I have read that you can have heavy cream in your coffee (just not more than 3 tsp a day). I have also read that the cream is not good for you at all during induction - to avoid it all together.

Does anyone have any experience with this and/or splenda.

I can drink black coffee but prefer it with cream and splenda. Confused, here really.

Hello lowcarbpla and Welcome!

I know in Atkins' 72 heavy whipping cream is allowed but limited to 4 tsp a day!

So I guess it depends which version of Atkins (with a T not a D, btw) you are following!

Wishing you much success on your LC WOE journey!

Ah thank you! If I am following his plan the least I can do is spell the poor man's name right. LOL.

I read the original book and also the new one. The main difference I notice between the two is a lot of people think the drinks and bars they sell (under Atkins' name) are not good for induction.

Thanks for the tip on the cream. I had two tsp today so I'll call it good there.

So nice to see someone who has been doing this plan for a while and still successful!! Nice to meet you.

I quit sugar in my morning coffee and substituted heavy cream. Yum!

The current clinic plan of Dr Westman, based on Dr Atkins, is 2 Tablespoons of heavy cream. But another book printed it as 4T, so I asked him once which it is. He answered that the foods with "limits" were also one way to give some "control" to patients over the plan...feel they were personalizing parts of it important to them. Much of dieting is also psychological, if you would enjoy and embrace the basics of LC (no sugar, no starch) then much of the rest is "SF icing on grain-free cake" as it were. 2-4T is a guideline for the day...and encouraged in induction (unless you have dairy sensitivities)

No matter how you slice and dice it, following a low-carb eating plan for life requires giving up quite a few "normal" things, like processed foods, sugar, and bread. However, it also involves consuming quite a few "normal" things traditionally excluded by low-cal/low-fat schemes. Think bacon and butter. So we make new choices based on our preferences and sensitivities.

For me, cream--and I'm talking heavy whipping cream--in my coffee is a luxury I've denied myself most of my weight management life. Now I use it quite freely, in coffee and in cooking, too. You can make a lovely mushroom sauce without flour when you use cream.

So once you get your LC plan grooving, you can investigate the allowable foods that please you the most and provide the results you're looking for. The "carb ladder" suggested by Dr. Atkins is a method for pursuing this investigation.

Best wishes.