Thanks!

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In a message dated 8/19/99 8:00:08 AM Central Daylight Time,

jiffy@... writes:

*** dont wait til you're starving to eat. Eat before when youre

not really that hungry and keep yourself full and this will help control

cravings and you just wont eat as much! ***

Mollie,

I'm a firm believer in this. And I do think Atkins mentions it. I love this

diet because it really teaches me to listen to my body--you don't want to eat

when you're not hungry, because regardless of how few carbs you eat, if at

some point you're eating more calories than you can burn, it WILL be stored

as fat. But at the same time, you want to keep your metabolism on a nice

even keel, and you don't want to give your body any reason to go into

fat-storing mode due to hunger.

I usually eat four times a day--the three meals, plus something around

10:00p.m. I could NEVER eat that late before, but I figure if I'm sort of

hungry at 10:00p.m., my body will be starving by morning, and that's not good.

For example, last night I had a weiner with melted cheese, a spoonful of

cream cheese, and a spoonful of pimento cheese.

Anyway, just wanted to say that's a GREAT idea to stop waiting until you're

starving to eat:)

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Thanks so much for all the information -- and the encouragement!! I feel at home

already!

IMANGEL100 asked what I've been eating. Here's what today looks like (with the

carbs -- by my count, which might not always be accurate!)

Breakfast: Water, water and more water! I never was a breakfast eater, so this

isn't a big deal for me.

Lunch: 6 thin slices of ham (label says 0 carbs per slice, but I don't believe

in free, so let's say it's 1 per slice -- 6g total) rolled in

3 slices of swiss cheese (3g)

2 deviled eggs (1g each for 2g total)

1/6 head of iceberg lettuce (2g) with

3T ranch dressing (3g)

and my vitamins (!) washed down with more water!!

Dinner: 1 fish filet with herbs (1g)

1/2 c broccoli (4g) with

a sprinkling of cheddar cheese

Well, look at that!!! I'm 1 over today!! That's probably true for me overall

--some days are 17 some 21. No wonder I'm seeing little results!!! Well, I'm

doing really well on my water intake. I've started heavy weight training, and

was told that my fluid retention would go up because muscles trap water to add

in muscle building -- so maybe that, coupled with my " some days under, some days

over " eating is causing me to lose more slowly -- AND keeping me out of ketosis.

I need to play closer attention to my carb count. Thanks for helping me see

that!

I seem to be hungry quite a bit (I'm told it's another common effect of weight

training) -- what are low/no carb snacks (I'd prefer to avoid nitrates too!).

Thanks, guys!