Well, I've been doing Atkins for about 4 months now, lost a lot of wait, not 100% certain of what my final weight will be (will let my Doctor determine that).

I noticed a few threads where people were talking about things they couldn't give up etc etc. I thought I would share my "start" to my diet.

I have a membership with CostCo. I had decided to try Atkins after reading a story about it on another forum "/. if you know what that is". A few days later I went to CostCo, and bought what I though were better things. Meats (of course), some carrots, oranges, yogurt and milk. I had ordered the books already and was waiting impatiently for them to arrive and just decided to get started.

Well.. a couple nights later I spent a few hours and read alot on the atkins website about what I could and couldn't have, and well... other then the meat I bought, none of it I could have. I was actually quite shocked to find that Milk was so high in Carbs. So, I gave all the food that I couldn't have to my surprised aunt. Except for the one opened bag of milk. I figured that if I had a small (very small, 2 oz glasses) glass of milk every couple of days I would just finish it.

Milk is a weakness for me. I absolutely love the taste of it, especially when its cold. I can turn down anything when its offered to me, but leave it within my grasp and I'll succumb to my desires. Day one and two I had the small glass, day three I had two small glasses, and day four I finished the bag. The lesson I learned is that I really need to avoid having the stuff here.

Now, I think I could avoid the Milk if it was in the fridge, but since I live alone, I won't buy any. Anyways, when I got the book, it turned out that I had ordered the wrong one, but through the website, and what was in that book, I figured out most of what I had to do, and a couple of months later I found out that my Dad had the right book and let me use it (where I learned some more details).

Anyways, just thought I would share this with everyone here.

hey it looks like your doing good keep it up.

It's not reallythe same but you could try unsweetened soy milk. It's OK in coffee or tea and not too bad in shakes. If you drink it alone it needs a little artificail sweetener to improve the taste. Also you can have small amounts of heavy cream in coffee etc.

Good luck.

Hello and welcome to the forum! Best of luck to you!

Welcome! I know how you feel about milk. I keep some on hand for the kids, but I have gotten to the point where it doesn't call to me anymore. You can get there, too.

Best of luck!

I'm planning on trying the "boring plain old" soy milk.

See how it works.