hello everyone, my name is oksauce and im married to my lovely wife-ketchup. but seriously, im nearly 40 and have been blessed with my son charlie who,s 8months old.My health comes into question as far as ,i want to be there for him through his life and need to be healthier and fit. Ive recently order two vids for the atkins diet ,which i believe in, but got completely ripped off!!. no reference at all to what you can or cant eat. could someone post a list of what fruits and vedgetables you can eat i would be eternally gratefull. ps, im tring to convince ketchup to go on it but she loves friut and vedge.
love and peace always
oksauce x

Hiya saucey

What a bummer about the videos . I hate to say this but the best thing to do is get hold of the book...it will become your bible.

Atkins is in 4 pahses:

induction
ongoing weight loss
pre maintenance
Lifetime maintenance.

So depending what stage you are at the permissable foods vary.

I'm gunna take a punt and guess that you want to start at the beginning or induction.

Induction is a strict two week regime designed to throw you into fat burning mode. In that phase you have to be really strict with yourself and only have those things on the list (her's why you need the book)

In short though the list includes:
Any meat, fish, poultry, eggs.
Up to 4oz cheese per day
2-3 cups of leafy green veggies
loads of water

You mustn't have:
Any fruit
nuts
alcohol
artificial sweetner

these are introduced in later phases

you can add things like cream cheese, mayo, olive oil, sour cream for taste and to cook with.

Hope that helps, but get thee to the library book shop my friend

Lesley

thankyou for taking the time to reply lesley.
I tink your right i need to invest in a detailed book ,but i feel a little agreived since forking out 35pounds on 2 useless videos.
But hey thanks again. Peace and love x

Hiya Sauce.

35 BPs, eh? Ouch! That's about 80 Canadian dollars!

You might find the good doc's website handy: www.atkinscenter.com . Most of the details are there, but it's still important to get your hands on the book. I'm not on the Atkins plan, but I've read it, and still like to refer back to it. It's a lot of excellent info. Perhaps Santa could oblige you, if you're on the 'nice' list and not the 'naughty' list?