[imagood1]

It's nice that you decided to do the Atkins plan the way it was written and not the way some want it to be written. I have a friend who her and her husband are on the "sort of - kinda like" Atkins where they only eat lettuce salads and protein 3 times a day Monday through Friday - Saturday and Sunday they eat anything they want in unlimited quantities. Last year when her husband was a delivery driver (loading and unloading trucks all day) he lost 70 pounds doing this....he's been laid off for 4 months and his big exercise now is opening beer cans and walking back and forth to the fridge for more. He feels he can loose 70 pounds again and she thinks she can loose 40 - 50 by the end of summer eating this way. I just wished them both good luck and decided I like this way much better. I don't want to sabbotage what I work so hard for by undoing all my good work on weekends. Hope it works for them but I have my doubts!

Glad to hear you are off to a good start. Planning is the key -- keep making up your meal plans the night before so you know what you'll be eating the next da. Make up a couple of the recipes in advance so you have something in the freezer for those days you just don't feel like cooking. My favorite thing to have is Linda's stuffed green peppers -- it's such a flavorful meal with a salad and so filling.

Good luck to you! Keep doing Atkins THE RIGHT WAY!!!!