next stage after Induction

[tuanutz]

I am kind of confused with this next stage. I know you're suppose to add more carbs in on each level and I'm reading that the first stage after Induction you're basically just adding 5 more carbs of veggies to your diet? So just eat more salad or whatever than you do in Induction and thats the 1st OWL? Or am I suppose to be eating a certain type of veggie or am I permitted to eat other veggies like mangos and bananas. I'm confused =(

[kate58]

Mango and banana are fruit and are very high in carbs, even on maintenance they would be an occasional thing at most.

You don't have to just eat salad, in fact on OWL rung one you'd be best trying to eat the most nutritious veg possible. So things like broccoli, cabbage, turnip, kale, sprouts, tomato, peppers and so on are better choices than, say, lettuce, which has basically nothing but fibre and water.

[Porcelain]

Originally Posted by tuanutz

I am kind of confused with this next stage. I know you're suppose to add more carbs in on each level and I'm reading that the first stage after Induction you're basically just adding 5 more carbs of veggies to your diet? So just eat more salad or whatever than you do in Induction and thats the 1st OWL? Or am I suppose to be eating a certain type of veggie or am I permitted to eat other veggies like mangos and bananas. I'm confused =(

Have you had a chance to read over that in your book? Dr. Atkin's explains it a lot better than I can. I am in Rung 1 too but my explanations can be a little confusing. There are some great stickie threads in the OWL forum.

By the way, mangos and bananas are fruit and not veggies.

[Desertthorn]

If you descide that you want to move up the ladder Dr Atkins has a list of the foods you should add. The first level is more veggies, instead of 2-3 cups you can now eat 3-4 cups, stuff like that.
Also you move up 5 grams of carbs each time you move up. So if your eating 20 carbs now, you try 25 carbs and see how your body reacts to that. You need to stay at that level for a couple weeks just to make sure your still losing.

After more veggies the next rung of the ladder is fresh cheese, (cottage, ricotta, farmers)
After that is seeds and nuts,
then berries and mellons.

Bananas and mangos are like the 7th rung.
LOL, hope I haven't confused you more