Low Carb Diet Tips

I just wanted to report in that as of today, I have been doing a modified Atkins and have lost 5 pounds in one month. I have to say what Atkins says in the book is true. Before I started this modified Atkins I was hungry all the time. It was so bad I had to carry food with me constantly. I exercised like crazy but never lost any weight. Now I can go for four hours without feeling like I am starving. Also, before I started the modified Atkins, I would have terrible drops in my blood sugar where I would feel shaky and weak. I don’t have those any more. I couldn’t believe what a difference this small change made.

Here are some of the changes I made in my diet

1. Stopped eating cereal, toast, bagel or oatmeal for breakfast - I now have a hard boiled egg or scramble two eggs or have a piece of cheese wrapped in a low carb tortilla. You can buy low carb tortillas in the tortilla section at your grocery store.

2. Stopped eating so much fruit - I have maybe two or three servings of fruit a day (a banana, orange or applesauce) as compared to five or six.

3. Added more vegetables - I make a big salad and put it in plastic containers. The salad lasts all week and I have at least a small salad every day. I usually put cheese on it and sometimes top it with tuna fish.

4. Eat less sweets - I still have a cookie, a few pieces of candy or a small serving of ice cream everyday. I just don’t feel the need to eat a whole candy bar, a huge serving of ice cream or cake. I am content with a small portion. What has helped also is when I get the big container of ice cream I put small portions into small plastic containers. That way when I want ice cream I just take a little cup out of the freezer. No need to wait for it to get soft and the portion is controlled.

5. Stopped eating yogurt - I realized though yogurt was good for the protein, there was way too much sugar in it for me. I was also eating Kashi Bars which I realized had way too many carbs in them.

I can’t tell you how amazing it is that I don’t crave crackers, pretzels, chips or sweets. I just don’t have to have them the way I did before. Plus I am losing weight. Not real fast but still it works out to about a pound a week.

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