I am a newbie and need help :)

Hello all,

I am new to Atkins and I really hope to lose weight. I need to. I have
signed up with ediets to have daily menu. Has anybody tried this? If yes
with what kind of results. I am eating enough but here is the problem: I am
not losing weight like I should and I am not in Ketosis. I have excluded
from the diet red meat, pork and bacon. I also now that some high blood
pressure medicine make me metabolic resistant but I cannot stop taking at
this time. Doctors orders. What should I do to reach ketosis? Any suggestion
is appreciated.

Thank you

You haven't said how long you have been doing this, or how much you weigh.
How do you know how much weight you "should" be losing, everyone is
different, some lose slowly or perhaps it is just your perception and
expectations that are off. How do you know you are not in ketosis--how many
carbs per day are you eating? Why would you exclude red meat, pork and
bacon--Atkins is strong on these.

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Augie stated
| Hello all,
|
| I am new to Atkins and I really hope to lose weight. I need to. I have
| signed up with ediets to have daily menu. Has anybody tried this? If
| yes with what kind of results. I am eating enough but here is the
| problem: I am not losing weight like I should and I am not in
| Ketosis. I have excluded from the diet red meat, pork and bacon. I
| also now that some high blood pressure medicine make me metabolic
| resistant but I cannot stop taking at this time. Doctors orders. What
| should I do to reach ketosis? Any suggestion is appreciated.
|
| Thank you

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 19:20:25 +0200, Augie wrote:

Hello all,

I am new to Atkins and I really hope to lose weight. I need to. I have
signed up with ediets to have daily menu. Has anybody tried this? If yes
with what kind of results. I am eating enough but here is the problem: I
am
not losing weight like I should and I am not in Ketosis. I have excluded
from the diet red meat, pork and bacon. I also now that some high blood
pressure medicine make me metabolic resistant but I cannot stop taking at
this time. Doctors orders. What should I do to reach ketosis? Any
suggestion
is appreciated.

Thank you



How long have you been doing this? What's your daily carb level? How do
you know that you're not in ketosis? By the way, it's not necessary to be
in ketosis, and you may be even though your strips may not be the
brightest color (is it purple?).

--
Bob in CT
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ok,ok, I forgot some important info..... I told you I was new

ok, I weigh 383 lb and I started about 3 weeks ago. Took me some time to get
organized so lets say about 10 days. The reason way I don't eat red meat,
pork and bacon is because I have a problem with Uric Acid, if it goes up I
get gout. In the ediets menus there is a lot of cheese since I took off the
meat.
I now that I am not in Ketosis because I checked with the strips, just like
the book says to do.
In these 10 days I have lost a little and I understand that going slow is
ok, just want to be sure I am on the right path.

Thank you for the help.


"Augie" wrote in message
...
Hello all,

I am new to Atkins and I really hope to lose weight. I need to. I have
signed up with ediets to have daily menu. Has anybody tried this? If yes
with what kind of results. I am eating enough but here is the problem: I
am
not losing weight like I should and I am not in Ketosis. I have excluded
from the diet red meat, pork and bacon. I also now that some high blood
pressure medicine make me metabolic resistant but I cannot stop taking at
this time. Doctors orders. What should I do to reach ketosis? Any
suggestion
is appreciated.

Thank you

ok,ok, I forgot some important info..... I told you I was new

ok, I weigh 383 lb and I started about 3 weeks ago. Took me some time to get
organized so lets say about 10 days. The reason way I don't eat red meat,
pork and bacon is because I have a problem with Uric Acid, if it goes up I
get gout. In the ediets menus there is a lot of cheese since I took off the
meat.
I now that I am not in Ketosis because I checked with the strips, just like
the book says to do.
In these 10 days I have lost a little and I understand that going slow is
ok, just want to be sure I am on the right path.

Thank you for the help.


"Augie" wrote in message
...
Hello all,

I am new to Atkins and I really hope to lose weight. I need to. I have
signed up with ediets to have daily menu. Has anybody tried this? If yes
with what kind of results. I am eating enough but here is the problem: I
am
not losing weight like I should and I am not in Ketosis. I have excluded
from the diet red meat, pork and bacon. I also now that some high blood
pressure medicine make me metabolic resistant but I cannot stop taking at
this time. Doctors orders. What should I do to reach ketosis? Any
suggestion
is appreciated.

Thank you

I'm not familiar with ediet. You may wish to check out:
http://www.FitDay.com It can help you build a database.

"Augie" wrote in message
...
ok,ok, I forgot some important info..... I told you I was new

ok, I weigh 383 lb and I started about 3 weeks ago. Took me some time to
get
organized so lets say about 10 days. The reason way I don't eat red meat,
pork and bacon is because I have a problem with Uric Acid, if it goes up I
get gout. In the ediets menus there is a lot of cheese since I took off
the
meat.
I now that I am not in Ketosis because I checked with the strips, just
like
the book says to do.
In these 10 days I have lost a little and I understand that going slow is
ok, just want to be sure I am on the right path.

Thank you for the help.


