day 1

Diet Coke is OK for most of us. Dr. Atkins did warn that aspartame
may inhibit weight loss for some people, as can caffeine. Coke uses
both, though the caff is far less than from coffee. A safer soda would
be one that uses Splenda, like Diet Rite Cola, which I think tastes
better than Diet Coke.

Doug Freyburger wrote:
ab wrote:

Not really crazy for
red meat specialy beacuse of uric acid problems.

Not that any food is ever required, but the good news is as you
lose and get healthier uric acid problems tend to go as well.
Also they tend to be cleared up by drinking more water.

Question: since it has no carbs

Alert! It sounds like you haven't read the book. All of the
good low carb plans out there require carbs in the form of
veggies.

Geez, was that diet coke has no carbs, which is a good thing. Nice
way to welcome a new person to the group. Or are you suggesting that
we should now be getting carbs from soda?



and no sugar is diet coke allowed?

You won't get agreement on this point. It has aspartame so
for the first two weeks of Atkins it is out while other plans
often don't object.

A suggestion: Don't make it about yes or no, make it about
changing attitudes. Don't make it into a confrontation with
your old habits, make it about wearing them down gradually.

I suggest viewing diet sodas as a crutch and that some day
soon you'll be able to walk without the crutch. View them
as a substitute for your beloved regular soda and you'll
always want them, and that's a bad habit that you aren't
chipping away at. View them as a crutch and you'll want
to taper off over time. Sometimes it's not where you start
it's the direction you head that matters in the long run.

ab wrote:
"Jeri" wrote in message
...
Cubit wrote:
RTFB

You might benefit from reading Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution. It
sounds like you are eating too much food.
snip

Are you replying to the right post? The OP stated it was his first
day. There was absolutely no mention of how much he ate just what was
purchased.
Lots of people buy meat in bulk. That doesn't mean that's all they
buy or that they go home and eat it in one day.

Thank you, I was about to break out in tears.


You're welcome. You'll soon learn which people have valuable things to say
and which ones post just to see themselves in print.
Take what you need and leave the rest. )
--
Jeri
"Change is inevitable, except from vending machines."

Jeri wrote:
Cubit wrote:

You might benefit from reading Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution.

That's a sentiment most on ASDLC will agree with.

It sounds like you are eating too much food.

Including you, Cubit. The book says to eat what it takes to
get through the early carb cravings. If it takes eating more
than will be eaten later that's the way it goes. The appetite
suppression starts once ketosis kicks in and until then
it's temporarily fine to eat "too much food" so long as the
carb count remains at or below 20 for the day and at least
half from the veggies in the allowed list. Comments about
too much food start having validity a week or two in.

Are you replying to the right post? The OP stated it was his first day.
There was absolutely no mention of how much he ate just what was purchased.
Lots of people buy meat in bulk. That doesn't mean that's all they buy or
that they go home and eat it in one day.

There are these newfangled machines called "freezers"
that have only been around several decades.