuallly for breakfast I will have boiled eggs with mayo or laughing cow cheese; lunch is tuna salad or a hamburger patty with cheese and some salad. For dinner it is similar, chicken or beef, broccoli and then my treat is blueberries with a little cream. For snacks I rely on cheese, almonds, Atkins shakes, avocadoes I hear ya on the eggs. I think I am growing feathers. :thumbup: Good luck!!

Hi all! Wow - I went out of town on a mini family vacay and had FIVE pages of posts to catch up on. Busy, busy thread. Annika, I think you have a wonderful idea where we could run several different topics related to low carb but all in one spot. Mamato3 - glad to see your great loss after TOM! I am there now and it ain't pretty. Bonnie - sounds like things are going in the right direction for your surgery. Good luck! I was down 2.8 this week for a total of 9.4 for two weeks. TOM has hit though and the scale was actually up .4 today. But I plan to keep plugging away.

Hi all, Weekly weigh in for me - down 6.6 lbs for the week! :cursing: I went to Costco yesterday to load up on meat, cheese, eggs, etc. Mamato3 - I was watching a low carb YouTube video yesterday and he was talking about hidden carbs and that each 8 oz of Crystal Light is 1 carb. That totally surprised me! Plus each Splenda packet is 1 carb, too. They have deceptive labels - I would never have thought to count those items in my diet. Also, TOM sucks - I bet you get a whoosh soon. Renewed - I understand about the stix. I am blowing through my bottle of 50 in no time. I will join you in the once a day pee-pee stick challenge! bloo - that is an awesome accomplishment!!! WTG!

Holly, that was great information on sugar alcohols. After the great reviews I ran to Walmart (well, drove, LOL) and got some of the Caramel Nut Chews. OMG! Deee-ricious! Had one as my after dinner treat and this morning have gone from large ketosis to trace ketosis. From the calculation in that article they have 9.5 carbs! I had counted it as 2. I guess for me they will have to be a "once in a while" treat. I am still kind of bummed because I was under 30 carbs for the day. I was going to try some strawberries or blueberries this week to see what would happen to my ketosis. I'm a little gunshy now.:biggrin:

Bonnie, I have tried a couple of the salad dressings which were decent but I can't imagine peanut butter with no peanuts! I'm enjoying using Hidden Valley Ranch dressing on my salads. Let us know what you try and how you like it.

Woo Hoo!! Renewed, I am excited, too! Got into moderate ketosis yesterday and as of this morning am down 5.4 lbs since Monday. The cravings have gone bye-bye, too. I just hope I can stay strong. That is my plan - to take personal responsibility for my actions. My other plan is to now have a one directional ticker! LOL! Mine has been like a zipper lately - up, down, up, down. Have a great day, everybody.

Well that just bites! If there is one thing you can hope for with diarrhea, it is that you will lose a few pounds! Don't worry - you will get back in the groove. I just started today and in a farewell to carbs I managed to gain 3 pounds this weekend. Ugh! Are you guys counting calories, fat or anything else besides carbs? Just curious.

Hi y'all! I have stumbled across this thread at the perfect time! I have been seriously considering changing my diet to low carb and what an incentive now to have some support with it!! I need to get some ketostix and get my pantry filled so I can get started. I know it is difficult but after really only maintaining since my slip repair I am ready to start making progress again. I just got a fill that I think may finally get me the restriction I need.

Thanks for the great ideas everybody. Looks like a trip to the grocery store is in order for me. Well, one day down, twenty to go! :heh:

Hi all, Well, I just got back from my doc's office and I have a slipped band. All 6 ccs of my fluid was taken out. I've cried my eyeballs out and am ready to get to business. I have to be on pureed foods for three weeks which should be interesting as I have an out of town conference next week for three days. Then I go back for a swallow test and if it has not fixed itself, then I have to have surgery to reposition. I am just sick about this. I have no idea when it occurred as I've been eating okay. Just had some really horrid reflux and heartburn. What I'd love to know - what is your favorite pureed food item. I am going to need an arsenal to get through these next few weeks. Please, please, please - if any of you have any questionable symptoms, get in to see your doctor. I keep thinking I might have avoided this had I been a little more on the ball. But again, I didn't have any terrible symptoms until just recently.

Hi everybody, I have posted in quite awhile but I am reading with interest all the band issues! I am with you all, too. I am seeing my doctor in the morning because I've developed some mighty nasty reflux and am praying that there is no pouch dilation or slippage. I haven't had a fill since last September and I really don't think I'm too tight since I can eat and drink just fine. I just seem tighter! Oh and Pinky - when I called the doc's office last week about this reflux, they said LOTS of people are having issues with allergies and sinus drainage which is making the bands slam shut. I haven't noticed any extra drainage but I guess it could happen. I'm thinking planets are misaligning somewhere to throw us all in this tizzy.

Barbara465 - your house is awesome!!! Pinky - I am so with you on that "head hunger" thing. The last few days I feel just out of control! I start the day well but just have that desire to eat all the time. Granted, not as much as I used to eat, but more than I think I should. I contend with all those same thoughts you listed and there is some truth in each of them but I guess all those years of diet mentality really did a number on me. I think I've gotten better at telling when I'm really hungry. My problem is wanting to eat when I'm not. Then I think my metabolism is going to bottom out if I only eat a little bit in a day. I plan to take it one day at a time - I have a big faculty luncheon today so there is going to be lots of food and I'm going to have to really play it cool and not try to stuff myself. If I can get a successful eating day under my belt hopefully I can build on that.

I am seconding all those ready for a new start in January. I kept a food log a couple of weeks ago and was horrified over my food choices. I really need to clean up what is going in my mouth and get moving on exercise. It seems I still have a "fat" head and the desire to eat when not hungry is still with me. I don't want to damage my band either and am going to really try to adhere to the bandster rules regarding protein and water. I have totally let those slide lately. Congrats to all the losers!