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I ordered and received the book "Atkins for Life". It arrived last night. I've only had the chance to scan through it, but look forward to reading it more soon.
One thing that I found interesting was in a gray box amidst one of the chapters. It was basically for people that only had this book and hadn't used the 2002 book with all 4 phases. (This book is obviously geared mostly towards phase 3 and 4.) It said if you have more than a few pounds to lose, you should start with induction. If you only have a few pounds to lose, start with 60mg carbs a day and see what happens. If you're losing, stay there and add 5mg carbs a week until you gain and then back down by 5mg and you're good to go. If you don't lose or you gain on 60, lower to 50 and then see how that goes...and so on.
I just found it to be interesting and just a different take on basically the same diet for those with little to lose. I would definitely stick myself in this category as I only have 5-10lbs to lose. I'm not going to suddenly up my carbs to 60 to try this way instead, but I am inching my way up. I don't know what would have been easier. It's so nice not being hungry all the time and I wonder if starting at 60 would have the negative of not eliminating cravings. Who knows.
It's got nice recipes in the back of the book too. Seems like a good buy and I look forward to reading more.
Bree
One thing that I found interesting was in a gray box amidst one of the chapters. It was basically for people that only had this book and hadn't used the 2002 book with all 4 phases. (This book is obviously geared mostly towards phase 3 and 4.) It said if you have more than a few pounds to lose, you should start with induction. If you only have a few pounds to lose, start with 60mg carbs a day and see what happens. If you're losing, stay there and add 5mg carbs a week until you gain and then back down by 5mg and you're good to go. If you don't lose or you gain on 60, lower to 50 and then see how that goes...and so on.
I just found it to be interesting and just a different take on basically the same diet for those with little to lose. I would definitely stick myself in this category as I only have 5-10lbs to lose. I'm not going to suddenly up my carbs to 60 to try this way instead, but I am inching my way up. I don't know what would have been easier. It's so nice not being hungry all the time and I wonder if starting at 60 would have the negative of not eliminating cravings. Who knows.
It's got nice recipes in the back of the book too. Seems like a good buy and I look forward to reading more.
Bree
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