Sat, Mar-02-02, 12:27
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Senior Member
Posts: 129
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 205/205/130
BF:
Progress: 0%
Location: Davis, CA
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Bars/Shakes/Cheese/LI Ice Tea
Hi guys,
Allow me to share with you my limited experience. I started doing Atkins thinking that I would be ok with slow weight loss as long as the plan was doable, meaning that I would eat lots of bars and stuff to keep me satisfied. I thought that since Atkins says you only need to count the net carbs I could eat eight bars in a day if I really wanted to. Those bars actually have about 30 grams of carbohydrate. Only the net carbs affect your blood sugar, but you still have to burn off ALL of the total carbs, and I think that if you eat a lot of servings it will impact your blood sugar as well. I haven't been able to lose weight yet, so I am going to cut out all of the bars and just eat meat, eggs, mayo, and lettuce for a while.
I was also eating a lot of butter and cheese, and I heard from some other people here that those can prevent weight loss too. Apparently many people need to really limit their dairy intake (and cheese does have a small amount of carbs per serving not listed on the label due to lax FDA regulations), so I will be forsaking that for now and adding it in little by little after induction.
As for long island ice teas, I wouldn't drink those or any other booze until after induction. Just liquor and diet coke probably doesn't have much in the way of carbs, but it does have caffeine and alcohol, both of which will slow down or halt your weight loss.
This is what I have learned so far, and hopefully there will be others who can confirm it. I wish you good luck, and I hope we both lose a lot of weight soon.
-csfdavis
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