I am so excited!! Throw South Beach Diet!!!

[alexanderia]

Re: I am so excited!! Throw South Beach Diet!!!

FitDay.com is awesome!!!!! Thank you, Michael! I have a clearly understanding of net carbs how they work. What a relief.

[Georgiana]

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Here's the link again.

http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...induction.html

[Georgiana]

Re: I am so excited!! Throw South Beach Diet!!!

It does not say how much fats in heavy cream I can have.

It doesn't really matter how much fat is in it. You are counting net carbs, not fat.

You can use fitday.com to keep track of your net carbs (total carbs minus dietary fiber).

can you tell me exactly how much heavy cream I can have?

Did you check the link I gave you above? It says there.

Is with a lot of fats a dangerous to heart?

Not on Atkins.

[alexanderia]

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It does not say how much fats in heavy cream I can have. Thank you so much for your patient. I feel so dumb with this bulletin Board.

I am still reading Atkins rules but can you tell me exactly how much heavy cream I can have? Is with a lot of fats a dangerous to heart?

[Georgiana]

Re: I am so excited!! Throw South Beach Diet!!!

Silk Soy has a lot of sugar if regular, so light soy silk has barely sugar.

You must be talking about Silk Unsweetened Soy Milk (3 net carbs per serving), not about Silk Light Original (7 net carbs per serving).

Can you drink heavy cream?

Did you check the Acceptable Foods List: http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...induction.html ?

[alexanderia]

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Atkins is a high fat diet. You want fat.

Did you read through the links that were given to you?

Atkins is not about "light" products and restricting calories. We eat full fat cheese, butter, heavy cream...

Silk Soy has a lot of sugar if regular, so light soy silk has barely sugar. You are right, it is full fat and I love it! Can you drink heavy cream?

[Georgiana]

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Almonds and peanuts are better choose as these are less fat than most.

Atkins is a high fat diet. You want fat.

Did you read through the links that were given to you?

I also love drinking Silk Soy but have the Light Silk Soy, it has only 70 calories per drink.

Atkins is not about "light" products and restricting calories. We eat full fat cheese, butter, heavy cream...

[alexanderia]

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Welcome Alexanderia!

Nuts can trip me up sometimes, as well. As you move on to OWL and approach Rung 3 (nuts), you might want to consider different strategies for being able to enjoy some nuts without overindulging in them.

Two things I do are (1) weigh my portion and put it into a separate bag, since I have found myself eating more than an ounce when it's just me and the open can; and (2) eat shelled nuts when I can (peanuts, mainly), so it takes me longer to eat my one ounce portion.

When I am into next phase where I can eat nuts, I will get small portion into a small bag from the bulk. Before, I usually had put one or two lbs of nuts into a bulk bag and I ended eating a half of the bag. The kind of nuts that drives me crazy is PECANS!!!! It is only nut I eat. Maybe I change to almonds nuts until I meet my weight goal. That way I don't get out of control with PECANS because I eat Almonds really slow.

Thanks for the adivice.

[alexanderia]

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Adding to Shrew's amazing ideas, consider drinking your nuts.

Unsweetened almond milk is incredibly low-carb, and while thinner, I actually prefer it to regular milk. At a fraction of the carb count, it's amazeballs. It's also perfection for folks who have a lactose intolerance and miss their milk.

Not a bad idea! I also love drinking Silk Soy but have the Light Silk Soy, it has only 70 calories per drink.

[alexanderia]

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When I do nuts, I go with almonds. I toss them in olive oil and coat them with something hot like cayenne pepper, redneck pepper, jalapeno powder, hot hungarian paprika, or even some Dave's Insanity sauce. I bake them for 12 minutes at 450 to crisp them and make the coating stick. Then I make small portions. Having them be crazy hot really limits the amount you eat, and helps with the water intake.

Almonds and peanuts are better choose as these are less fat than most. Chinatown tends to have peanuts in all variety of dishes with vegetables. Yummy!

[alexanderia]

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Welcome!

Do you own a copy of Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution (2002)? Are you reading it?

Atkins allows you to eat nuts, too... once you get to OWL Rung 3. It doesn't mean you have to eat nuts though.

Thank you for clarify that for me. Glad that it is not on allow list of Phase 1.

[tfek70]

Re: I am so excited!! Throw South Beach Diet!!!

When I do nuts, I go with almonds. I toss them in olive oil and coat them with something hot like cayenne pepper, redneck pepper, jalapeno powder, hot hungarian paprika, or even some Dave's Insanity sauce. I bake them for 12 minutes at 450 to crisp them and make the coating stick. Then I make small portions. Having them be crazy hot really limits the amount you eat, and helps with the water intake.

[cleochatra]

Re: I am so excited!! Throw South Beach Diet!!!

Adding to Shrew's amazing ideas, consider drinking your nuts.

Unsweetened almond milk is incredibly low-carb, and while thinner, I actually prefer it to regular milk. At a fraction of the carb count, it's amazeballs. It's also perfection for folks who have a lactose intolerance and miss their milk.

[Shrew2u]

Re: I am so excited!! Throw South Beach Diet!!!

Welcome Alexanderia!

Nuts can trip me up sometimes, as well. As you move on to OWL and approach Rung 3 (nuts), you might want to consider different strategies for being able to enjoy some nuts without overindulging in them.

Two things I do are (1) weigh my portion and put it into a separate bag, since I have found myself eating more than an ounce when it's just me and the open can; and (2) eat shelled nuts when I can (peanuts, mainly), so it takes me longer to eat my one ounce portion.

[mizski]

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I didn't know that you could eat nuts during the induction.

Nuts are not allowed during Induction. As Georgiana mentioned above, you can add them in once you reach OWL rung 3.

I also came here after doing South Beach. I thought it was an excellent plan but after a few months, my weight loss slowed to a crawl. Even though I was doing Phase 2 with only one fruit and one grain per day (the unofficial Phase 1.5) I suspected that I was still having too many carbs. After learning about Atkins, I realized that my daily steel-cut oats (with a bit of agave nectar and milk) and the required daily serving of beans (1/3-1/2 cup) PLUS a fruit put me way over my carb level for weight loss.

Atkins is working very well for me and I hope you find it works for you too. The hardest part for me in the beginning of my transition from SBD to Atkins was to get the low-fat mentality out of my mind. It was awkward at first for me to have real butter, real salad dressing and chicken thighs and legs with the skin on if I wanted. But I have to tell you, these were welcomed changes!

Wishing you lots of success with Atkins and welcome to