Hi Amanda,
I think that if you make the diet too complex, it is going to be hard to stick with it...
The simple way, is just the way Aitkins wrote it...and I truly believe that the weight will come off.
I do, however, subscribe to the belief that you need to drink 2litres of water a day...at the minimum...seems each time I get below that mark I gain a bit of weight...so I try to get in more than the two each day...on the days that I hit 3 liters...seems I lose a bit more.
Just some food for thought.