Hello Guys,
I'm waiting for my book to arrive from amazon, but thought I'd ask a few questions that are on my mind about starting Atkins.
I don't have a massive amount of weight to lose, but have found that by following diets like weight watchers I've failed miserably. Mainly because I seemed to live off a lot of pre-packaged and faux-sugar foods, although I always stuck to the amounts I was meant to have, my weight loss was painfully slow to the point where I couldnt bear to keep doing it. I'd lose 1lb one week then nothing for a couple of weeks, and then back to 1lb...it was just painful and incredibly frustrating considering I know I'd followed the diet rules rigidly.
Someone did suggest to me that my carb intake was way too high and the blood sugar rises and crashes may have something to do with my inability to lose weight. I'd always believed the myth that atkins was about frying meat in butter and cutting out anything remotely healthy, so steered clear of it, its only recently that I've decided that low-carb might be the way to go, so have actually looked into the diet.
So for the first 2 weeks on induction I stick to the stricter food list, do I have a "carb-allowance" for this? Or is that only when you're into the "OWL" plan?
And can you just pretty much choose anything as long as you count the carbs or can they only come from specific things? The reason I ask is because I found a website which sells all low-carb products (snack-bars, sauces, etc) and I wonder if anyone uses this kind of principle?
Also alcohol. Now this is my major downfall
I live with 3 boys who drink beer most nights of the week and seem to live off pizza (something thats very tempting after several beers!!) But we do socialise together quite a lot and giving up alcohol completely would be difficult for me, as our social life seems to exist in the pub. I can of course give it up for the introductory period, but long-term, is it ok to include in the diet? Looking online, clear spirits like vodka have 0g carbs, but I take it that doesnt mean you can just have as much as you like (if only!) any ideas on how harmful it may be to the diet, and what kind of limits are recommended?
Lastly, portion sizes, I notice none are recommended, is it just a case of be sensible, or can you go too far quite easily?
Hope that all makes sense, thanks in advance for any help you'll be able to give me and look forward to reading the forums some more
I'm waiting for my book to arrive from amazon, but thought I'd ask a few questions that are on my mind about starting Atkins.
I don't have a massive amount of weight to lose, but have found that by following diets like weight watchers I've failed miserably. Mainly because I seemed to live off a lot of pre-packaged and faux-sugar foods, although I always stuck to the amounts I was meant to have, my weight loss was painfully slow to the point where I couldnt bear to keep doing it. I'd lose 1lb one week then nothing for a couple of weeks, and then back to 1lb...it was just painful and incredibly frustrating considering I know I'd followed the diet rules rigidly.
Someone did suggest to me that my carb intake was way too high and the blood sugar rises and crashes may have something to do with my inability to lose weight. I'd always believed the myth that atkins was about frying meat in butter and cutting out anything remotely healthy, so steered clear of it, its only recently that I've decided that low-carb might be the way to go, so have actually looked into the diet.
So for the first 2 weeks on induction I stick to the stricter food list, do I have a "carb-allowance" for this? Or is that only when you're into the "OWL" plan?
And can you just pretty much choose anything as long as you count the carbs or can they only come from specific things? The reason I ask is because I found a website which sells all low-carb products (snack-bars, sauces, etc) and I wonder if anyone uses this kind of principle?
Also alcohol. Now this is my major downfall
I live with 3 boys who drink beer most nights of the week and seem to live off pizza (something thats very tempting after several beers!!) But we do socialise together quite a lot and giving up alcohol completely would be difficult for me, as our social life seems to exist in the pub. I can of course give it up for the introductory period, but long-term, is it ok to include in the diet? Looking online, clear spirits like vodka have 0g carbs, but I take it that doesnt mean you can just have as much as you like (if only!) any ideas on how harmful it may be to the diet, and what kind of limits are recommended?Lastly, portion sizes, I notice none are recommended, is it just a case of be sensible, or can you go too far quite easily?
Hope that all makes sense, thanks in advance for any help you'll be able to give me and look forward to reading the forums some more
