[Sherri]

Welcome to ADBB and back to Atkins
Take one day at a time, and put your best Atkins foot forward everyday. Remember, this isn't a diet, it's a Lifestyle. It's not a race either. It takes time to make lifestyle changes. Patience is all part of the process! You're changing eating habbits for life! You are going to become the healthiest that you've ever been on the Atkins plan. Follow the plan 100% and you'll get 100% results. This is a very healing woe (way of eating).
Not only will you lose the weight but you will become healthy internally, just as, if not, more important! Good health starts internally! Weightloss is only one of the fantastic benifits of being in the Atkins Lifestyle!
One of the tools that benefited my weightloss and reveresed my Type 2 Diabetes, was using the GI (Glycemic Index) to choose foods lowest on the GI off of each rung. A good refernece book that has the Glycemic Index in it is called "The New Glucose Revolution" The Authoritive Guide to the Glycemic Index. The Dietary Solution for Permanent Weight Loss. I believe you will find this book very useful in your Atkins journey.
Dr. Atkins explains the GI on page 78-84, 92 DANDR. He describes it as a "Beautiful Tool". It certainly is for me. 48 days into Extended Induction my Type-2 Dibetes disappeared, never to return again. That was over 4 years ago. I lost 100 pounds in ten months on the Atkins lifestyle. I noticed that choosing foods from the GI kept my glucose levels at a steady level without any spikes and dives. Nice and steady! So important for weightloss and Diabetes. I didn't eat fruit for a year. I stayed mainly at Rung 3.
Here's a link that was given to me to help choose foods lower on the GI. It's easy to do. Just go over your allowed foods on your list on page 125, 126 DANDR and choose those foods lower on the GI. For example- Yellow onions are high on the GI, leeks and green onions are lower than the other onions allowed. So those are the types of onions I choose.
Table 1. Glycemic Load Values For All Food Types
Glycemic Load of Carb Foods - GI in Food Serving
Also you can go to www.glycemicindex.com to learn more about the GI and GL (glycemic load). I really believe in this tool to help with your glucose level to stay nice and steady and to benifit weightloss and reverse Type-2 Diabetes. You don't have to be Diabetic for this tool to work. Try it, what do you have to lose, except POUNDS and Type-2 Diabetes.
Good for you kicking the caffeine to the curb. That will ensure stable glucose levels.
Wishing you the best of health and lite.
Sincerely, Sherri
P.S. Here are supplements to help stablize glucose levels-
Alpha-Lopic Acid, Chromium Pic, Pro-biotics (for yeast problems), Noni Juice (normalizes glucose levels), Cinnamon 500 mg (lowers glucose levels by 40 points) and Olive Leaf Extract (anti-fungul)