"Augie" wrote in message
...
Hello all,

I am new to Atkins and I really hope to lose weight. I need to. I have
signed up with ediets to have daily menu. Has anybody tried this? If yes
with what kind of results. I am eating enough but here is the problem: I
am
not losing weight like I should and I am not in Ketosis. I have excluded
from the diet red meat, pork and bacon. I also now that some high blood
pressure medicine make me metabolic resistant but I cannot stop taking
at
this time. Doctors orders. What should I do to reach ketosis? Any
suggestion
is appreciated.

Thank you

I'm not familiar with ediet. You may wish to check out:
http://www.FitDay.com It can help you build a database.

"Augie" wrote in message
...
ok,ok, I forgot some important info..... I told you I was new

ok, I weigh 383 lb and I started about 3 weeks ago. Took me some time to
get
organized so lets say about 10 days. The reason way I don't eat red meat,
pork and bacon is because I have a problem with Uric Acid, if it goes up I
get gout. In the ediets menus there is a lot of cheese since I took off
the
meat.
I now that I am not in Ketosis because I checked with the strips, just
like
the book says to do.
In these 10 days I have lost a little and I understand that going slow is
ok, just want to be sure I am on the right path.

Thank you for the help.


"Augie" wrote in message
...
Hello all,

I am new to Atkins and I really hope to lose weight. I need to. I have
signed up with ediets to have daily menu. Has anybody tried this? If yes
with what kind of results. I am eating enough but here is the problem: I
am
not losing weight like I should and I am not in Ketosis. I have excluded
from the diet red meat, pork and bacon. I also now that some high blood
pressure medicine make me metabolic resistant but I cannot stop taking
at
this time. Doctors orders. What should I do to reach ketosis? Any
suggestion
is appreciated.

Thank you

I am eating 20 carbogram per day and I am following the quantities indicated
by ediets but a eat a little more proteins if I am hungry.


"Ignoramus13667" wrote in message
...
In article , Augie wrote:
ok,ok, I forgot some important info..... I told you I was new

ok, I weigh 383 lb and I started about 3 weeks ago. Took me some time to
get
organized so lets say about 10 days. The reason way I don't eat red
meat,
pork and bacon is because I have a problem with Uric Acid, if it goes up
I
get gout. In the ediets menus there is a lot of cheese since I took off
the
meat.
I now that I am not in Ketosis because I checked with the strips, just
like
the book says to do.
In these 10 days I have lost a little and I understand that going slow
is
ok, just want to be sure I am on the right path.

How many grams of carbs per day do you eat? And what exactly do you
eat? What did you eat yesterday (with quantities)?

i

Thank you for the help.


"Augie" wrote in message
...
Hello all,

I am new to Atkins and I really hope to lose weight. I need to. I have
signed up with ediets to have daily menu. Has anybody tried this? If
yes
with what kind of results. I am eating enough but here is the problem:
I
am
not losing weight like I should and I am not in Ketosis. I have
excluded
from the diet red meat, pork and bacon. I also now that some high blood
pressure medicine make me metabolic resistant but I cannot stop taking
at
this time. Doctors orders. What should I do to reach ketosis? Any
suggestion
is appreciated.

Thank you

I am eating 20 carbogram per day and I am following the quantities indicated
by ediets but a eat a little more proteins if I am hungry.


"Ignoramus13667" wrote in message
...
In article , Augie wrote:
ok,ok, I forgot some important info..... I told you I was new

ok, I weigh 383 lb and I started about 3 weeks ago. Took me some time to
get
organized so lets say about 10 days. The reason way I don't eat red
meat,
pork and bacon is because I have a problem with Uric Acid, if it goes up
I
get gout. In the ediets menus there is a lot of cheese since I took off
the
meat.
I now that I am not in Ketosis because I checked with the strips, just
like
the book says to do.
In these 10 days I have lost a little and I understand that going slow
is
ok, just want to be sure I am on the right path.

How many grams of carbs per day do you eat? And what exactly do you
eat? What did you eat yesterday (with quantities)?

i

Thank you for the help.


"Augie" wrote in message
...
Hello all,

I am new to Atkins and I really hope to lose weight. I need to. I have
signed up with ediets to have daily menu. Has anybody tried this? If
yes
with what kind of results. I am eating enough but here is the problem:
I
am
not losing weight like I should and I am not in Ketosis. I have
excluded
from the diet red meat, pork and bacon. I also now that some high blood
pressure medicine make me metabolic resistant but I cannot stop taking
at
this time. Doctors orders. What should I do to reach ketosis? Any
suggestion
is appreciated.

Thank you

In article , says...
ok,ok, I forgot some important info..... I told you I was new

ok, I weigh 383 lb and I started about 3 weeks ago. Took me some time to get
organized so lets say about 10 days. The reason way I don't eat red meat,
pork and bacon is because I have a problem with Uric Acid, if it goes up I
get gout. In the ediets menus there is a lot of cheese since I took off the
meat.
I now that I am not in Ketosis because I checked with the strips, just like
the book says to do.
In these 10 days I have lost a little and I understand that going slow is
ok, just want to be sure I am on the right path.

I forgot to mention in my last post that calories DO count, so you might want to
go easy on the cheese. Some others here have had experience with gout and can
better advise you on that than I can. It may be a matter of getting enough water
and just cutting back, but not necessarily cutting OUT.

--
Saffire
205/148/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333