Atkins products -- should I have them?

[liv]

Very cool post. So informative.
And you guys are so right about how these products may just keep us hang on to old habits that we ought to kick and that got us into this predicament in the first place.

Another thing to look out for with these kind of products is that they have a lot of sugar alcohols and glycerine in them. Now the makers of the product say it is only 2 carbs in them but some of us actually do process the carbs that are in sugar alcohol and gycerine. The American Diabetes Organization tells people to count half the carbs in any product with sugar alchol. So if we follow that avice, and maybe we should, some of these bars actually have 10 carbs in them.

[misplaced southerner]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR POSTS AND ALL THE INFORMATION!!! i too have read SO MANY posts from folks who don't understand WHY they are NOT getting the results they want. the DADNDR we follow does NOT advocate eating fake food during induction or at all. PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW THE BOOK FOR BEST RESULTS! otherwise, you will spend a lot of time being frustrated and will just have to "go back and start over" again.

also, let's be frank. most of us gained the weight because we play games with food. we make excuses. this is a LIFESTYLE, not a DIET. the whole idea is to develop our bodies into healthy fuel burning machines. we are going to GET OUT OF THIS what we PUT INTO IT. why continue with the SAME BAD HABITS.

learning to eat this way is not difficult but is IS different. change is always a little challenging. don't risk your health and doing it RIGHT for the convenience of foods that got us into trouble in the first place.

read the book cover to cover. understand how and why this WORKS. ask lots and lots of questions if you don't know. share your great results. REMEMBER....THIS IS NOT A DIET, IT IS NOT A QUICK FIX IT IS A CHANGE IN YOUR LIFESTYLE FOR THE BETTER!!

good luck atkineers!!

[Brook]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Georgiana again.

[amandajean1]

Thanks for the post. I am cutting Atkin bars from my diet for the about a week and a half.... until the 2nd of February. then i will be adding in 3 atkin bars a week, spread out, and I will be reporting the result of the difference in percentage of my weight loss Atkins Bars versus sans Atkins bars. I have more information on my journal page, which georgina has graciously helped me with (the mathematical part lol). I get the feeling I am going to get an outcome that agrees with Georgina : no Atkins bars for optimal weight loss. We shall see....

[Elizellen]

Originally Posted by amandajean1

Thanks for the post. I am cutting Atkin bars from my diet for the about a week and a half.... until the 2nd of February. then i will be adding in 3 atkin bars a week, spread out, and I will be reporting the result of the difference in percentage of my weight loss Atkins Bars versus sans Atkins bars.

Why not wait till they would be 'legal' for you instead of introducing them while you are on induction?

[amandajean1]

I want to know the affect they have on my body. So i devised a meal plan that is in line with induction, and will be eating that for the next two weeks exactly. I will be drinking the same ammount of water and working out he same (using the HR monitor to make sure I am as in-line daily as I can). Then on the second week I'll simply add in 3 atkins bars...and compare the percentage of weight loss. I am doing it simply because I want to.

[VancouverAtkinsDude]

Hello,

I am equally confused about the Atkins bars as the next person. When you read the back of the box, it says something like 18g carbs but on the front in big letters is "2g of Net Carbs"

Hammering back one of these bars and having to use 2/20 carbs for the day is one thing, but using 17/20 is another. Should I completely stay away from these bars during Induction or is ok to eat one or two during the day just to curb those nasty hunger pains???

[Georgiana]

Simply put:
All bars contain soy. Most of them also contain milk or nuts. None of these are allowed in induction and one of the induction rules is to stay away from anything that is not on the list of allowed foods.

Why not eat real food when you are hungry? One, it tastes much better. Two, it's healthier (just look what junk there is in the bars). Three, it is legal. If you are hungry between meals, you can prepare some legal snacks. I'm not sure if you already know about it, but Linda's website has great recipes (with pictures, carb count, etc.):
Linda's Low Carb Menus & Recipes - Home

As to how net carbs in the Atkins bars are calculated, the answer is in this article:
http://www.phlaunt.com/lowcarb/19059967.php

[amandajean1]

I have changed my opinion.

Atkins bars BAD!!!! two days off them and im back to losing a bout a pound a day and my keto stixs are back to dark pink (im not dehydrated, no worries).

[liv]

That is very interesting Amanda. Thanks for posting that.
See so many people posting lately that they are not losing and then when looking closely it turns out they are eating too many sweeteners. Sounds like with you cutting down sweeteners (in bars and elsewhere) things really started to move. Great to know.