Breakfast usually included my Atkins staple...bacon and eggs. Lunch would be a normal portion of protein (chicken, beef) a salad and sauteed green beens. Dinner would be proportioned pretty well (veggies, protein, carbs). I do admit to probably eating more carbs that the other two portions but good grief, six pounds. The first day I started CAD, gained two pounds of water weight. The next day they were gone and I got so excited. The day after that gained three pounds and after that it kept going up. I completely freaked and went back to Atkins.