Hello Everyone

[Sigma_1966]

I am not new to the forum but I have not been here for awhile. Last couple times I started out on this diet I lost interest after a few days and went off. I have gone from 186 LBS with 15% body fat to 220 LBS and I hate it. So I am very motivated right now. I have lost my atkins book (looked for it this A.M) so I am kind of lost

A week ago today I started and today I am still in full swing. I have reisited temptation time and time again. Day 7 and my sweet cravings have pretty much gone.

I have some questions regarding my stage in the diet.

1) I am on over nights this week. i am working 18:00 (6 P.M) to 06:00. At some point I am gonna need some caffeine. I am not a coffeee drinker but I was figuring a diet coke might help. Is it OK to indulge while i am only at my 7th day ?

2) What can increase my carb intake to after my 14 day induction. I know induction is 20 per day.

3) A saw a recipe somewhere one time I did this diet which was ricotta cheese with some splenda vanilla extract and almonds is that ok in first week ?

Sigma

[hulagrl1120]

Originally Posted by Sigma_1966

I am not new to the forum but I have not been here for awhile. Last couple times I started out on this diet I lost interest after a few days and went off. I have gone from 186 LBS with 15% body fat to 220 LBS and I hate it. So I am very motivated right now. I have lost my atkins book (looked for it this A.M) so I am kind of lost

A week ago today I started and today I am still in full swing. I have reisited temptation time and time again. Day 7 and my sweet cravings have pretty much gone.

I have some questions regarding my stage in the diet.

1) I am on over nights this week. i am working 18:00 (6 P.M) to 06:00. At some point I am gonna need some caffeine. I am not a coffeee drinker but I was figuring a diet coke might help. Is it OK to indulge while i am only at my 7th day ?

2) What can increase my carb intake to after my 14 day induction. I know induction is 20 per day.

3) A saw a recipe somewhere one time I did this diet which was ricotta cheese with some splenda vanilla extract and almonds is that ok in first week ?

Sigma

diet coke has aspartame which we don't recommend...diet rite is a better option...if you are doing induction for only 2 weeks you can move to OWL...go to that forum for more information...almonds are not allowed for inductio(I believe ricotta is a no-no also) so you need to wait until you move into OWL.

[Elizellen]

Hello Sigma :wave
Welcome back to ha

Originally Posted by Sigma_1966

I) Caffeine. Is it OK to indulge while i am only at my 7th day ?

If at all possible try not to have caffeine.
Here is a faq from Perry about using caffeine on Atkins
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ic.php?t=68090

2) What can increase my carb intake to after my 14 day induction. I know induction is 20 per day.

Once in OWL you add 5 carbs of the same list of veggies. These is a couple of good stickies on the OWL forum that explain how to do OWL.

3) A saw a recipe somewhere one time I did this diet which was ricotta cheese with some splenda vanilla extract and almonds is that ok in first week ?

Nope!
No ricotta till the dairy rung of OWL and no almonds till the nuts/seeds rung.
Hope this helps :hug