[suzanne4]

We don't have any sugar-free or low carb products over here and I do just fine. I do have Splenda and sugar-free jello and puddings over, but just by cutting out sugar, white bread, white rice, and white pasta things work.
I do have brown rice every day at lunch with lots of vegetables, and some type of meat or fish or seafood.

Any time that you limit yourself strictly and try to follow a diet to the letter, you are going to get bored and not stick with it. Look at how many of the psoters above have stated that they were on such and such diet, loved it for awhile, but then went off of it because of boredom. Find what foods work for your body and stick to that. Things are different for each individual.

Some people just cut out sugar, others have to be more strict, I still have a Sunday brunch each weekend where I don't restrict myself as much, but still watch what I consume. This works for me..............

Good luck to all of you.....................

[teeituptom]

How about a large deep dish pizza with extra cheese, pepperoni, bacon and jalapenos sound
with a side order of hot buffaloe wings yum

[suzanne4]

I have to ask what your lab values are like if you are really consuming that!

[debblynn13]

I tried atkins several years ago just as an experiment. I was just going to try it for two weeks and see what happened. I stayed on it for a good 6 months (lost 60lbs) then started "playing" with it too much. I still kept my weight off for over 2 years then I started nursing school, and have gained back about 1/2 of what I had lost. Even better than the weight loss was how good I felt when I was on it. I had more energy, less headaches and slept better. So starting yesterday I'm back on it, lets see if I can be true to myself again.

Here are a couple good sites for support and recipes:

http://www.escribe.com/health/atkins/bb/

and the matching recipe site

http://www.escribe.com/health/atkins/recipes/

Good luck to all you "losers"

Debblynn

[Saved_by_Grace]

I skimmed through the Atkins book yesterday at Wal-mart. After looking at some of the recipes I just don't know if I can eat like that. I am not a big "meat" person to start with. I eat meat, but always while eating it I think about what I am eating and sometmes get sick. So my meat portions are usually small but I do eat a lot of pastas....So if I substituted all the pasta for fresh fruit and veggies do you think that would help?? Or do you have to really have no carbs at all for that induction period?

[studentNY]

Originally Posted by teeituptom

How about a large deep dish pizza with extra cheese, pepperoni, bacon and jalapenos sound
with a side order of hot buffaloe wings yum

Good idea, you do mean without the crust and no sugar in the wing sauce, right?

[jenrninmi]

Originally Posted by WannaBLPN2005

I skimmed through the Atkins book yesterday at Wal-mart. After looking at some of the recipes I just don't know if I can eat like that. I am not a big "meat" person to start with. I eat meat, but always while eating it I think about what I am eating and sometmes get sick. So my meat portions are usually small but I do eat a lot of pastas....So if I substituted all the pasta for fresh fruit and veggies do you think that would help?? Or do you have to really have no carbs at all for that induction period?

Hi there,

How about substituting tofu instead of the meat. You really need your protein.

[Saved_by_Grace]

Good idea, I will try that Jen, thanks!

[SMK1]

Originally Posted by WannaBLPN2005

I skimmed through the Atkins book yesterday at Wal-mart. After looking at some of the recipes I just don't know if I can eat like that. I am not a big "meat" person to start with. I eat meat, but always while eating it I think about what I am eating and sometmes get sick. So my meat portions are usually small but I do eat a lot of pastas....So if I substituted all the pasta for fresh fruit and veggies do you think that would help?? Or do you have to really have no carbs at all for that induction period?

you need 20 grams of carbs on induction mainly from 3 cups of vegetables per day. i break it down into a 2 cup salad (chicken and cheese) at lunch and 1 cup of other veggies at dinner with some sort of meat. a good website is www.atkins.com
they have lots of online info if you don't want to buy the book.

[kdhnursern]

My husband and I started the Atkins diet Jan 2003. He's lost 75 lbs and I've lost 62. My labs were done in Jan 2004 before having surgery and my doctor couldn't get over how my bad cholesterol had gone down and good had gone up on Atkins. I really like the fact that a lot of low-carb products are coming out. My tastebuds have changed so much in the past 16 months that regular foods don't taste the same. And when I did have a higher carb day, it seemed to boost my metabolism. I actually lost weight over a "binge". :hatparty: