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[featdoc87]

Hey everyone. I'm Jon. 21. Student and Server. Basically I used to be pretty thin. In high school especially but college has taken a huge toll on me. I went from 180 to now 250... pretty scary if you ask me. I hold the weight well surprisingly, but i just feel bad. I'm nowhere near as active as i used to be, i played baseball, but i do excercise as much as i can.

I heard from a friend about the diet so i'm trying it... though i know nothing really about it.

Essentially i'm eating less than 20 grams of carbs a day and drinking a lot of water. Is that the gist of it? I'm a broke college student so... i don't have many resources...

[Georgiana]

Re: New to this all

Hi Jon.

Yes, you have to eat no more than 20 g of net carbs per day, that's right. But it is also important where these carbs come from.

Induction is the first phase of the Atkins Diet. It lasts for at least 14 days and has a set of rules one should follow: http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...induction.html

There is also a list of foods you should stick to. If something is not on the list, you should not eat it -- not as such, nor as an ingredient in another food. The Induction Acceptable Food List is here: http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...induction.html

You should be eating 3 cups of vegetables per day, maximum 1 of which can come from the "Other Vegetables" list. Furthermore, more than half of your net carbs should come from veggies.

Cheese is limited to 3-4 oz per day.

By the way, net carbs are total carbs minus fiber. Some sugar alcohols can also be subtracted, but different people react differently to them as they metabolize them in different proportions.

To maximize your weight loss results, avoid Atkins products, caffeine, sugar alcohols and foods sweetened with aspartame (e.g. diet sodas, Jell-O).

If you are eating at the university cafeteria, you will have to be very careful about hidden sugars, starches and diary products. They often add a form of sugar (e.g. dextrose, corn syrup, molasses, honey), milk, yogurt, buttermilk, corn starch and so on in the recipes.

Try to buy the book -- we go by "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" (2002) here, which is the last one Dr. Atkins wrote before his death. I think it's $7 or so at B&N, but you can get it cheaper from Amazon or eBay. Atkins is a way of eating for life, not just a 2-months (or whatever) diet, so you will find this book useful for a very, very long time.

Happy Atkinsing!

[featdoc87]

Re: New to this all

Thank you for the comment and the links. I'm gonna look over everything and try to get the book. I'm sure i can spare 7 dollars lol