Atkins and Wine

[rrittenhouse]

Hello,

So today I hit my 30LB goal and passed it (by 1.3lbs)!! I now weigh 342.2 and my ultimate goal is 170. I know I have a LONG journey ahead of me but the one thing I *can't* have is Wine. I want to have wine tasting every two weeks or so but I'm afraid that it could have side effects on me.

I'm still on an extended induction (ive been on Atkins since January 12, 200

Thanks

~Robert

[blue996]

Re: Atkins and Wine

By moving onto OWL you'll be able to eventually add wine back into your diet. I would start climbing the ladder and adding back foods. You will continue to lose, in fact you might lose more (and faster) than staying on induction. I have lost 30/36 pounds on OWL.

Also, remember that when you drink alcohol your body burns it first before fat.

[Dotultimate]

Re: Atkins and Wine

When i started i drank about a whole bottle of vodka every weekend and it didnt effect me at all. everyone is different. It depends... are you a physically active wine taster?

[blue996]

Re: Atkins and Wine

I still recommend people move up the rungs and follow the plan as Dr. Atkins intended. If you're drinking alcohol while in induction or in the early stages of OWL, you're not doing Atkins.

[rrittenhouse]

Re: Atkins and Wine

I guess I could start to move up through OWL but from reading the book I assumed I should stay on induction until i got pretty close to my goal weight. But yes I could always TRY some of the stages of OWL to see if I lose weight any faster or not. It has slowed down quite a bit lately after losing 30lbs on induction (for 9 weeks) and that was a bumpy 9 weeks because I kept thinking some foods were OK and had to keep making adjustments.

I need to read up more on OWL now since I haven't really read much besides what I've been hearing from people and what I've read so far from the book.


I was just asking about the wine as I haven't had a drop of wine since being on Atkins. There was a time when I slipped up and was pressured into drinking some wild turkey and jager but I told this "friend" to never put me in a situation like that AGAIN.

[rrittenhouse]

Re: Atkins and Wine

When i started i drank about a whole bottle of vodka every weekend and it didnt effect me at all. everyone is different. It depends... are you a physically active wine taster?

I suppose you could call me that? I wasn't into wine TOO heavily (havent built a cellar of my own yet) but I plan on moving in that direction someday. I primarily plan on TASTING (with spitting) not consuming (at least a high amount of it besides what would seep down from the tasting) once I get to that stage.


~Robert Rittenhouse