jqstanwood's Journal, 14 Feb 10

I took a peek at your diary to see why you journaled as you did..I saw a few things that I might suggest. Alot of your carbs are coming from sources other than vege's, I see your ranch dressing has sugar in it, I would look for somethig that has fewer carbs...Do you like Bluecheese & Bacon Dressing? Also processed cheeses have less fat than regualr hard cheese or cream cheese, more carbs too. You might want to find another cheese that you like that is not a processed cheese. You might want to use REAL CREAM intead of half and half, which is more fats, but you may be able to cut back from 2 TBSP to 1 per cup. Fat like the kind found in Cream is GOOD. In all honesty your food diary reflects that your doing pretty good, except, not getting enough calories in. The Atkins diet is not a low calori diet, so don's worry about getting closer to that 2000 RDI that was designed for you. Many here have found when they ate more, without going over in carb's they lost weight easier! All the best, enjoy eating,and losing! 

Thank you Mahara - for your input. I am definitely going to work on making some changes this week. I noticed that several of my carbs each day were going to my morning coffee - which I don't always have to have - so I am going to try to do away with that. I will definitely be looking into changing some of the things I eat often (cheese, dressing, half and half) into better options to suit Atkins. I have a question for you - I have not read a book by Atkins - do you think it would benefit me to purchase the one that is coming out in March? I found I can pre-order it at Wal-mart.com for less than $10 - I've seen varying opinions on the books - I'd love to have your input! Thanks for taking the time to look at me stuff - I do appreciate it! Hope you have a great day... will check back in later! :)