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Dear friends,
after lurking around for a week, i decided to take the plunge. Today is the end of my second day of induction. The first day was very hard indeed. Particularly as I noticed that I had not shopped well enough. Well today, I got some tofu and gluten. I intend to do any frying only in olive oil. I have fish, chicken and eggs stocked for my non-veg days.
I found that I was unable to sleep well on my first night with low carbs. It was definitely more to do with biochemistry than psychology (though some might say they are almost the same thing when it comes to the brain!). I'm very worried about the withdrawal sympton/induction flu which will probably kick in, over the next one or two days. Because I'm currently writing my thesis and hopefully I'll be able to take it.
I am very addicted to sugar and can't drink anything that's not sweet. This has been the hardest part so far, but I'm happy to say that I haven't yet succumbed. My only worry so far is that I used a can of "Malaysian Curry" which indicated that it has about 6.5g of carbs and the list of ingredients had sugar in it. Does this sugar count? Or as long as the net carbs is 20g its all good?
At this point, I just want to say that this forum has definitely helped me make the decision of starting Atkins diet. There is a fair bit of negative publicity associated with Atkins diet, but no objective proof that it is actually harmful for health as long as we eat sensibly and get our green carbs, and responsibly switch to the next three phases of Atkins. I am quite convinced that in my case, it is definitely the refined flour and sugar which has so far proved to be my undoing.
As I don't have a weighing scale at the moment, I don't know the precise starting weight, though I'm pretty sure its around 71kg which is what it was two weeks back. I don't intend to weigh until the next two to three weeks, but my goal is to loose around 15kgs. More importantly, I really want to loose the inches of fat. I'm starting at a waist of 40" and want to slim down to 30".
I'm very hopeful and will try hard to follow the rules. And I want to thank you all for the great job you all have done in convincing newbies like myself that Atkins does work despite all the prejudiced columns out there.
Thanks and wish me luck, I know I'll need your help!
after lurking around for a week, i decided to take the plunge. Today is the end of my second day of induction. The first day was very hard indeed. Particularly as I noticed that I had not shopped well enough. Well today, I got some tofu and gluten. I intend to do any frying only in olive oil. I have fish, chicken and eggs stocked for my non-veg days.
I found that I was unable to sleep well on my first night with low carbs. It was definitely more to do with biochemistry than psychology (though some might say they are almost the same thing when it comes to the brain!). I'm very worried about the withdrawal sympton/induction flu which will probably kick in, over the next one or two days. Because I'm currently writing my thesis and hopefully I'll be able to take it.
I am very addicted to sugar and can't drink anything that's not sweet. This has been the hardest part so far, but I'm happy to say that I haven't yet succumbed. My only worry so far is that I used a can of "Malaysian Curry" which indicated that it has about 6.5g of carbs and the list of ingredients had sugar in it. Does this sugar count? Or as long as the net carbs is 20g its all good?
At this point, I just want to say that this forum has definitely helped me make the decision of starting Atkins diet. There is a fair bit of negative publicity associated with Atkins diet, but no objective proof that it is actually harmful for health as long as we eat sensibly and get our green carbs, and responsibly switch to the next three phases of Atkins. I am quite convinced that in my case, it is definitely the refined flour and sugar which has so far proved to be my undoing.
As I don't have a weighing scale at the moment, I don't know the precise starting weight, though I'm pretty sure its around 71kg which is what it was two weeks back. I don't intend to weigh until the next two to three weeks, but my goal is to loose around 15kgs. More importantly, I really want to loose the inches of fat. I'm starting at a waist of 40" and want to slim down to 30".
I'm very hopeful and will try hard to follow the rules. And I want to thank you all for the great job you all have done in convincing newbies like myself that Atkins does work despite all the prejudiced columns out there.
Thanks and wish me luck, I know I'll need your help!
I wish you all the best of success in attaining your goals! Thank you all! Yay 
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