Hi all...
I started following the Atkins diet on Feb 1....my 2 week induction period
went great the first week, and I kinda screwed up last week.  I'm trying
again.   :)

I'm also new here.  I started my induction 7th Feb and today is the start of my the 2nd week.  I haven't cheated as yet, even though I would willingly kill for a huge pile of chips right about now!!
I'm going back to lurking mode to think about what sauce would go best with my ...

Salmon.  Just the very word used to make me gag, not being a
seafood lover at all.  Sam's had samples of fresh salmon,
oven cooked with lemon juice, butter, and some kind of spice
mix.  It was delicious.  SO is fixing it with just lemon

Well, with dinner on the table and 2 hungry, anxious kids (to give daddy
homemade cards etc)  DH calls with  broken down car :o(   At least my dad
was passing that way on his way home from work and could pick up DH so I
didn't have to drag toddlers out in the rain.

After what she wrote about Carmen's husband, I really am surprised
everyone is including her again in the conversations.  She needs to be
completely ignored by everyone, then she will go away for once and for
all.  She's not even doing low carb, for chrissake!  She's obviously a

I'll certainly go to cross-post usenet purgatory for this one...
I too have a biblically-based diet to hawk guaranteed to initiate,
maintain and sustain continuous weight loss in a completely unhealthy
and dangerous manner!

http://groups.msn.com/AtkinsHouse/samplemenusforinduction.msnw
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Breakfast:  3 egg omlette filled with 1-slice sharp cheddar cheese
                  1 slice ham

Has anyone good advice on using spices to enhance foods? I'm not one for hot
foods, but I've never quite figured out anything more than pepper and
oregano.

ATKINS & OTHER LOW-CARB TIPS
- If possible, give or throw away any leftover high-carb foods you may
have in the house.  I gave most of mine to a local food bank and the
rest (like opened boxes of crackers, flour, etc.) to friends and

Yay! 25lbs gone since I originally started in December (I did
induction for 2 weeks, went off over the holidays [because I'm dumb]
and then restarted induction on Jan 4th.
Kind of a nice feeling to hit that mark, though I'm setting 10%

Boy, it sure sucks trying to find a quick lunch on the road on Fridays!

I have heard so many opinion about how good vegetables are for low carbers,
except the root vegetables.
However, there seems to be VERY different opinion from even the experts on
how good they are for you once they are cooked.  Some books I have read say

Down another 2 pounds for a nice even #20 in 10 days. He told me "If
you can puree it and suck it through a straw, you own it but use common
sense.... cream soups like chowder, gravy, alfredo sauce milkshakes are
not included. Watching your carbs, fat, and calories with net you

I read this account, by "Robin" and thought it might be relevant here.
" I have 3 friends who have had that surgery....the first one had
horrifying hair loss....daily vomiting even almost a year later,
sickly something terrible, another has had the surgery and did not

Does anyone have suggestions of something to use as a thickener in cooking?
My mother always used flour or cornstarch, and occasionally tapioca
(depending on the item).  All of those should be avoided with low-carb.  Is
there anything to replace them?  What about ground flax ...