Hi everyone!

I made the decision last week to start Atkins today. I'm glad that I have found a place to go when I need support or have questions. This whole thing is really confusing to me.. so please bear with me!

I have a few questions right off the bat that I need to know for today. So I can't have caffeine, right? Well in the book it has a list of drinks that I can have and it says that you can have iced tea with artificial sweetners. Doesn't iced tea have caffeine in it? Can I still have it? It also says that you can have diet sodas. Does this mean that I can have a Diet Mt. Dew or do I have to have a Diet Caffeine free Mt. Dew?

Also, I bought some chicken salad for lunch. I thought you could have chickin salad, but the side of the container says that it has 8mg of cards per serving. Do I have to count them towards my daily carbs?

Sorry to start off with a million questions, but trust me... there's plenty more were that came from! Thanks in advance!