Maybe a slight loss

I actually saw 176.5 this morning on the scale. I'm not sure if it was for real or not, because I re-weighed (I always do), and it said 177 again. So, not counting any chickens, but it was nice to see a different number for once!

Today is the beginning of my completely clean Induction week. Well, I may have some caffeine in the mornings, but I'm going to try really hard to be 100 percent. I even found some water mix-ins that are made with Splenda so that I'm not getting the aspartame from the other ones. I'm going to try to do this correctly! No sugar-free candy, no aspartame, no nuts, the right amounts of veggies and not too much cheese. I'm basing my Induction on the DANDR 2002 book, rather than on the Atkins site. I think the main difference is that the book says up to 3 cups of Foundation veggies or 2 cups of Foundation veggies and 1 cup of other veggies, rather than forcing the 12-15 grams of Foundation veggies.

Hopefully I'll start losing weight again. If I don't lose weight on Induction, then at least I know that I wasn't doing anything wrong on OWL and I can feel better adding some foods back in. If I DON'T start losing weight, I have read that some people have success by having a cheat day, complete with bread and pasta and all sorts of carbs. They may gain weight briefly, but then they lose drastically again. So, if a week on Induction doesn't work, I'll try that, although it scares me!

I really don't want this to be my final plateau. I at least want to be to a "normal" weight. Anything after that is just bonus (if it happens at all). Anyway, here are my meals for the day:

BREAKFAST:
1/8 Sausage Quiche - 2 net carbs, 1 oz. cheese

LUNCH:
1/8 Sausage Quiche (didn't have any leftovers to bring) - 2 net carbs, 1 oz. cheese
1 cup cucumber - 2 net carbs
2 T. Ken's Ranch Dressing - 1 net carb

DINNER:
Bacon-wrapped Chicken - 1 net carb, 1 T cheese
1 cup green beans - 6 net carbs
1 c. romaine - 0.4 net carbs

1 T. Ken's Ranch - 0.5 net carbs


SNACKS:
2 packets Splenda-sweetened water mix-ins - 2 net carbs


TOTALS: 18.9 net carbs, 2 oz. + 1 T cheese