binkboots plateau bustin' atkins gig! (feel free to say hi!)

[binkyboots]

I'm back!

sheesh, I went off course, gained 10lbs and am disgusted with myself (totally, ugh)

so, a clean slate and a fresh start, after all, only just over six months to go till our trip

breakfast - atkins shake 2gc, 170kcal
lunch - carbolite hot chocolate 1.6gc, 123kcal
snack - atkins morning bar 2gc, 126kcal
dinner - cheese string trace carbs, 67kcal
snack - 30g tikka chicken .5gc, 100kcal
snack - atkins morning bar 2gc, 126kcal

total calories - 712
total carbs - 8.1g

total water drunk today

3 epcot glasses


it's good to be back!

 

[binkyboots]

breakfast - 2 cheese strings trace carbs, 134kcal
lunch - atkins shake 2gc, 170kcal
snack -
dinner -
snack -
snack -

total calories -
total carbs -

total water drunk today


hmm.. never did finish filling in yesterday, darn!

 

[binkyboots]

breakfast - nothing, too busy!
lunch - three bites of a grilled cheese sandwich, I promptly brought it back up again
snack - one bite of fudge, see above
dinner -
snack -
snack -

total calories -
total carbs -

water drunk today
barely any, too busy puking





bad food day, good exercise day! we went to the highland show, so hiking around and pushing mike's wheelchair kept me active, but I'm pretty sick tonight, I really didn't keep anything down. later if things settle down I'll have some atkins ice cream or a shake

 

[binkyboots]

breakfast - atkins shake 2gc, 170kcal
lunch - low carb rolos 3.5gc 193kcal
snack - 35g wafer thin ham trace carbs, 50kcal
dinner - 1 slice corned beef, .5gc, 100kcal
snack - 2 cheese strings trace carbs, 134kcal
snack - atkins cereal bar 2gc, 126kcal

total calories - 773
total carbs - 8


water drunk today

3 epcot glasses

 

[binkyboots]

another break friends.... *sigh*

the truth, dh and I are ttc, have been for nearly 11years with no joy, and we've now been given the crushing news that we wont be given ivf (the only way for us apparently) unless I weigh 182lbs or 13 stone!

on the bright side I had a small loss this week and can have my 20lb clippie back!

I'm distressed, but I must go with this, I've made a ticker showing my ultimate goal, it doesn't look as bad as I thought it would actually... I'm wanting to aim at losing 3-5lbs a week.

the how is harder... I guess it's back to the old equasion, less in, more out (exercise) = weight loss.

so, I give you my new look food diary

breakfast ~ atkins bar
lunch ~ carbolite hot chocolate
dinner ~ porridge
snack ~ three slices wafer thin cheese and keto jam
snack ~ bacon jerky

drinks

lots of sugar free diluting orange

 

[robinb]

I usually don't read Wish Journals, but yours caught my eye.

the truth, dh and I are ttc, have been for nearly 11years with no joy, and we've now been given the crushing news that we wont be given ivf (the only way for us apparently) unless I weigh 182lbs or 13 stone!

{{hugs}} 182 lbs seems to be excessively low! I wonder if people here in the US have the same restrictions. At least this will be a huge motivator for you.

'k, I had a vbg, vertically banded gastroplasty, 2 years past october! I've lost 98lbs, but I'm wanting to lose around 75-90 more!

I've stalled, I've been within a half pound for the last year! this is great, I've never maintained before, but hey, maintaining is boring, I want a thrill ride

so... I bought some Atkins shakes and snacks!

I try to stay under 600-700kcal a day (fear not, my body has long since adjusted!) and very low carb.

I see that you have had gastric bypass (using a band) and that you are on a severely restricted diet. I have not had gastric bypass, but my sister did (the whole thing, not a band) so I really have no idea what her caloric intake is. After 2 years she eats lots of small meals and she still "dumps" if she eats too much. My guess is that your body did adjust to your very low calories by going into "starvation" mode. Obviously, that's not what you want! Also, do you really want to eat Atkins Frankenfoods (shakes, snack bars, etc) for the rest of your life or do you want to eat *real* food?

I would recommend that you contact the doctor who did your bypass and arrange an appointment with a nutritionalist on his/her staff. From an outsider looking in, your current plan doesn't seem to be working for you.

FWIWm can you actually *do* Atkins? Can you eat fat or do you dump? If you can do Atkins then I would recommend a great website: http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/forums/index.php? . Be aware that they are "By the BooK" bunch . If you dump on fat, then Atkins is not for you as fat and protein intake is the center of Atkins. Perhaps you would do better with another diet. This board looks nice too: http://www.lowcarbbulletinboard.com/diet/index.php

Good luck on your weight loss! I hope things work out for you and you meet your baby goal {{hugs}}.

 

[binkyboots]

breakfast ~ atkins bar
lunch ~ raspberries
dinner ~ slice of toast
snack ~ salty rice cakes
snack ~ strawberries

drinks

more diluting sugar free juice


hiya Robin! thanks for saying hi

182lbs, I think it's low, I know several people in the states having ivf at 230/240lbs... I think part of the reason for the low weight limit here is that they want as high a live birth rate as possible (they get more money from the goverment that way) and dont want anything to skew their figures.

