In the original Atkins book during induction, people were not allowed to eat vegetables. He said you could have a cup of lettuce if you wanted one. Kind of like olives or heavy cream are in todays version. Is there a medical reason that the veggies are now a big part of induction or was it done to make the diet a bit more "user friendly"? I have not lost any weight forEVER and I was thinking of the fat fast, meat fast, etc..and I thought..why not just try the original diet without all the vegetables.