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Slapshot- Hello! You and I have similar goals. I myself am married, with a 6 month old, and my main reason for starting Atkins again is for the benefit of them both. I am a 27 year old male who relatively have been in great shape for most of my life. I played football in both elementary and highschool (a total of about 10 years) and was always active. Each summer, I would do Atkins Induction phase (in highschool) to prepare myself for the season and would always drop that 10 stubborn pounds I gained over the summer. Now, here I am, at 27, nowhere near as active as I was. Comfortable in my marriage and a father and have gained about 60+ pounds over the last 9 years since graduating. Between college and my wifes home cooking, there was no way around it.

I begain Induction on Monday and have been dropping weight the last couple of days. (I also dabbled in proper eating last week which helped me to drop a little, however, I think this is all water weight) I currently weight 248.6lbs and would like to get down to about 185lbs.

I have the Atkins book and have been following with all the acceptable foods listed, however, I am now finding out, via this thread, that some of the things I have incorporated into my meals are not good. (ie. The Atkins Advantage shakes and bars, steak sauce) On Monday, I had very little steak sauce on my porterhouse (about a tablespoon) and i've been drinking the shakes daily as one of my snacks. I've only had the bar once in the last three days, and since stopped since reading they aren't good to have during the Induction phase. Could someone please clarify?

A general idea of how i've been eating is as follows (today's meal plan for me)

Breakfast: Eggs w/ cheese and 3 strips of bacon with a bottle of water
Snack: Atkins Advantage Shake
Lunch: Cheeseburger (no bun obviously) with chopped onions, caeser salad with bacon, parm cheese and one egg, 2 tablespoons of caeser dressing and a bottle of crystal light.
Snack: Two hard boiled eggs and water
Dinner: Baked chicken and asparagus with Diet Dr. Pepper
Snack: Pork Rinds and water

I am very serious about being successful with this, however, with losing a larger amount of weight, rather than the 10lbs I would usually drop, I want to make sure there are no margins of error!

All replies are welcomed!