I didn't have the full bypass (basically the surgery was only on my stomach) but am being reffered to talk to the surgeons about that.

at the moment I dont dump on anything, but can only eat very soft things (or very carefully chewed things)

My guess is that your body did adjust to your very low calories by going into "starvation" mode

yep, my doctor says I'm the best "adapter" he's met in a long time, which is not so good...
I have pcos and that tends to make your body very good at preparing for starvation, the idea being that in lean times it will hang onto weight and keep you fertile when others are too thin. So when it started getting 5-700kcal a day it just adapted to use less I guess.

atkins frankenfoods! lol, no I dont like them very much at all, the shakes have some downright spooky ingredients. but the low carb thing really works for me (as long as I keep the calories low too) and makes me feel very good, more energy etc.

I shall check out both those websites, thank you so much!

 

[binkyboots]

breakfast ~ cheese, feta in little pieces
lunch ~ raspberries
dinner ~ slice of toast
snack ~ more raspberries! yummy, crush them up first and they're ok for me
snack ~ raspberries

drinks
yep, you got it more diluting sugar free juice

 

[binkyboots]

day four

breakfast ~ slice of toast
lunch ~ raspberries
dinner ~ two slices of toast
snack ~ raspberries!
snack ~ mini salty rice cakes


drinks
lots of diluting sugar free juice
two glasses of milk

day five

breakfast ~ 2 slices toast
lunch ~ 4 bites of a sausage, yuck
dinner ~ toast, again....
snack ~ berries
snack ~ cookie at bedtime (buh, what, why are there cookies here?!?)

drinks
much diluting sugar free juice
one glass of milk

hmm.. toast, I never knew I could eat toast, but I can! and it's really filling, so I'm trying eating things that fill me up very quickly as I (obviously) can eat less of it but still feel full, it aint atkins friendly, but I'm experimenting!
we'll see if this tactic is working on friday

it's very hot here, by uk standards, that really helps as all I want to do is drink and sit in the shade, eating is too hot and icky.

 

[binkyboots]

breakfast ~ 2 squares dark chocolate (in hot milk, mike was being kind *sigh*)
lunch ~ uh, starbucks coffee frapucino (dont ask, edinburgh was sweltering)
dinner ~ two slices toast
snack ~ one bite of plain doughnut
snack ~ atkins bar

drinks
more diluting sugar free juice, lemon flavoured for a change
one cup of hot milk ~ see breakfast!
a glass of cold milk

I did do a lot of walking today, in the heat and pushing mike's wheelchair!

 

[binkyboots]

breakfast ~ two slices of toast
lunch ~ straberries and two shortbread cookies (uh... )
dinner ~ two slices toast
snack ~ mini salty rice cakes
snack ~ raspberries

drinks
diluting sugar free juice, lots of it!
cup, half a cup anyway of nasty sugar free hot chocolate
glass of milk

today we're (hopefully) heading for a day out at a pick your own berry farm... lets just hope the weather holds up!

 

[binkyboots]

I just dont know what to make of this....

last week my scales showed 4lbs before I stood on them, so when I weighed I subtracted 4 from my total giving me 265lbs

today I weighed, the scales showed 0lbs and said I'm now 275.

now what I put in my food diary is the truth, that's what I've eaten this week and I really dont think I can gain 10lbs on it

if the scale last week was really at o and I shouldn't have subtracted 4 then last week I was 269lbs, but even then I'd have gained 6lbs, in a week.

I just dont know what to do with this, I think I'll go try a scale that's not mine, maybe the battery is on it's way out or something

otherwise I've had my worst week on record. I'm not updating my clippie or ticker till I've checked on another set of scales to verify mine.

I think it just goes to show that eating carbs (aka bread in this case) does not work for my body at all... even if it's less than most people would eat in a week it just doesnt cut it for me.

breakfast ~ nothing
lunch ~
dinner ~
snack ~
snack ~

drinks
diluting sugar free juice

 

[binkyboots]

oh dear...

two months off, one appointment at the infertility clinic, a lot of bad decisions and here I am again.

I've regained 17lbs and am back at 282 again

time to restart, 250lbs is my goal for going to disneyworld in january, a little more would be nice, but I'm not going to set myself up for a fall again

so

breakfast ~ atkins morning bar 2gc, 126kcal
lunch ~ a bit of cheese, trace carbs, 200kcal
dinner ~ 35g wafer thin ham trace carbs, 50kcal


misc! ~ two glasses of fizzy vitamins, lots of splenda sweetened black coffee

no snacking this first week, need a kick start

everyday I'll be slugging my way through four big epcot glasses of sugar free diluting juices...

 

[binkyboots]

breakfast ~ a bit of cheese, trace carbs, 200kcal
lunch ~ three rice cakes, unknown carbs (I was out) and 300kcal
dinner ~ mashed beans


misc! ~ two glasses of fizzy vitamins, no coffee today though