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    February 8, 2012 by Jenn 24 Comments

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    I started doing the Atkins diet again yesterday and I'm already down two pounds.

    Not a bad way to start the week, right?

    When people tell me that they can't do low carb because the food is boring, I laugh! Just take a look at the awesome chef salad I made myself for lunch today!

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    1. Dee

      February 08, 2012 at 9:25 am

      My mom always does atkins! She's doing it right now.

    2. Marianna

      February 08, 2012 at 10:12 am

      That does look yummy!

    3. Liz

      February 08, 2012 at 10:16 am

      It's delicious, but seriously girl, I CAN'T do low carb.

    4. Maryann

      February 08, 2012 at 10:34 am

      I need low carb, my blood sugar goes nuts on carbs.

    5. Lindsay

      February 08, 2012 at 10:40 am

      MAN! That looks SO tasty!

    6. Henrietta

      February 08, 2012 at 11:47 am

      Ahh, that looks so good! Good Luck on your diet, with food like that though you probably will do fine 🙂

    7. Katie

      February 08, 2012 at 12:24 pm

      looks tasty!

    8. Misadventurous Mommy

      February 08, 2012 at 12:52 pm

      My BIL and I tried the cabbage soupp diet on Monday and quit before dinner the same day it sucked! I could totally do a diet that included salads that look that awesome though!

    9. RJ

      February 08, 2012 at 1:03 pm

      This looks awesome!

    10. Abby

      February 08, 2012 at 1:26 pm

      YUM! I might be able to do low-carb if you were cooking for me! Some of the girls on the office are doing it right now... I certainly need to do SOMETHING!

    11. Dana

      February 08, 2012 at 2:05 pm

      Liz: Do you feel symptoms when you try to go low-carb? That's actually normal for a lot of people, and it's temporary. Your body is adjusting from being a primary-sugar-burner to a primary-fat-burner. Some people really feel that changeover.

      There's no such thing as "I can't." There are all sorts of resources online to help you through the rough bits. I even write a blog about it, though I'm pretty much hit-and-miss at this point. If you want to you'll find a way to do it.

      If you feel a real aversion to trying, here's something you can do to learn whether you *need* to (a much stronger motivation than "want to"): get a blood sugar meter, test your fasting and then test one hour after each meal you eat during the day. You should have enough strips to do at least one day. If you're over 100 fasting or over 140 after any of your meals, you need to cut back the carbs. It doesn't have to be Atkins, but there are two approaches when a person's blood sugar goes high: medicate yourself to lower your sugar, or quit eating the things that drive your sugar so high. The latter approach is preferable wherever possible--which should be about 80 to 90 percent of the time.

      If it helps, I've heard of people getting pretty good results just dropping wheat from their diets, even though they didn't change their carb intake. I've lost some weight that way myself. It helps keep migraines away too. I am not perfect about it, but even the reduction I've accomplished has done me a lot of good. There are enough gluten-free manufactured foods on the market now, including pizza crusts (and there is even a pizza chain that offers GF pizza! They're called zpizza), that it shouldn't be a huge hassle. It'll be more expensive, but none of us need to eat that much grain anyway, gluten-free or not. The price is a great incentive to cut back to sane intake levels.

      Hope something here helps...

    12. melissa

      February 08, 2012 at 6:05 pm

      This looks delicious and tasty!!

    13. Jenna

      February 08, 2012 at 6:21 pm

      Yummy! And way to go girl!

    14. Jenn

      February 08, 2012 at 6:30 pm

      Nom! My mouth watered a little. Gotta have my carbs though or I feel sick. That's sad, isn't it?

    15. Carolyn G

      February 08, 2012 at 7:24 pm

      That looks yummy!

    16. Kasandria Reasoner

      February 08, 2012 at 8:00 pm

      I want one!!
      Kas

    17. Anne - Mommy Has to Work

      February 08, 2012 at 8:27 pm

      I love a good saled! I want to eat more of them!

    18. TerriAnn

      February 09, 2012 at 12:35 am

      That looks delish! Bacon bits, cheese, and ranch make a happy girl 🙂

    19. Anne

      February 09, 2012 at 7:52 am

      I've never tried atkins, but that salad looks good!

    20. Kelly

      February 09, 2012 at 3:24 pm

      Yum. I need to get more variety in my diet. I follow a paleo diet and I'm always eating the same thing. Looks good!

    21. Amanda

      February 10, 2012 at 3:48 pm

      Yum...I typically thinks of that diet as boring too, but that salad looks amazing!

    22. Becca

      February 10, 2012 at 8:59 pm

      Congrats on your weight loss so far! That salad looks soo good, salads have been one of my pregnancy cravings LOL!

    23. Amy

      February 10, 2012 at 9:35 pm

      That does look yummy!!

    24. ashley

      June 24, 2012 at 11:34 pm

      That looks so good! I've never tried low carb. It seems so difficult!

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