I'm settling down to bed and wanted to take a moment to post. I am officially at the 1 week mark! I was afraid to weigh since its my TOM. I stood above the scale this morning obsessing a bit. What if I didn't lose anymore? Or worse what if the scale showed no loss at all? I know this is not a race and I'm making this a lifestyle but I know myself and if the numbers confirmed the worst, I would likely binge and have an even harder time getting back on the plan. So I didn't weigh. Choosing instead to wait another week.

I also felt a little headachy. And for the first time since starting, I began craving my old favorites. The chips, chocolate, ice cream, everything that got me to this point in my life. I did not give in though. Instead, I bought a bag of pork rinds. Blech! They weren't all that good, dry and very bland. But a few of them took care of that chip craving.

Well, I'm off to bed now. Goodnite all.

Today has been a good day (despite DH having a bug up his rear). I haven't had any sugar cravings whatsoever.  That's sorta weird to me because I clearly remember craving sweet so much on Atkins by this time.  Here is today's menu, ate everything planned and nothing more:

Breakfast - 2 eggs scrambled in 1/2 Tbsp butter with 4 slices bacon

Lunch - 1 pork chop and 1 cup turnip greens with diet cherry pepsi

Snack - 1 Claussen pickle halve (I really need to lay off of these, but it's TOM and I want salt)

Dinner - 1 pork chop and salad of lettuce, cucumbers and ranch with diet 7-Up

Totals - 26gm carbs - 10gm fiber = 16 net carbs

Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!

You guys are probably right about the burger.  About the cheese, I was reading on another forum today from a woman whose boyfriend works for McD's and he told her that the cheese has 2 carbs per slice!  I wish they had a nutritional menu or database that listed each component to a sandwich.  That would be awesome.

Owensmath - I log my menu's into Calorie King and let it do the figuring for me.

I was busy again today and didn't get to slow down to eat anything until late morning.  The kids and I stopped into McDonald's and I had 2 double cheeseburgers, without the bun and ketchup.  Not sure exactly how many carbs that ended up being considering I did not have ketchup, but according to what I could find on the internet, 1 burger is 6gm carbs and 1g fiber.

Late Breakfast/Early Lunch - 2 double cheeseburgers

Snack - 2 Claussen pickles

Early Dinner - pork chop and turnip greens

Total for the day: 29gm carbs - 14gm fiber =  15 net carbs!

Today was hectic, and I didn't plan my menu, just sorta took things as they came along.  Here is what I ate:

Breakfast - 2 scrambled eggs with 1 italian sausage patty and cheddar cheese

Lunch - 2 Claussen pickle halves and a Slim Jim (not the best choices, I know, but that was the best I could do while out running errands)

Dinner - 2 drumsticks and a salad (with cucumbers, onion, a small sprinkle of shredded cheddar and 3 Tbsp roasted parmesan ranch dressing

Snack - 1 cup puerh chocolate flavored tea with a splash of heavy cream and 1 packet Sweetleaf

Total - 18g carbs - 5gm fiber = 13 net carbs!

Hi everyone, . 

I'm new to the plan, today is my third day.  I thought it would be a great idea to have a single thread to post all of my thoughts, successes, struggles and whatever else.  I'm a 38 year old wife and mom to 2 awesome little boys, ages 5 and 9.  I've had a weight problem most all my life, and have been on most diets known to woman.  I'm always on one thing or another.  I've lost 20-50 pounds and gained it all back plus some through the years. 

In April of this year, I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.  This diagnosis came after months of being unnaturally thirsty, jittery and nauseous all the time, and suffering with unbelievable fatigue.  After finding out what my problem was, I knew that I needed to do something about it, other than taking the metformin my doctor prescribed.  But I kept eating all the things that got me to this point.  I guess I've been in denial, I didn't want to believe that I had this disease.  Well, after finding out, my fasting numbers were usually between 130 and 140.  The worse I ate, the worse that fasting number became.  The morning before I began this plan, it was 168.  So I said no more, this has to stop, or my children will be without a mom. 

I was thinking about doing the Atkins diet because I had had the most success on it than any other diet.  I remembered feeling terribly deprived on that diet, and dreaded doing it again, until I came across a post on another low carb forum about Fat to Skinny.  I immediately googled  it and downloaded the ebook.  The very next day, I started the plan.   I've been so satisfied at every meal, I'm never hungry, and the insane urge to binge that I constantly had  seems to be under control.  I'm very excited about this plan and I think I've just found the thing that will free me from Type 2 and this prison of fat!

Would anybody mind if I posted a journal thread here?  Just like one thread that I could post my progress, struggles, successes, etc.?  I don't know, maybe something like that would be better suited for the support forum?  Not sure, but I wanted to ask before I did it, as I have yet to see any other such threads.

Forgot to add- the tea brand is Numi.