I have been doing Atkins for the past 5 months, but due to health reasons (I had a small bowel obstruction) I am unable to currently stick to such a low carb plan. I will be moving from liquids, to soft food, and then to a normal diet......over the course of the next week. I was in the hospital for 4 days and gained 5 pounds from IV fluids and whatever other liquids they could get in me. Now, I want to get back to some sort of low-carb plan......and hope that CAD or CALP will be the way for me to go now.

Any suggestions on how to go from total low carb to doing one of these plans? I feel so depressed that everything I have worked so hard for the past 5 months now has to change, but the doctor told me that it may be a while before I can actually tolerate meats, cheese, or anything else hard to digest.

Thanks.