any caffiene or fruit addicts

[laura1986]

Hey!!!

I started atkins a few months ago and done really well but the only thing putting me off was not having fruit or caffine and i ended up giving in. Is there anyone like this, do u have any tips to substitute??thanks

[imagood1]

Re: any caffiene or fruit addicts

If you have been on Atkins "several months" you should move to OWL (ongoing weight loss) - once you get to Rung 3 you can add berries back to your food list.

As far as caffeine, do you mean coffee, soda or what? I drink 2 cups of decaf coffee daily and once in a great while I have a 1/2 diet soda (that's all I can drink before I can't stand the taste).

[laura1986]

Re: any caffiene or fruit addicts

yes coffee i mean. I hate drinking def - caf and i hate full aft cream. yuk. But i was hoping of sumthing similar to drink. Cos last time i was on atkins i gave in by the 6th day only because off the coffee and fruit.

[Georgiana]

Re: any caffiene or fruit addicts

I'm sure Carole meant OWL Rung 4 for berries.

Laura, you haven't been doing Atkins for months, right? You started a few months ago and then stopped. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

do u have any tips to substitute??

Avocado is a fruit and allowed even during Induction (1/2 a small one per day). It does NOT count as a veggie though! (being a fruit...)

And you do know that there are two fruit rungs in OWL, right?

Did you read Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution (2002)?

[Georgiana]

Re: any caffiene or fruit addicts

i hate full aft cream.

Then don't add cream to it.

If regular coffee is triggering cravings for you, then I'd suggest you don't drink it. But if you're fine with 1-2 cups per day and don't "need" more than 3, then give coffee a try. If you stall, you know caffeine can be a possible cause. Not all people are stalled by caffeine though.

[laura1986]

Re: any caffiene or fruit addicts

yes u are right i stopped for months, only done it for a few days.

yes i have read book and i know fruit is introduced. Its just hard first 2 weeks without any fruit. I could manage drinking 2 cups of coffee a day, but id have to have light cream right? xx

[Georgiana]

Re: any caffiene or fruit addicts

id have to have light cream right? xx

Yes. But not creamer, nor milk.

And cream is limited during Induction.

[laura1986]

Re: any caffiene or fruit addicts

ok thanks

[wrf954]

Re: any caffiene or fruit addicts

I was a hardcore caffeine addict. I would drink multiple Dr Peppers and bug cups of coffee every day. It got so bad that I was actually getting pains in my stomach and my Dr told me they wouldn't go away unless I quit caffeine.

All of the articles I read online said it would take 3 or 4 days of dealing with symptoms (like headaches and problems sleeping) and then everything would be cool. It took me close to a month of dealing with those symptoms.....but now I feel so very much better not putting even the slightest bit of caffeine in my body. I have been this way for a year now and I actually sleep soundly at night.....something that never happened before. I never had any idea how serious a drug caffeine really is but we are all better off without it.