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As of this morning, I finished induction. It was very successful and I am so thrilled at the results. I'm a male, 5'8", and I started out at 182 pounds. My target is 155. As of this morning, I weighed 170 and had lost 1.5" from my belly. Wow! That is so motivating to stay on this approach to eating. And pretty much everything Dr. Atkins said in the books came true for me... I feel better, more energy, no cravings, I don't miss the carbs like I thought I would, lower blood pressure already (I have to take meds for that; I hope I can get off them soon). Even getting off caffine was easy. Looks like I have good metabolism for this based on the charts in the book, so I'm hopeful that this trend will continue. The only thing I haven't yet experienced is a decreased need for sleep.. I always have needed ridiculous amounts of sleep to feel good (9-10 hours), and I was really hoping that this would decrease. Maybe it will sometime soon, but not yet.
I've been reading this forum daily and regularly using the search function to answer my questions. So thank you so much to all of you who post info to help out a newbie like myself. You were lifesavers!
Some mistakes I made:
1) Based on the Atkins.com inductioin menus, I at first thought that Atkins bars and shakes were legal and helpful. I bought some of each and ate two Atkins breakfast bars and one shake before looking them up here and seeing that they were off-limits. Haven't touched them since, but I'm thinking that on OWL I might occasionally have one for breakfast when I'm in a hurry. My thinking is that since my results were so strong in spite of having those, they probably don't affect me that much. But I won't make them a regular part of my diet.
2) As a novice food label reader, I made a few mistakes. I bought some Bob Evans breakfast sausage and ate about 8 of them before realizing that dextrose was an ingredient. Ugh. Out go the rest.
3) Because I sleep so much, I tend to just have two meals a day. One brunch/one dinner. I know that goes against the principles of the book, but it works for me. I never got hunger pains during the day and never snacked.
4) I don't know that I ate enough, to be honest. I found that my appetite went down so much that I had to force myself to eat sometimes. I tracked everything on fitday, and averaged about 1200 caleries a day, which is probably low for me. Some days I didn't even make 900 caleries. I think the reason is that before Atkins, my meals always consisted of carbs, carbs, and more carbs, and this way of eating is so different for me that it's going to take me some time to adjust.
5) Not a mistake, but I am sick of eggs and omlettes for breaksfast. That's the hardest meal for me. I need to follow advice here and look at other things for breakfast besides traditional breakfast foods.
I bought some of the legal diet cola, but decided to hold off until after getting through induction to have one. Now, I'm not even sure I want it. I've been surprisingly happy drinking nothing but water. I do wonder how it would taste now after being away from sugar for two weeks. Maybe I'll have one tonight to see.
Again, thanks to all for your advice. While I didn't directly ask questions here, others had always asked the same questions I had and your answers to theirs were invaluable. This is such a great resource... you guys are wonderful. Now on to OWL.....
I've been reading this forum daily and regularly using the search function to answer my questions. So thank you so much to all of you who post info to help out a newbie like myself. You were lifesavers!
Some mistakes I made:
1) Based on the Atkins.com inductioin menus, I at first thought that Atkins bars and shakes were legal and helpful. I bought some of each and ate two Atkins breakfast bars and one shake before looking them up here and seeing that they were off-limits. Haven't touched them since, but I'm thinking that on OWL I might occasionally have one for breakfast when I'm in a hurry. My thinking is that since my results were so strong in spite of having those, they probably don't affect me that much. But I won't make them a regular part of my diet.
2) As a novice food label reader, I made a few mistakes. I bought some Bob Evans breakfast sausage and ate about 8 of them before realizing that dextrose was an ingredient. Ugh. Out go the rest.
3) Because I sleep so much, I tend to just have two meals a day. One brunch/one dinner. I know that goes against the principles of the book, but it works for me. I never got hunger pains during the day and never snacked.
4) I don't know that I ate enough, to be honest. I found that my appetite went down so much that I had to force myself to eat sometimes. I tracked everything on fitday, and averaged about 1200 caleries a day, which is probably low for me. Some days I didn't even make 900 caleries. I think the reason is that before Atkins, my meals always consisted of carbs, carbs, and more carbs, and this way of eating is so different for me that it's going to take me some time to adjust.
5) Not a mistake, but I am sick of eggs and omlettes for breaksfast. That's the hardest meal for me. I need to follow advice here and look at other things for breakfast besides traditional breakfast foods.
I bought some of the legal diet cola, but decided to hold off until after getting through induction to have one. Now, I'm not even sure I want it. I've been surprisingly happy drinking nothing but water. I do wonder how it would taste now after being away from sugar for two weeks. Maybe I'll have one tonight to see.
Again, thanks to all for your advice. While I didn't directly ask questions here, others had always asked the same questions I had and your answers to theirs were invaluable. This is such a great resource... you guys are wonderful. Now on to OWL.....
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