Hi Everyone!

I'm a 21 year old student from Holland. I have been on this diet (Atkins) for 4 days now, and I can see it is working...Since the 1st of January, I started a low fat diet, but only lost 3 kilo's (about 6 pounds), now, after 4 days, I have already lost 5 pounds... I know it must only be water, but it doesn't matter. I've been reading about low-carb for the past three weeks, and after my holiday in Turkey I started Atkins.
One problem is that I read all these wonderful recipes on the net, but they need all these special kinds of ingredients... like Spenda etc....BIG BUMMER!
I guess I'm here, because in Holland there is virtually no support for this low carb life style, and I would like to hear more from others.....

Thanks....

Bye!

Hello Vickolien and welcome to the forum.

Hi and welcome to this forum. It is great to see new members from Europe.

Glad the first few days of Atkins are going well for you. Don't worry about not being able to get Splenda, there are lots of good things to eat without it. If I really want a sweet treat I use sugar free jelly or make a cheesecake and use artifical sweetner. Although its not something to eat large quantaties of, a small amount will not hurt. You can probably find that in your shops, Hermestas Gold granules are suitable for cooking.

Which part of Holland are you in. I'm off to visit my friend who lives in Haarlam, near Amsterdam, towards the end of the month.

Every success with Atkins and come back here to tell us of your progress.

The problem is that we can't get sugar free jello here..... Of course I can make it myself. The only sweetener here is aspartame, and I've read that that isn't always the best option...
I live in The southern part of Holland, Tilburg. Haarlem is about a 2 hour drive from where I live...

Thanks for your response!

Bye!