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**rostpribru** · 06-01-2010, 05:08 PM

Yes, you can (and should) make up the difference with fats. Are you adding good fats to your veggies and salads? Are you cooking with butter and oil? Are you adding mayo to eggs and tuna? Are you eating full fat cheeses?

I'd suggest that you incorporate the fats into your meals and snacks and not just swallow some oil... If you made sure that each meal was 400 calories, and then had 3 100-calorie snacks a day, you'd hit 1500 no problem. An ounce of cheese is about 100 calories. A jumbo egg is close to that.

Hope this helps,
Tril

**Paul Bunyan** · 09-02-2010, 02:00 AM

Just saying, "Hi!" and suggest you add an avocado...a whole one. A Haas avocado seems high in calories but is dirt cheap on carbs, creamy, fatty, and so very, very good for you.

Slice it top to bottom, pop out the pit, squirt it with lemon, peel it, and add to salad OR take out the pit and simply eat it with a spoon in the shell, after squirting with lemon and salt! Yummo! LC, high cal, and SO GOOD FOR YOU!

Toni

**rostpribru** · 10-01-2010, 01:32 PM

One whole avocado is 3.5 net grams of carb. It counts toward your veggie intake for the day.

I couldn't eat a WHOLE one, Toni.... how do you do that?? LOL

**Indoendris** · 12-01-2010, 12:26 PM

Hey Toni,
I'm with you on avacado I love the taste it's such a natural green flavor. I like mine with a little maya or some salt and pepper. lol

Rich

**rostpribru** · 12-01-2010, 12:43 PM

Just remember that there's a limit on avocado on Atkins... 1/2 per day.

**Paul Bunyan** · 12-02-2010, 03:33 AM

The trick is to "keep the pit in" the half you do NOT eat as it retards the "browning" of the exposed pulp. Eat a whole one? I can eat a California Haas whole, because it is the little "bumpy" one...not like a Florida (smooth skinned) HUGE avocado some people are used to-took me 3 days to use up THAT hummer my boss shared with me!)

I got sidetracked...keep the pit in, squirt with lemon and zip it up. It WILL brown and be less attractive but you have the choice of just eating it the way it is, making guacamole, or removing a thin slice off the browned, exposed edges. Tastes fine...looks a little ickey.

Hope you love them as much as I do!

Toni

06-01-2010, 05:08 PM	#21
rostpribru Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 497 Senior Member	Yes, you can (and should) make up the difference with fats. Are you adding good fats to your veggies and salads? Are you cooking with butter and oil? Are you adding mayo to eggs and tuna? Are you eating full fat cheeses? I'd suggest that you incorporate the fats into your meals and snacks and not just swallow some oil... If you made sure that each meal was 400 calories, and then had 3 100-calorie snacks a day, you'd hit 1500 no problem. An ounce of cheese is about 100 calories. A jumbo egg is close to that. Hope this helps, Tril Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-02-2010, 02:00 AM	#22
Paul Bunyan Join Date Jul 2007 Age 59 Posts 4,495 Senior Member	Just saying, "Hi!" and suggest you add an avocado...a whole one. A Haas avocado seems high in calories but is dirt cheap on carbs, creamy, fatty, and so very, very good for you. Slice it top to bottom, pop out the pit, squirt it with lemon, peel it, and add to salad OR take out the pit and simply eat it with a spoon in the shell, after squirting with lemon and salt! Yummo! LC, high cal, and SO GOOD FOR YOU! Toni Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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10-01-2010, 01:32 PM	#23
rostpribru Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 497 Senior Member	One whole avocado is 3.5 net grams of carb. It counts toward your veggie intake for the day. I couldn't eat a WHOLE one, Toni.... how do you do that?? LOL Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-01-2010, 12:26 PM	#24
Indoendris Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 453 Senior Member	Hey Toni, I'm with you on avacado I love the taste it's such a natural green flavor. I like mine with a little maya or some salt and pepper. lol Rich Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-01-2010, 12:43 PM	#25
rostpribru Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 497 Senior Member	Just remember that there's a limit on avocado on Atkins... 1/2 per day. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-02-2010, 03:33 AM	#26
Paul Bunyan Join Date Jul 2007 Age 59 Posts 4,495 Senior Member	The trick is to "keep the pit in" the half you do NOT eat as it retards the "browning" of the exposed pulp. Eat a whole one? I can eat a California Haas whole, because it is the little "bumpy" one...not like a Florida (smooth skinned) HUGE avocado some people are used to-took me 3 days to use up THAT hummer my boss shared with me!) I got sidetracked...keep the pit in, squirt with lemon and zip it up. It WILL brown and be less attractive but you have the choice of just eating it the way it is, making guacamole, or removing a thin slice off the browned, exposed edges. Tastes fine...looks a little ickey. Hope you love them as much as I do! Toni Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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