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I haven't eaten any fruit since I started Atkins on the 24th January 2011, so I thought it was about time to enter the berry zone (AKA OWL 4).

So I bought some strawberries and double cream, once again my friend Paul was the control (he seems to have better tolerance to carbs than I do).

Strawberries: 185 grams (washed and quartered).
Double Cream: 60 grams

Me: Before: 5.5 - 30 minutes: 5.1 - 60 minutes: 6.0 - 90 minutes: 5.0
Paul: Before: 5.2 ...

I think my body has been sulking since the winter holidays, not much of a weight loss to report in the last few weeks. So I thought I'd increase the amount of total fat I was eating to see if it would kick start some downward movement, based on the Atkins Fat Fast which allows for 1000 calories a day of which 75%-90% should be fat. As I wasn't in a stall I didn't think I'd need to go down to 1000 calories so I stuck with my BMR of 2000 calories.

Last week my daily average was: 2024 ...

I filled out this pair of trouser one year ago today. Unbelievable change.

Tomorrow will be the start of my 52nd week on Atkins, it's difficult to believe how far I've come over the last year. If it hadn't been for a tech journalist called Paul Thurott talking about the Gary Taubes book 'Why we get fat' I'd never have started low carbing and found this website. It's no lie to say that without the help and support of all the good folks here, I doubt I'd have been so successful.

Thank you, one and all.

I've been wondering the last few weeks why I've been feeling that I'm fatter now than I was when I started on Atkins nearly a year ago. After much puzzling over this apparent disconnect I think I've found the reason. It's to do with the clothes I'm now wearing, unlike the loose, formless garments of a year ago I'm wearing tailored shirts and tapered trousers. Clothing which actually touches the skin rather than billows out around it.

Weird how your mind works isn't it.

For some strange reason, the local 'Poundland' sells Weight Watchers products (for a £1 obviously. ).

I thought I'd try the hot chocolate sachets.

Each sachet: 40 kcal, protein 1.2 g, 5.5 g carbs, 1.7 g fibre, fat 1.1 g.

Before: 4.6 - 30 minutes: 5.1 - 60 minutes: 4.7

Looks like they could be a suitable occasional treat.

I found out this morning that my friend and Atkins convert Paul has returned to Weight Watchers.

It seems he's not able to give up bread, he must have his morning toast (along with other high carb foodstuffs).

He lost 14lbs on Induction but I think he wasn't truly committed to the Atkins way of life. He's looking for the miracle diet,
one where even though he's eaten all the wrong foods, he'll wake up in the morning and all those excess pounds will have disappeared. ...

I saw this notebook in 'The Works' this morning and couldn't resist buying it.

Broad Beans have a high Glycemic Index of 79, I thought I'd see what happens to my Blood Sugar when I eat them:

256 grams of Tesco frozen baby broad beans (microwaved) with 16 grams of Organic unsalted butter, salt and pepper.

Before: 4.5 - 30 minutes: 6.0 - 60 minutes: 5.8 - 90 minutes: 4.9 - 120 minutes: 4.6.