Diet Plan

Atkins Diet – Simple Advice

• Eat enough calories. For most people eight to ten calories for every pound of current weight. Too few calories will cause your body to go into starvation mode and weight loss will either slowdown or stop completely.
  
  
• Drink enough water. You must drink at least 68 ounces of water a day. Some believe that you should drink half of your weight in water daily. Water helps lipolysis and in getting rid of keytones.
  
  
• Weigh and measure yourself once a week only while on the Atkins plan. You should see a decrease in inches and even if you don’t, you will see it in weight.
  
  
• Eat the amount of carbs that make you feel your best.
  
  
• Eat only natural, unprocessed, nutrient dense carbohydrates. Stay away from sugar.
  
  
• Exercise regularly. If you are told you can lose weight without exercise, run don’t walk in the opposite direction. Physical exercise helps your body to use the food you consume appropriately. Too little exercise can do as much damage as too much exercise. Your doctor can help you determine what your activity level should be. Start off really slow and build up so that you will gain more benefit from your food plan and exercise.
  
  
• Continue to take nutrient supplements according to your needs and under a doctor’s supervision.
  
  
• Keep a weight loss and food journal. If a significant event happens like the death of someone close, the loss of a job, or too many bills you might want to note that. These events could affect how you eat. Actually anything significant that happens should be noted because good stuff can also affect you. In this journal you should also note exactly what you eat at each meal, and if you are a diabetic you will be able to understand how certain foods affect your blood sugar levels negatively or positively. Obviously you will be noting your daily testing results. By doing this you will be able to recognize patterns. When are your levels the highest or the lowest? Be sure to share these things with your physician, as he or she will be able to help you determine what to do.
  
  
• Read the labels on everything. Look for any hidden sugars like syrups and look for anything that ends in “...ose”, such as lactose, fructose, sucrose, maltose and dextrose.
  
  
• Lose weight faster. In order to accomplish this try reducing your caffeine intake.
  
  
• Set realistic goals. A healthy weight loss typically is not much more than one to three pounds a week. Any more than that could be unsafe. Losing weight too quickly can trick your body into thinking that it is starving and rather than losing weight your body will stop losing weight and try to hang on to what it can to survive. Aside from all of that, note that any large initial weight loss will likely return if you return to normal eating habits.