Journal de jsfantome, 08 août 11

If you are new to Atkins, or know someone New - please point them to this journal! Much Love.

Different opinions doesn’t have to mean one person is right and someone else is wrong. That being said, this way of eating, along with all other ways of eating – impact and perform DIFFERENTLY in every single solitary human body. We are unique, and individual, and there will most certainly be ‘differences’ in how each person’s way of eating ends up looking like.

But are there some common generalities? YES.

Whether you are a vegan, or a low carber, a calorie counter, or a primal … the starting point should be the food you are selecting – the quality of it – to put in your body in the first place.

I bet if a vegan searched long and hard enough, they could find all kinds of ‘meat substitutes’ to fill their menus with – almost the same way that low carbers do with making sweets and treats.

Part of the early process of Induction is meant to cleanse, and correct your body’s metabolic process. Changing it from a traditional carb energy source, to burning stored fat for fuel. (Let me just say here… we require 0 carbs to keep our body alive!) The human body has it’s own built in way of converting stored fat… extracting from that and creating the required glucose for the brain, etc… and burning off the excess for energy.

But we live in a culture and world where we choose what we eat – by our own tastes and preferences. We do not have empty shelves in the stores, or a lack of supply available to us. So what are we choosing to eat?

Let’s focus on Atkins here for a minute – there is such a thing as the Inductions List of Foods, approved and created by the Atkins Corp. WHY? Too much science for this journal… but because they designed the program – and when followed it works! But there is more than one version of Atkins??? Yes, that is correct. Old school Atkins allowed certain things, and now the New school Atkins has added a few more basics to the Induction list.

Used to be – back in the day – that people counted TOTAL carbs. (and for anyone who has been on Induction for 4 weeks, with little to no progress, and can HONESTLY say they have followed the Induction foods list to the letter… Total carbs might be your alternative!) For the rest of you… counting NET carbs just simply involves subtracting Fiber g’s. And then there are those dreaded sugar alcohols.

Artificial sweetners, and sugar alcohols, no matter what – are most certainly not good for you! Transition… find ways to move away from using them. So, why does Atkins use them, or create and try to sell products with them in them??? Money! So you will buy their products. It is the one thing about Atkins I do not like. But even Collette (the Nutritionist on the Atkins website) has gotten on board with letting New Members know up front that they are reported by users as creating stalls!!!

Who the heck wants to make a commitment, make all kinds of an investment in changing out their food sources and available foods to eat… purchase these stinkers… and then come away with only a tiny bit of loss for their efforts? NO ONE!

If I knew then what I know now… (that’s what you’ll be saying a couple of months down the road!)

So, Induction Foods List in hand – you set out to change your life! You’re reading labels, joining this site for tracking your foods, getting support, motivation, etc… and you start making friends, people offer their differing opinions and advice, you look at others food journals for ideas… and WHAM! You start ‘substituting’ before you know it! OH BOY, I can have sugar free syrup and low carb baking mix to make pancakes!

REALLY?

I’m sorry, I don’t see that on the Inductions Foods List anywhere! (and I am not picking on any one person at all.) Pick a food category… and there are all kinds of examples that could be swapped out for this one!

Induction is the perfect time to focus on making CHANGES. You obviously are going to be making BIG changes just by switching over to eating low carb. So do yourself and your body a favor, and just follow the plan. Start at the beginning, like everyone else – and learn everything you can about how to make Induction the best experience for your body!

In time you will move on to the next phase… and OWL has it’s own set of guidelines, and it’s own quirks. And by far, this is the area where most people go to fast, add to much at the same time, over indulge in what they think are ‘acceptable’ foods, in comes the artificial stuff by the buggy full, and stalls, stalls, stalls.

Better yet… most of you think you are in a stall when you’re NOT! Then you start tweeking, obsessing, and trying to fix something that is not broken. You just aren’t doing EVERYTHING you used to be doing. (like keeping up with your water intake.) (or overcarbing w/ hidden carbs). You jump on and off the scale twice a day as if somehow that is going to ‘justify’ your lack of drinking water. (just using water as an example here.)

Stalled or otherwise, you need to change your thinking! How you viewed food, and how you view it now…plays a huge role in your overall success. What do you really think about the new lifestyle you have chosen? Do you love it enough to be sold out, fully 100% committed to eating this way – forever? Because for the most part… that is what you will be doing!

PLEASE understand that just because you did Atkins before – doesn’t mean you already know all you need to know… if that were true, you wouldn’t be here. This journal, and all of my journals about this WOE (way of eating) – are meant to make you THINK!

If something doesn’t apply to you…it doesn’t apply. But if it hits home, if something rises up in you when you read something I write, or a part of something… then explore that for YOU! My next journal is going to be about what I did in the beginning, and how I ate, what I ate, and how I made this program work for me. I had never been on Atkins before, … so I approached this a LOT like an experiment.

I wanted to changed. I was willing to change. I searched for change. I researched change. I read, and read, and read some more… and I balanced one piece of advice on one site, with other advice on other sites. I asked more questions than any ONE person should probably ask…but I didn’t care… I was DESPERATE. Smart, Intelligent, Willing, Able, and interested in seeing the number 150 or below again in my life…way more than I ever cared if I ate a processed, artificially made and substituted to death pancake!

Much Love.

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1431 kcal

Gras: 103,11g | Prot: 98,11g | Glu: 20,24g.   Petit Déjeuner: broccoli and cauliflower ( 1/2 cup ), cheddar cheese, butter, water (6-10 AM), coffee (8oz) black, bacon (9AM), eggland's best eggs (9AM). Déjeuner: yellow squash, butter, water , filet mignon. Dîner: chicken thighs, olive oil, romaine, hidden carbs, water (4-6), bacon pieces, fresh parm cheese (1 oz.). plus...