finishing induction
Tomorrow is my last day of induction...yeah!! I had lost 5 pounds as of last week and tomorrow is scale day. I have to be honest, I am really nervous about leaving induction. It is so easy to know what to eat on induction. And I may stay on it just to keep losing. I guess my question is... on OWL do I just need to be concerned wiht keeping the carbs down or are thier still NOT ALLOWED foods? I am sure I will have more questions soon and I can't believe how nervous I am about going off induction (probably tells me something!!)
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First off, some of us always stay at or near induction levels. Did you read the book? After induction, you are supposed to raise your carb level by 5 grams a day per week. Of course, healthy carbs (veggies, low carb fruits, etc) is suggested.
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Hi.. thanks for your answer. I did/do read the book. I keep it close by at all times. I just don't exactly follow doing it taht way. Here is a simple question that will problaby take care of it for me. As long as I stay around 20 carbs (cuz I really don't have a problem doing that) can I basically eat "regular"... what I mean by that is...if my family has let's say au gratin potatoes for dinner... can I eat a few (and I mean a few) bites of taht as long as I keep it within my carb count??
Eating this way is not hard for me but every once in a while I want a bite of something my family is eating. If I keep it within limits is that okay?? thanks cathy |
IM on day 17th, I plan on doing induction to lose all of my weight basically. Im going to go through all of the phases to make sure I dont gain after I lose it. It just depends on how fast you want to lose weight I suppose and how hard it is for you, because induction is hard!
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I am almost 11 weeks into the diet and still at induction level carbs. Like you said...it's not hard for me so I am staying there for awhile. I had so much to lose too. My DH moved on to OWL as he wasn't satisfied with induction after 3 or 4 weeks. Just be careful with the "tastes" of au gratin potatoes, etc. The carbs there can send you waaaay over your carb level really fast. Congrats on what you've done so far!
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Reread the chapters on OWL. No you can't just eat regularly and stick to 20g of carbs a day because carbs are not created equaly. The glycemic index comes into play. What this refers to is how fast a certain food will raise your blood gluclose level and how high. There is a reason he recomends adding back in veggies, dairy, and low GI fruits long before grains and starches. Potatoes, are more of a maintanance thing, not on OWL.
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Ladybelle covered it very well. OWL is the same list of induction foods with a few additional foods added very slowly so that you can determine how your body reacts to them. Follow the carbohydrate ladder in the book. There is good reason Atkins laid out the plan the way he did.
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