Hi, Ann. The list in the Atkins book is probably the best place to start. (It's really better if you read the book, too, because it will answer a lot of questions, and give you an overview of the food plan, the importance of supplements, etc. It's also a great motivator, to read those success stories, and it will give you the answer to questions friends and family may ask you.)

But a good basic list for induction foods are meat, fish, eggs, cheese (not processed meats and cheese). Salad vegetables -- lettuce, celery--summer squash, broccoli, cabbage. (with butter and salad dressing, real salad dressing, not low fat!)

The low carb shakes and bars don't really go well with induction, which only allows 20 grams of carbs a day. The bars have "hidden carbs" -- carbs that aren't counted in the carb count.

You can do a lot with these basic foods. Check out those Low Carb Tips on the orange bar at the top of the page. Karen has a list of ideas on how to jazz up induction -- even if you don't like every item in her salads, say, you'll get some great ideas.

One of the best ways to start out with low carb is to make a list of the allowed foods that you LIKE -- cheeseburgers (without the bun, but with all the fixin's) say, or fried chicken (fried in oil, no breading). When you start getting bored with these is the time to poke around and find some recipes.

In addition to all the info on this site (check out the Hot Links thread on Newbies Questions!) this is a site that has several induction menus that might help get you started:

http://users.erols.com/dyandan/links.htm

Good luck!

I agree with Alto, the best thing is to read the book you can find it at walmart for about $ 5.95. It has a list of allowed foods and the amounts you can eat while on induction... I hate to say this but low carb bars and yes even atkins say they only have a couple of carbs but in reality they have at least 9 carbs a bar.. I dont know much about the shakes...

The best shopping list for now is meats , real butter, cabbage, brochlie, coliflower, salad stuff, cucumbers, tomatoes, sour cream, heavy whipping cream liquid form, eggs, cream cheese (not the lite kind either) olive oil, olives(black), real salad dressing (try to find one low in sugar and low in carbs) the best i have found is blue cheese, romano and parmasean cheese kind, or any thing you can find thats low in carbs, cheese ( real cheese) , string cheese

Those are just a few items. The book is loaded with great information that will help you out... Its worth buying and reading over and over... There are some other books as well I hear people talk about also..

Hope this helped..

Good luck

Tammy

Opps forgot the most important part

WELCOME ABOARD.........this is a great forum full of support and answers... The people here are great and offer great advice...

Greetings and welcome aboard!

Assuming that you have DANDR (and if you don't, then get it) there is a decent carb counter - and removable if you like - in the front cover.

But during Induction, your choices are very clearly spelled out. Go to page 121 and really thoroughly understand the Rules of Induction. Starting on page 124 is the list of allowed foods during Induction. Stick to it. These should also make up the core of what you eat after Induction. Then, once you are off of Induction, there is a list on page 171 that spells out the order in which you should start adding in other carbs.

What is DANDR???

Sorry.

DANDR is "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" - the latest version of his book (came out in 2000 or so with the first paperback printing in Jan 2002).

Shorthand abbreviations are real common on any Internet forum - this one is no different. Most of the real common ones can be found in the Low Carb Tips link on the orange bar at the top.

HTH (Finding that one is your next assignment - I never did figure it out until I finally stumbled on the abbreviations link.)

Cheers!

HTH: hope that helps? I refuse to go to the abreviations link, MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Oh and welcome annl80