Atkins Diet - A Straight-up Review

My husband and I went on the atkins diet several years ago.
This is the first time my husband has done any dieting. I on
the other hand have tried every diet know to mankind. Of course
he dropped 10 pounds the first week, and could not understand
why I am always saying that weight loss is difficult. I did
lose 6 pounds the first week so I had to agree that the diet
was working.

The first two weeks were difficult to get used to eating only
low carbohydrate foods. Once we got past that two week mark we
found that it was an easy diet for us to follow. On the atkins
diet you eat mostly protein. My husband has always been a big
meat eater so that part was easy. It was more difficult for him
to give up the potatoes and bread that he ate along with his
meat. We needed to find alternative foods that were allowed
on the atkins diet.

I bought the atkins diet book which not only outlines the diet
but also has recipes. It is amazing how you can eat a lot of
food on the atkins diet and still lose weight. The main
challenge is getting some variety into your meals. When we
first started the atkins diet the dinner meal was very easy to
prepare. We would have some type of protein, fish, animal
protein, chicken or beef and a large leafy salad with bleu
cheese dressing. This was not that different than what we ate
before it was just minus the potato and bread.

After a few weeks the lack of variety started to bore us. We
were both losing weight, so that helped keep us motivated, but
we were getting tired of the same meal each night. Then I
discovered some of the recipes in the back of the atkins diet
book. Our favorite is mashed cauliflower. It is the same
texture as mashed potatoes. The atkins diet book also had a
recipe for a salad that has all the same ingredients as potato
salad, minus the potatoes. You substitute cooked cauliflower. I
was doubtful at first, but it tastes wonderful.

Over the years we have added carbohydrates back into out diet.
Initially we both gained some of the weight back, but now we
have found the right balance for each of us. Long term with
very low carbohydrates did not fit our life style, or taste
buds, but the atkins diet was an effective way for us to take
off pounds.

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