What ' s the best bedtime snack?
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ilovenick
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Mon Oct 29, 2007 5: 31 am    Post subject: What ' s the best bedtime snack?
Just wondering what your fave bedtime snack is? I had dinner tonight at 7 pm and was hungry again by 9 pm!
kidd
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Mon Oct 29, 2007 12: 03 pm    Post subject:
Pork rinds are a Atkins friendly snack, or maybe some nuts, if you are past the induction phase...
afterthought9
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Mon Oct 29, 2007 4: 33 pm    Post subject:
Hmm a cheese stick or hard boiled egg are good too!
rae
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Mon Oct 29, 2007 5: 05 pm    Post subject:
I have found some low carb flatbread. They are the large size and they have 4 net carbs each. I put it in the oven on about 400, it only takes a few min. and they get crisp. I break them up and use them like chips or crackers. They are also good when you put some cheese on them and micro until melted.
pheonixheart
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Tue Oct 30, 2007 4: 39 am    Post subject:
During induction:
- a little bit of cheese, such as cheddar or similar induction friendly cheeses
- a hard boiled egg ( yes I ' m image afterthought9 on those [ / icon_lol. gif] but it ' s great advice & is worth repeating )
- A slice of ham or turkey or similar. If it ' s lunch meat rather than carved meat though, check the labels for hidden carbs such as things used in " theraoeutic " meats.
- cheese wrapped in meat lol ( a slice of hard salami wrapped around a little glob of cream cheese is one of my favorites. ) I had to get the good stuff though because some brands of salami had those nasty additives...
After induction:
- pork rinds
- nuts and seeds ( yes, expression kidd as it ' s great advice & is worth repeating )
- more veggies
- everything included supreme on the during induction list [ / icon_wink. gif].
See that ' s the great thing about Atkins! You just keep adding yummy foods!!
Wish I could think of more but it ' s late and my brain hurts...
rae
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Tue Oct 30, 2007 12: 53 pm    Post subject:
You ' re not allowed pork rinds and low carb flatbread during induction? It has been my understanding, that they were allowed.
bluehex
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Tue Oct 30, 2007 12: 58 pm    Post subject:
Pork rinds are OK ( the kind which does not have sugar in the ingredients list - be careful what they are flavoured with! ). Flatbread is positively out. Remember Rule Number One for Induction? " If it ' s not on the acceptable list, don ' t eat it ".
rae
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Tue Oct 30, 2007 1: 08 pm    Post subject:
On the Atkins website under the " Two - Week Induction Meal Plan " Day 1 breakfast includes 1 slice bran crisp bread or Wasa high fiber flatbread. Is that information incorrect?
bluehex
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Tue Oct 30, 2007 9: 16 pm    Post subject:
[ / icon_eek. gif]
OMG! I just looked at their Induction Meal Plan, and indeed, it was quite an eye - blastoff! Acceptable foods list has not changed, and bread is still not on it. But things in that two - weeks menu just made me stare at the dissemble...
I mean, I am not even talking about recommending Atkins bars for every day snack, the company has been strictly marketing - serious ever since the Doctor died, but - bran and powdered milk? HONEY MUSTARD, for Pete ' s wellbeing???? Teriyaki sauce? Soy flour? Tortillas??? Where are those on the Acceptable Foods list???
This menu looks like it was written by a person who entirely missed ( or ignored ) the whole POINT of Atkins diet, which is stabilizing blood sugar on a low level. Not to mention, whoever wrote this didn ' t even bother to see to with other parts of the website... Like the acceptable foods list...
I swear I ' ll never direct anybody to their site again. Recommending foods containing straight sugar ( like honey mustard or teriyaki sauce ) or straight starch ( bread / tortillas ) is in direct contradiction to the cool of the diet.
It ' s a shame, because this used to be a relatively reliable online resource ( minus the brand products issue ), now it cannot be trusted anymore. Pity.
Stick to the books, folks ( and make sure they were issued no later than 2000 ) [ / icon_sad. gif]
Edit: Looks like the menu is the only slip - up so far... The " induction rules " chapter still contains this:
Quote:
3. Eat absolutely no fruit, bread, pasta, grains, starchy vegetables or dairy products other than cheese, cream or butter. Do not eat nuts or seeds in the first two weeks. Foods that combine protein and carbohydrates, such as chickpeas, kidney beans and other legumes, are not permitted at this time. If you feel you must eat bread or some other grain product, only high fiber low - carb products with 3 net carbs or less per serving are allowed, and you can eat only one serving a day. Be aware that even that amount may slow or stall your progress, and if that happens, drop the product immediately.
4. Eat nothing that isn ' t on the Acceptable Foods list. And that means absolutely nothing. Your " just this one taste won ' t hurt " rationalization is the kiss of failure during this phase of Atkins.
Justice
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Wed Oct 31, 2007 9: 21 pm    Post subject:
Big Glass of COLD water and some shut eye.... if you ' ve eaten properly throughout the day, then you only THINK you are hungry.. don ' t get in the bad habit of eating within a few hours of bed time.. AT WORST, have a bite of protein, but not much...
rae
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 12: 48 am    Post subject:
Try some pepperoni chips. They have the crunch factor, which is something I miss. Place sliced pepperoni in a 425 degree oven for 8 - 10min, remove and blot up excess oil and return to oven for another 2 - 4min. They will stay crisp for about two days in a airtight container.
Fiona
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Mon Nov 05, 2007 6: 35 pm    Post subject:
Why pork rinds cannot be eaten during induction if they are only pork with no other things and pork is allowed??
Fiona
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Mon Nov 05, 2007 6: 39 pm    Post subject:
for me bedtime snack depends on how many carbs I had during the day, if I had 17 then I can eat 1 oz of cheese, or a sugarfree jello with heavy cream. Once I had a frankfurter cause I was starving and wa sooooo gooooood!!! but of couse, one must be careful that there are no nitrates and we must buy only the ones with 1 carb and not 2 carb.
bluehex
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Mon Nov 05, 2007 7: 26 pm    Post subject:
Fiona wrote:
Why pork rinds cannot be eaten during induction if they are only pork with no other things and pork is allowed??
Pork rinds are allowed at all stages of the diet. They are even allowed in the Fat Fast.
Bliss Pirate
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Fri Nov 09, 2007 5: 24 am    Post subject:
You do have to be careful when you buy pork rinds. READ THE LABEL. If they are flavored ( BBQ is often a problem flavor ) they may have dextrose or other sugars added as part of the flavoring. I still used the HOT flavored ones... but some flavors have more sugar then others.
I found the snack I kept coming back to was cheese and some sort of meat like salami or ham.
Lately I ' ve been eating my dinner later and find I don ' t need the snack.
Fiona
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Fri Nov 09, 2007 3: 54 pm    Post subject:
Bliss Pirate wrote:
You do have to be careful when you buy pork rinds. READ THE LABEL. If they are flavored ( BBQ is often a problem flavor ) they may have dextrose or other sugars added as part of the flavoring. I still used the HOT flavored ones... but some flavors have more sugar then others.
I have here a BBQ pork rinds package and there is nothing about sugars, dextorse etc, it is writen " 0 ". Could the sugars be hidden??