Help with atkins diet?!
Question: Help with atkins diet!?
After seeing a photo today, scarey stuff, I've decided to start on the Atkins Diet tomorrow, but can't find my book right now, can anyone give me a quick run-down on what I can eat for the first to weeks (induction) so that I can start tomorrow morning!. Thanks!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Phase 1: Induction: During a 2-week induction program you eat no more than 20 grams of carbohydrate a day!.
Phase 2: Ongoing weight loss: This is similar to the induction phase, but in Phase 2 you begin to add more foods to your diet and increase your carbohydrate grams!. New foods include nuts, seeds, and some berries!.
Phase 3: Pre-maintenance: When you are 10 pounds from your goal weight, you start Phase 3!. You add 5 to 10 grams of carbohydrate to your diet per week as long as you are continuing to lose weight!. You add new foods slowly!.
Phase 4: Maintenance: After you have maintained your goal weight for about a month, you move into Phase 4!. At this point, you know how many carbohydrate grams you can eat without gaining weight!.
On the menu
Eggs, meat, fish (all proteins)
Olive oil, butter, cheese, olives
Lettuce, cucumber, tomato, broccoli, avocado (most vegetables)
Artificial sweeteners (such as Splenda)
Off the menu
Sugar and baked goods
Starchy vegetables, like corn and sweet peas (none in Phase 1, added back in later phases)
Bread, pasta, potato (none in Phase 1, added back in later phases)
Fruit (none in Phase 1, added back in later phases)
Alcohol (none in Phase 1, added back in later phases)
Nuts (none in Phase 1, added back in later phases)
This diet is very high in saturated fat, cholesterol, and low in fiber and whole grains!. The minimum recommended intake of carbohydrate is 130 g!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Phase 2: Ongoing weight loss: This is similar to the induction phase, but in Phase 2 you begin to add more foods to your diet and increase your carbohydrate grams!. New foods include nuts, seeds, and some berries!.
Phase 3: Pre-maintenance: When you are 10 pounds from your goal weight, you start Phase 3!. You add 5 to 10 grams of carbohydrate to your diet per week as long as you are continuing to lose weight!. You add new foods slowly!.
Phase 4: Maintenance: After you have maintained your goal weight for about a month, you move into Phase 4!. At this point, you know how many carbohydrate grams you can eat without gaining weight!.
On the menu
Eggs, meat, fish (all proteins)
Olive oil, butter, cheese, olives
Lettuce, cucumber, tomato, broccoli, avocado (most vegetables)
Artificial sweeteners (such as Splenda)
Off the menu
Sugar and baked goods
Starchy vegetables, like corn and sweet peas (none in Phase 1, added back in later phases)
Bread, pasta, potato (none in Phase 1, added back in later phases)
Fruit (none in Phase 1, added back in later phases)
Alcohol (none in Phase 1, added back in later phases)
Nuts (none in Phase 1, added back in later phases)
This diet is very high in saturated fat, cholesterol, and low in fiber and whole grains!. The minimum recommended intake of carbohydrate is 130 g!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Isn't the atkins diet just cutting out carbs!.!. so i take it just start tomorrow with a carb free!.!. or as close as u can get to carb free dietWww@Answer-Health@Com