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The Phases and the Food

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The Atkins Diet consists of the following four stages:

Induction

Ongoing weight loss

Pre-maintenance

Maintenance Induction is the first 14 days of the plan, during which Atkins says you can lose up to 15 pounds. This rapid weight loss is due to limiting your carbohydrates to 20 grams a day. The only carbohydrates you can have are low-carbohydrates vegetables like lettuce, broccoli and tomatoes. You are limited to three cups per day. Forget about yogurt, fruit and starchy vegetables like potatoes. If you consume alcohol or caffeine, you're going to have to say "sayonara" to those beverages as well.

During the next stage - Ongoing Weight Loss - you can increase your carbohydrates intake by five grams i.e. take up to 25gms per day. You will eventually hit a plateau and have to slack off your carbohydrates intake once again.

During Pre-maintenance, weight loss will happen a little more slowly and you will be able to "test" certain foods to see if you can safely add them to your diet without gaining any weight.

Once you reach your goal weight, you enter Maintenance and may introduce some more carbohydrates back into your diet... but not the "bad" ones, as they will result in the weight returning.

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Posted by: stdmk(Guest) Posted on: 11/05/2009

how dose no carbs work

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I would like to know how to cook the meat i can eat meat all the time but it has to be fryed? and that about dark meat. I don;t like white meat and skin can we eat it please advise

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