Sun, Apr-16-17, 21:12
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Senior Member
Posts: 2,312
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Plan: modified adkins (sort of)
Stats: 265/176/167
BF:
Progress: 91%
Location: Austin, TX
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Welcome to all of you. Yes you CAN do this!
Just one caveat since you listed "Atkins" as your plan: stay away from all the "Atkins bars", "Atkins shakes" and all the other "Atkins products" with all their sugar alcohols! Most people here will tell you that that stuff interferes with weight loss! Others will tell you that Atkins bars just tend to make them WANT other kinds of sweets.
Better to just leave that stuff entirely alone! The desire for sweets dissipates fairly rapidly when you don't feed it. All the sugar-alcohol bars do is keep you wanting sugar and make it more likely you'll eventually give up low-carbing without ever reaching your goal weight. The good doctor would probably turn over in his grave if he knew what was being sold in his name!
Instead, eat REAL FOOD for every meal. If you feel the need for a snack, make it REAL FOOD too. Some celery packed with cream cheese, a hard-boiled egg, some bacon (make sure it isn't sugar-cured), etc.
You'll probably do best if you can find a copy of the original (1972) Atkins book and follow that plan but many people do fine with the more liberal later plans...as long as they don't rely on "Atkins products"
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