[bigjim66]

Make menus.

My wife and I just got our disaster peparedness supplies in order, including what we will eat for a year in case of emergency. One of the tasks was to create menus so we would know what to buy, what to expect and to know that we would actually enjoy what we store. The same goes for Atkins. Not that induction is an emergency, but I think you will agree it is indeed a wake-up call to your body and therefore your emotions, and without a menu, you might be staring at the list of approved foods and feeling helpless.

Make 7 menus for breakfast and 7 for lunch, to start. You're a vegan, so draw out on paper the meals you can live with, within approved portions. After a few months, you will get bored of those 14 meals, and then you can add more. Of course, by then, you will be long past the induction flu and feel more normal.

Success!