To UK Peeps on Atkins!!

[Smuddle]

Hello.
Been on atkins before, on now my 12th day. But i am a Diet clke addict. I have not had any at all, as the asprtime affects my weight loss. Any odeas on soft drinks?
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[LessPodge]

I stopped with the diet drinks before I started Atkins, so I'm not going to be much help I'm afraid. However, I do really miss the Ribena toothkind I stuck in my water. It made the water so easy to drink down.

Some people recommend drinking icecold water here. I think it may be something to do with thermogenesis; that is, trying to induce the body to use more energy by heating the cold water. Apparantly it assists weightloss..but don't know to what degree. Whatever the reason, I find that at certain times of the day ice cold water just isn't easy to drink down at all. So I fill a 2 Litre bottle with water and leave it out on the side so that it reaches room temperature. You can guzzle room tep water far easier than cold water.

But what about your lemon allowance? Sometime a hint of citrus will curb a sweet drink crave. Maybe stick a few drops of lemon juice in your water if it gets too bad?

Sorry I can't be much help here.

[Smuddle]

Cheeers Simon! Will give lemon a go!

[Richt]

I really do sympathise with you Smuddle.

I was addicted to diet coke before this WOE, and didnt have any for three months as i was worried about the effects of Aspartame. I have recently started drinking it again and have found that I still lose weight. In fact diet coke was actually the thing that I missed the most.