a) it tastes really good.
b) though the portions are small, if you can tough it out for 20 minutes after eating, you’ll find you feel full, and stay that way. It’s that protein hit. You’re getting a lot of protein, very little carb, so there’s no carb/sugar rebound telling you you need a snack. You don’t.
The regime we’re following is: breakfast—omelet. Lunch, one of the entrees; Supper, one of the entrees. Water, Splenda-based soft drink, black coffee or tea, no alcohol.
This means our protein intake is high, and our carb intake for the entire day is under 20 grams (a government-prescribed 1 ounce serving of pasta can be 46, and a Marie Callender’s Pot Pie is 54, with 650 calories, so you get the idea. 20 is pretty low.
We’ll be at this about 10 days, before we can start easing up a bit.
The best news is, these taste better than your typical frozen dinner. I even liked the turkey one, and I’m far from fond of turkey.
If you drink something hot when you begin to feel peckish, that will cover you for that twenty minutes.
I drink hot and cold coffee all day long, so maybe it works. 😉
Is it possible to order on the web for delivery at your local Wal*Mart ? That might give you a better selection.
That’s a notion. I’m not sure Atkins is set up to sell stuff, but I can’ look and see if Walmart is special-ordering frozens.
I fight to keep my carb load under 20gr per meal – less than 20 per day is low carb nirvana, and really hard to do. Congratulations on your determination. I tried the standard low-fat dieting for years, and never really lost much weight until I found pre-diabetic eating advice about carb control. I lost 10 lbs per month for 4 months and kept if off as long as I controlled the carbs. Reading I’ve done suggests that some people need that carb control – probably the same people who deal with insulin resistance from their teens on. It’s a hard diet to maintain – I love good bread, I hate eggs in the morning (you have to cook them) no pasta, no potatoes. It is very hard to manage in restaurants or at other people’s houses, and I have to think a lot more about managing what I will have to eat. It works when I do it.
May the pounds come off and the diet control be easy.
Would any kind of peppers work for you in the omelet, to make them more interesting?
We shop regularly at a SuperWally; I may check-out the Atkins section, just to be able to have some on-hand for days when we’ve run out of time to do anything except zap something like that in the microwave.
You might call and ask them to order meals into the local store for you. Sometimes all you have to do is ask nicely. They can only say no.
I used to tell my kids that if they wanted people to have a favorable early impression, they should ask for an easy favor. It works for me.
Lol! Safeway won’t order things. Our locally-owned Rosauers, however, might. It’s an idea.
Perhaps off-diet presently, but it might be something to keep for later:
Cheeseburger Sushi Rolls? — Yes, I wondered. (My junk food cells were intrigued, for sure.)
On YouTube, TheSquishyMonsterTSM has a recipe up for Cheeseburger Sushi Rolls. The recipe’s quite simple and quick, nori, sushi rice (I presume with rice or sesame vinegar), a little cooked hamburger, perhaps less bacon than she used, and a bit of shredded cheese, rolled sushi style and cut into servings. I could imagine adding avocado or bok choy, maybe a little pickle and tomato? It looked tasty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUkko-U6xNg
I’ve never fixed sushi or California rolls. I have fixed spring rolls. After watching that and another video or two on sushi, I’ll try this soon. It sounds very good with spring in the air.
Interesting!
BTW, I’m now down 5 pounds from the initial ‘disaster-state’ weigh-in. Jane is also down. There’s none of their recipes overwhelmed with onion, none we don’t like, except, alas, the two breakfast offerings… but this morning we had omelets with bell pepper, spinach and cheese, so we’re ok with that.