DAY 5

[twlovechild]

I decided to restart this induction phase and brought some atkins protein bars. The bars say that you can be on any phase and use them. I ate some and checked to see if I was in Ketosis and I still am. I have not checked my weight, iknow to wait untill atleats day 15. my goal is to lose atleast 20 pounds.

[Moochiecat]

Different people have different results using the bars.
ADBB goes by the 2002 version of DANDR, and we discourage the use of frankenfoods like the bars and the shakes. We encourage planning and organization so that you have fresh natural foods on hand. :yes

Some folks report that the bars stall them, so you have a choice of whether you want to do a clean Induction (no frankenfoods) or whether you want to have them in your diet and possibly stall your weight loss.

You may find this article interesting as well

The patients who stayed, however, were extremely loyal to both atkins and his low-carb diet. But they had one major complaint: In a fast-paced world where everything was low in fat or high in carbohydrates or both, it was difficult to find something that they could eat on the run while still remaining on the low-carb program. They had no time to prepare their own snacks. Perhaps something like the low-fat energy bars sold in convenience stores would be great, only low-carb instead.

Atkins hesistated, and for a good reason. One of the things he constantly stressed with his patients was that they should eat foods that were as close to their natural state as possible, and for him, any kind of energy bar was as good as poison since it was clearly a processed food...

But his patients continued to beg him for something---"you sell the vitamins and other supplements, why not energy bars?" they reasoned--and so, with great reluctance, he gave in and developed not only an energy bar but also a low-carb shake that would make it easier for patients to keep to their Atkins programs.

"As long as you only use it for emergencies," he reminded them.

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The energy bars and shakes were a necessary evil, there only because he thought his patients were too lazy to prepare the real kind of unprocessed foods that were the mainstay of his diet.

---Excerpted from:
Dr. Robert Atkins: The True Story of The Man Behind the War on Carbohydrates Lisa Rogak. Chamberlian Bros. 2005. Ch. 6