Help. I am not that familiar with the diff types of cheese so I was just wondering how will I know if a cheese im buying is either fresh cheese or aged cheese?

I am still in induction and correct me if I am wrong but I think I am only allowed aged cheese. On week 3 of induction i bought this cheese that has on its label "processed cheese". Is this fresh cheese that I should avoid?

Tnx!!!

btw on this third week i did not lose a single pound or inch

Try to stay away from "processed cheese" or "cheese food". (I can't believe that last label.) Both contain so many additives that the carb count goes up. Avoid Velveeta, CheezWiz- type of spreads and those slices that come individually wrapped.

Do NOT buy the "lite" or "fat reduced" cheeses. Not only are they mostly processed, but their carb count is much higher.

Fresh cheeses are usually the soft ones: cream cheese, cottage cheese, quark, ricotta, mascarpone

Aged cheeses: these are harder (Cheddar) or have a rind (Brie, Camembert).

For the Atkins Induction, stay with the hard, solid ones: Cheddar, American (but not processed) Cheshire, Wensleydale.

It is very usual, normal and common not to lose on the week after Induction. Your body is adjusting to lots of change in its fuel and the way it produces energy. It is also using the rich new supply of protein to make repairs to muscles and organs. The body is still not sure that the food will keep coming, so it may hold onto things for a while. Fat cells do not seem to like losing fat, so they suck up water to try to plump themselves up again. Keep with the plan, and the water will go along with the fat and the inches will go as well.

All the best.

Thanks Tofi for the quick response! At least now I know I have been doing it wrong. Since day 1 of LCing I have been buying those individually wrapped cheese, i was thinking that since they only had 1 gram of carb per slice this must be the right cheese. Oh well probably the best lesson yet is that it is not too late to correct my mistake. Thanks again!