This is not a blog post. This is for Tishmeister. She asked. If you don't have any interest in Atkins diet, then you will not want to waste your time reading this. This is more like my take on Atkins, not really a blog post.
I say that I'm eating like I'm in Phase 1 of Atkins. In reality, you're actually supposed to keep it under 20 carbs. As the carb limit is mainly set to burn fat, I am not restricting myself to 20, although when you do, you lose weight like crazy. The "new" Atkins also says that 15 of those carbs are supposed to be from veggies. This phase is called "induction". It gets the metabolism super crazy fast. http://www.atkins.com/Program/Phase1/HowtoDoInductionRight.aspx - this link is great. Induction usually lasts 2 weeks.
Then there's phase 2. They call it OWL- ongoing weight loss. You gradually up your carb level to the highest amount you can tolerate, while still losing the amount of weight you want to.
Phase 3 is pre-maintenance. Once you're 10 pounds away from your goal, you keep upping carbs to where you're losing at a tolerable pace.
Phase 4 is maintenance- You know what to do. You keep carb level at what you can tolerate without gaining. This is the liftime phase.
I have been reading about Atkins. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.
ReplyDeleteI see several small hurdles, the biggest of which is pasta. I eat pasta a couple of times a week, it's a meat alternative to me. Another is that my daily snack is popcorn. Great snack from a WW perspective. Low cal, high fiber, lots of "air", but filling. But it has like 23 net carbs.