New member, have a few questions.

[Nick]

I'm a new member to the site but I've been coming here for about a month. I've never actually used a message board before so this all still feels kind of foreign to me. I started Atkins February 28 this year and it's been working better than I could have ever imagined. And knowing me I've been very lucky not to get off track yet. I'm still on induction but started eating almonds for convenience when nothing else is available. Is this ok? Also if anybody has any suggestions on other convenient foods that I'm allowed I'd really appreciate them. Also I was wondering if I should be exercising more. I ride bike 2 days, lift weights one day, and then rest on the fourth day and repeat. Each exercise session is about 45-50 minutes. Does this sound appropriate or should I be doing more?

[chinadoll]

Re: New member, have a few questions.

Your exercise sounds fine. I would suggest that you move up the rungs since you are already eating nuts anyway. Rung one is adding veggies so you just up your carbs to 25 a day. Rung two is dairy and you also add five more carbs. Then rung three is nuts. You can basically say you skipped 2 and went to three so you could just try adding the dairy and moving on from there.

[JulieB]

Re: New member, have a few questions.

Exercise seems good Moving up the rungs is definitely advisable - it won't hurt If you can find sugar-free (may have to order online) jerky or pepperoni sticks, they make ok snacks. I'm trying to avoid too much processed stuff, so I mostly use 1oz chunks of cheese for "emergencies". Lots of people use boiled eggs or devilled eggs as quick snacks too. Wrapping a piece of sandwich meat (watch the ingredients) around a celery stick, sugar-free dill pickle or piece of cheese is also a quick-fix.