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nikkil: How's your energy level?
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Its fine. I really haven't had any reduction in energy which is usually high since i started Atkins.
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nikkil: I guess one concern that may come up is that if you stay low for too long, it actually might stall you so if you do happen to stall, try boosting carbs for a few days and see if it gets you losing again...
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So far, I haven't had a stall, yet. I measure my weight each day, but use the 7-day average to determine results. I lose about a pound or so per week on a steady basis.
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whyspers: Dr. Atkins did say something about "six months or more" in the book.
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I seem to remember that he had a couple of examples where people stayed in induction for up to 6 months, but not more.
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whyspers: I think the big thing that concerns most people about the really low carbs is that it would mean one wasn't getting the nutitional value from the veggies.
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I eat about a half a pound of veggies a day.
I only eat unprocessed food no low carb products that aren't natural. I prefer to start with raw ingredients vegetables and meat and proceed from there. I cure and smoke my own bacon, chicken, and sausages. If I didn't live in a condo I'd probably grow my own veggies, but luckily, I have a wide selection of good produce close to my house.
I initially had problems planning meals because I wanted to be accurate in my calculations vegetables cannot be measured accurately with a measuring cup. I wound up developing a web-based application to plan meals, develop recipes, and track my statistics. A couple of friends who are also doing low carb diets asked to use the software, so I set-up beta test access to it. If you'd like to try the software to help with your meal planning,
click here. Then click on BETA TEST SIGN-UP to obtain a password. There's also about 70 of the low carb recipes I've developed on the site. I think the recipe are partly responsible for why my daily carb intake is so low. I'm able to maintain a varied and tasty diet using these recipes as a base.