We are all so gung ho to get the weight off when we first begin any diet.....we are willing to do whatever it takes!!
Yet after 2 weeks in phase I....most of us are chomping at the bit to get at the bread, pasta and flour in general.
So I've learned from my own mistakes how this can be the undoing of anyone's weight loss!!
The good Doctor does not, IMHO, give enough guidance in how to enter phase II. Many people end up quitting because they stop losing when they get to Phase II...because they added in too much too fast and they never figured out which carbs they can eat and still lose and which cause them to stall and or trigger their appetites. When you add in more than 1 carb per week, how can you possibly know which carb caused your stall or triggered your appetite?
Being that I've become intimate with this plan and have used guidelines from atkins, I can tell you that it is very important to start with unprocessed carbs first and add in 1 item per week.
1-Start with one piece of fruit per day for the first week..see how your body does with that.
2- second week add in a starchy veggie or whole grain but just one and not both...
NO FLOUR YET!!!! NOT EVEN WHOLE GRAIN FLOUR!!! see if you are still losing after adding these items in.
3- third week- add in a second piece of fruit and a second serving of starchy veggie/whole grain....still no flour yet!!!
This is the way I did it. I learned that wheat triggers my appetite...I get ravenous the day I eat a wheat cereal for breakfast so I now avoid wheat...even whole wheat!!!
I only started to eat flour when I was close to my goal weight. Even now, I still limit my intake of flour as it triggers me to eat!!! I eat it on occassion and not every day.
We each need to find the foods that our bodies like!! If you go too fast, you will never find this out!!