Research

After doing a lot of research this evening, I found where I fell short on much of my induction phase last time. It totally and completely explains WHY I only lost the 5 pounds and didn't have the 9-14 pound success that I kept reading most other's have.

I went to the official Atkin's site, and read through everything. I had no idea that they consider 1 packet of splenda to be 1 carb (problem #1- I was overusing the splenda)

I don't eat enough vegetables. According to the site, it says I could eat approximately 6 cups of loosely packed lettuce, and 2 cups of cooked vegetables. I wasn't eating nearly that much in vegetables. In fact I maybe had 2 cups a day.

I use a lot of heavy cream the site doesn't say anything about it. It just lists it as a part of the beverages and says to note the carb count.

I definitely have a meal plan set for the things I currently have in the house. It should last me through until Sunday. I'm going to try to really kick up the protein intake just to kick my butt into ketosis.

Time well spent. :)