Tomorrow is my birthday and I was wondering, since I am on day six of induction, would it be alright if I had a half a cup of red raspberries and some two tablespoons of cool whip, would it kill the induction? I am going full bore with the keto stix.. getting moderate readings all the time. I have also lost about ten pounds.
I don't need to have them but.. it would be a nice treat.

red raspberries
serving size - 1 cup
carbs - 14.23
dietary fibre - 8.36

per fitday

cool whip
serving size - two tablespoons
carbs - 2

Hi there,

Well, I suppose I should tell you to forget its your birthday and stick to pur Induction food, but as we live in the real world, I won't do that.

If it's a matter of choosing between non LC chocolate cake and raspberries and cream, I'd say go for the raspberries. I would forget the Cool Whip though and use heavy cream with a little Splenda if you feel it need sweetening.

And here's some whipped cream advice from Karen, our resident chef:


Cheers!

Rosebud

Atkins Induction has rules. Raspberries are not on Induction. But life happens. And birthdays come. And berries and cream are about the best "treat" choice you could make. (But use real heavy cream and whip it yourself. Cool whip isn't "real" food to me.)

You could treat the meal as a "reward meal" like some of the plans that allow carbier choices. Eat a regular LC meal with the berries at the end and try to keep the eating inside of 60 minutes. Apparently that mitigates the effect of the fruit - if protein & LC veggies & salad are eaten along with it.

But be prepared and DETERMINED to go back to the Induction list on the next meal & day. Also be prepared that the excursion to fruit might cause a few cravings for other carby things on the next day.

Have a Happy Birthday and may you lose another pound tomorrow AND the next day.

Thanks you guys! (or girls)! I guess I was expecting to be told "NO!!! You can't have any! It will ruin everything." I haven't had too many "cravings", I wasn't a big sugar eater, before (cake ick!) Low blood sugar does that to you. I think I will have a couple of rasperries instead of half a cup and I will put them on my plate with my dinner. Things are going so good for me, I hate to mess it up, but I will miss not having something to stick candles in. Tomorrow night I am going to try some of that bacon cheeseburger cassarole with some cumin. I was looking for a way to make a mexican type meal... mmm! That will be a treat.