Thu, Nov-13-03, 08:15
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New Member
Posts: 14
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 147/131/126
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
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Hi Helen,
Congrats on finding this forum, I've found it great. can't believe I haven't been fired I spend so much time here.
I would agree that even if you don't want to do Atkins that you should read a book and let it be you're bible. It's best to get youre head around the idea as simply as possible before all the nonsense some people spout tears you in every direction. When your more confident with it then tweak it, but you hear of people on "modified Atkins" who've never read the book and are telling people they eat sugar on their cereal??? If you start off confused you'll find it hard to stick to it.
The first book I read was Dr Clarkes New protein diet and I would recommend it highly. He's English (I think) and very down to earth.
You will find it hard to get low carb products but easy to get low carb food- ie everywhere sells salads, have the meat dish and get salad instead of chips/potatoes. Snacks are peanuts and cheese strings (after induction) instead of chocolate.
Be wary of the myoplex, I may have read the nutritional info wrong but I remember I found some reason to leave them on the shelf. For a treat try Nitro-tech from the same shelf, super expensive €5 and a bit odd but low ecc. Also a good tip is Boot's diabetic chocolate. Full of sugar alcohols so don't eat too much, trust me.
Best of luck,
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