Question

[Firewoman]

Hi everyone hope you are all well and your dieting is going well. Im just about to move onto OWL and im a bit confused i understand u increase your carbs by 5g a week, from the six food groups on pg 174 of the atkins book, what i dont get is it says add one group at a time but eat no more than three times a week of the same food group to begin with. Does this mean for example on day one of the OWL i have the say a tomato from the first group, the next day i can move onto group two and say have cottage cheese? or should i stay on group one for more than one day before moving on? and and also i take it u cant mix the food groups in the same meal to start with? Thanks guys.

[2big4mysize]

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6 food groups?? do you have DR ATKINS NEW DIET REVOLUTION 2002 copyright?

there are 9 groupings for us to reintroduce and we do so in the order Dr Atkins prescribed. the fisrt group id 5 more net carbs of those yummy induction veggies you eat your 3 cups from induction and add 5 more net of those. after a week or more you when you are satisfied you have explored those foods and undertand if any of them effect your blood sugar and/or weight loss you move to the next rung which is the fresh dairy on and keeping those veggies you now can have 5 net carbs of the fresh dairy foods.

if you don't have DANDR 2002 check the OWL forum stickies for the rungs and some help understanding better.

[Firewoman]

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Thanks for your reply i have the 2002 book yes it says vegetables, dairy, nuts and seeds, fruits, juices, and convience foods is this correct? you suggested staying on one food group for a week then move to the next group but page 179 states eat no more than one food group more than three times a week?

[not2late]

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I'm guessing you have the paperback version of the book? On page 171 the Carbohydrate Ladder is listed. The "power of 5" is a suggestion of foods you can add to the daily menu.

[Firewoman]

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i see yes thanks i must have missed that page out lol what about the fact that it states eat no more than one food group three times a week

[Elizellen]

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what about the fact that it states eat no more than one food group three times a week

Good reading, firewoman - you have spotted an error in DANDR which many people dont notice!!
Here is a post that explains what it really should say
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ead.php?t=5108

[Firewoman]

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thank you for that link Elizellen was very helpful, i know what im supposed to do now, so after a week of being on veggies i can then move onto dairy the second week, then nuts and seeds the third week and so on? introduce a diff food group every week?

[2big4mysize]

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if you want to. many fok go slower so they know how their body reacts to many of the foods in those rungs. it is a double edged sword we are playig with in OWL. we are testing both new foods and a bigger net carb number and some times it is hard to tell moving rapidly if it was the higher carb level or the food on the rung or the whole rung that is causing us the issues should we have any.