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This is a list of foods that I have eaten/would eat while on the Atkins Diet.

There are certain rules you have to follow which are relatively easy

• You must keep under 20 grams of Carbohydrates per day otherwise your body cannot go into ketosis (which is when your body starts to use fat as a source of fuel)
• Most of your 20g of Carbs MUST  come from Vegetables or Salad greens.
• No Fruit, Bread, Pasta, Grains , Starchy Veg or Dairy Products.
• Stay away from Low Fat foods - I know its really difficult and some of us have probably been living on low fat stuff for a while but Low Fat usually means High Carbs
• Eat when your hungry- Stop when your full.
• You might think that one bite of a cookie wont do any harm but it totally stops the ketosis process which slows down weightloss alot-So forget about One bite wont hurt IT WILL
• Dont leave more than six waking hour gaps betweens eating
• I know I said dont count calories but keep an eye on them for instance- Chicken breast has about 250-300 cals but barely any carb content. say you eat 5 chickens (this is an example I know you wouldnt eat five chickens...) youll be 3000 cals up even if your only 3 carbs up so all im saying is keep and eye on it so that you are not overdoing your calories.

Acceptable Foods

Meat and Fish

You can eat these quite liberally because most have very little carbohydrate in them.But check the label always.

• Tuna- mixed with mayo and made into lettuce wraps
• Salmon- with cooked veg, mostly broccoil
• Sole
• Trout
• Flounder
• Sardines
• Herring
• Chicken -This is my snack food, I keep some in a container in the fridge- It has to be fresh: sliced packet chicken, beef, pork has alot of carboyhydrate in it so avoid it
• Turkey
• Duck
• Goose
• Quail
• Pheasant
• Oysters
• Mussells
• Lobster
• Crab
• Squid
• Prawns
• Beef
• Pork
• Veal
• Ham
• Scrambled Eggs- Any of these eggs are great for breakfast just add some mushrooms and cherry tomatoes: make with 1-2 tablespoons of whipping cream and water
• Fried Eggs
• Poached Eggs
• Soft/Hard Boiled
• Devilled Eggs
• Omlette

Salad Veg

8-12 oz per day <(These amounts are mostly guidelines, counting the amount of carbs is what counts)

• Alfalfa Sprouts
• Bok Choy
• Celery
• Chicory
• Chives
• Cucumber
• Rocket
• Lettuce
• Mushrooms
• Parsley
• Peppers
• Radishes
• Romaine
• Fennel

Vegetables

5-7oz per day is your salad veg does not exceed 8oz (remember to measure veg raw)

• Artichoke
• Asparagus
• Aubergine
• Bamboo Shoots
• Bean Sprouts- Stir frys are really great for Tea- you can use soy sauce and add chicken or salmon for youre protein
• Beet Greens
• Dandelion Greens
• Turnips
• Broccoil
• Brussel Sprouts
• Cabbage
• Cauliflower
• Celeriac
• Chard
• Courgettes
• French Beans
• Kale
• Leeks
• Mange Tout
• Okra
• Onions
• Pumpkin
• Water Chestnuts
• Rhubarb
• Spring Greens
• Spring Onions
• Spagetti Squash
• Spinach
• Summer Squash
• Tomatoes

Cheese

You can have 3-4 oz per day of this but again check the carb count and add to your daily intake

• Cheddar
• Cow.Goats,Sheep Cheese
• Cream Cheese- If im not very hungry at lunchtime I have 100g of cream cheese like philedilphia (full fat) and eat it with cut up cucumber, celery and broccoli
• Gouda
• Mozzarella
• Roquefort
• Blue Cheese
• Swiss

Beverages

• Water- Anything other than water does not add to your water intake and it case water retention so keep glugging your water down.
• Mineral Water
• Essence Flavour Seltzer (Must say no calories)
• Decaffinated coffee or tea
• Diet soda- You have to check the carbs on so many diet sodas because somtimes they are sugar
• Iced tea with artificial sweetener
• Spring water
• Club Soda

A note on sweeteners

Splenda is the only sweetener you can have really but I noticed on the days I had splenda (in my decaffinated coffee) my weightloss slowed down so I threw it out, Whats the point in sacrificing faster weightloss for a cup of slightly sweet coffee?

Other

You can have mayo believe it or not but full fat only and check the carb content

You can use olive oil and pure unsalted butter- NO margarine or butter imatations

Double Single and Whipping cream are fine but keep to 2-3 Tablespoons per day and add to your carb intake when adding up for the day.

All herbs are fine.

Drink alot of water 8 230mls glasses per day to flush out your system and hydrate you.

You are allowed ten black olives per day

No nuts or seeds

No gum or mints unless it specifically states on the packaging that there arent any carbs

Spices work well on bland food to err..spice them up a bit lol

Ok this is the nasty part. because your body might not be used to eating like this and you may not be getting enough fibre take a table spoon of flaxseed with water each day if your constipated.

Breath issues- after three days on this when my body went into ketosis my breath smelt perculiar-not bad but different. This is normal and a sign that your body is burning fat for fuel :)

Supplements

I have been taking supplements while on this diet because usually I would have drunk alot of milk but dairy products are out so I make sure I eat broccoli and cheese most days to up my calcium.

These are easy to get from your local supermarket, Im pretty sure Walmart sell them as Asda does over here:

• Multi-Vitamin with Iron
• Primrose Oil
• Omega 3
• Hair, Skin and Nails

Exercise

You can get away without exercising for about a week-two weeks on this diet before you have ot include some form of it -seriously walking your dog an hour in the morning and an hour at night can burn off around 800 cals i you work hard enough. But enough about that, you and I know that we are the experts when it comes to calorie expendature :)

I want to make it clear that Im not at any liability for anyone following this - it is just what I have done for the past fortnight and I feel great and have lost 11 lbs now.

GOOD LUCK GIRLIES

L x

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Food Labels-might help if I told you which carbs youre counting, imagine this is part of a food label on the back of your eggs for example:

Cabohydrate          10.6g

  Of which sugars       4.2

You count the Of which sugars when counting up your carbs for the day. Never count the whole carb count.

Remember it will have the carb content for 100g of the product and then for a serving size of the product next to it so be careful when reading labels.

Of -which -sugars..and repeat..

Intake

yogurt pot 108

tomato soup 140

1 pc bread w/ pate 200?

2 crackers w/pate 150

so about 600 cals

350 of those I deem completely unneccesary.

Going swimming tomorrow up bright and early at 6 am.

This is pretty much the lowest Ive ever felt about myself. I hate my body. I hate myself for how gross ive let myself get. And now I hate myself for getting down on myself. whatever.

Slightly happy that ive (so far) managed to stay under 1000.

Thinspo time.

I <3 Alexa

Uck I feel like shit. just purged 2 bagels and a sandwich which im not happy about. I get broken blood vessels by my eyes when I purge and feel like my face is huge from the pressure of doing it but there was no way I was going to let 800 calls stay inside me. Will take the dog for a walk in about an hour.

I need to start running/walking in the morning like 6 30am b/c I dont feel as self conscious when its that early I just cant seem to drag my fatass out of bed at that time.

Its my birthday soon. I bought a gorgeous dress for it its lace and a size twelve..and slightly too tight- which is so annoying. My first goal is to fit into my dress by my birthday.

I have 15 days.

...fuck.

Thinspo time :