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Originally Posted by LadyLuck  I eat the exact amount of veggies and protein and fat that it says. The shakes are approved for all phases of the diet though...and I work them in so that I dont go over or under anything. I guess thats why I am so frustrated. I am following it to the t. And like I said I eat something different every day.
No my coffee is not decaf but we can have 2 caffeinated drinks a day and I only have one. |
Oh, let me guess. You must be following the latest guidelines of Atkins Nutritionals.
On this bulletin board we go by DANDR 2002 instead.
According to DANDR 2002, which is the latest edition of the book published while Dr. Atkins was alive...
... veggies are limited to 3 cups per day (not 12-15 g) and you can have either 2 cups of "salad vegetables" and 1 cup of "other vegetables" or 3 cups of "salad vegetables".
... shakes can cause stalls, even if all the ingredients are legal (they aren't in all of them). Years ago, there used to be a separate page on atkins.com, saying that this might happen. That page was now removed by Atkins Nutritionals.
... regular coffee may or may not stall or slow down your weight loss. Caffeine may stimulate insulin production (does not manifest necessarily through cravings) and insulin is a fat storing hormone. This is why Dr. Atkins wrote that we should avoid drinking regular coffee and choose decaf instead. There is no "2 cups of regular coffee" rule in DANDR 2002.
Menus. The best thing is to enter your current menu in FitDay or some other similar tool and tweak from there. Add a bit more fat, take out some protein if necessary, all based on what foods you like from the acceptable foods list and on what foods you usually eat. To add more fat, you can do it for example by adding more oils, butter, avocados, olives, fattier meat cuts, cream (limited during Induction) to your current menu. You may need to decrease your protein intake too, depending how much you increase your fat and on how much you need to eat to satisfy your hunger.