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Old Mon, Dec-15-03, 16:49
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 212/175/159 Male 66 inches
BF:33/23/14
Progress: 70%
Location: Spartanburg, SC
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Hi,
I think you will be much better off if you do a strict induction for at least the two weeks. After that you may want to increase your carb intake or maybe just occasionally have some of the low carb substitutions while staying at induction levels.
I am now into my 4th month on Atkins. I followed a pretty strict induction for about two months. Now, there are a few substitute foods that I use.

Low carb ice cream - maybe 1/2 cup per week.
La Tortilla Factory tortillas - several times per week
Atkins breakfast cereal or MiniCarb granola - several times per week
Nature's Own 7 carb bread (5 net per slice) - one,two slices per day
Hood's Carb Countdown milk - with my cereal
Hood's Carb Countdown chocolate milk - one glass, 3 or 4 times per week

I have never felt the need for any of the candies even though I used to be a 3 Musketeer junky.

The cereals, granola, tortillas, and bread are good methods to insure your fiber intake.

I am probably eating 40 to 60 carbs per day and I am still losing weight, although not as rapidly as before.

Lots of luck,
Johnie
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Plan: Atkins - Modified OWL
Stats: 290/250/135 Female 5'6
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Location: Flat Rock, NC
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Thanks for all the input guys!! I have decided to definitely do the strict induction but I am sstill going to drink my fruit2o's unless I feel like I am not losing weight at the rate I would like, then I will cut them out and even still I will limit the number I drink. My SO and I are hellbent on losing weight together and since I do all the cooking around the house I am sort of leading the way.
I do however plan to move onto a 'modified' OWl after 2 weeks. I want to keep the carbs at 20g but add some low-carb subs. Those doughnut holes sound absolutely delicious and I too could eat my weight in doughnuts!! {grr..lol thats a lot of doughnuts!!} I think eating a little more artificial sweeteners is definitely the lesser of the evils compared to pigging out on high-carb products. I really don't have a 'sweets' addiction, its more a bread and potato addiction but my SO is seriously addicted to sweets and I think it would be a much more pleasant WOL for both of us if we could supplement with some of the stuff we both love!! Thanks again for all the input, you guys are grrrrreat!!!
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