| My husband and I went on the atkins diet | | | | would have some type of protein, fish, animal |
| several years ago. This is the first time my | | | | protein, chicken or beef and a large leafy |
| husband has done any dieting. I on the other | | | | salad with bleu cheese dressing. This was not |
| hand have tried every diet know to mankind. | | | | that different than what we ate before it was |
| Of course he dropped 10 pounds the first | | | | just minus the potato and bread. |
| week, and could not understand why I am | | | | |
| always saying that weight loss is difficult. | | | | After a few weeks the lack of variety started |
| I did lose 6 pounds the first week so I had | | | | to bore us. We were both losing weight, so |
| to agree that the diet was working. | | | | that helped keep us motivated, but we were |
| | | | getting tired of the same meal each night. |
| The first two weeks were difficult to get | | | | Then I discovered some of the recipes in the |
| used to eating only low carbohydrate foods. | | | | back of the atkins diet book. Our favorite is |
| Once we got past that two week mark we found | | | | mashed cauliflower. It is the same texture as |
| that it was an easy diet for us to follow. On | | | | mashed potatoes. The atkins diet book also |
| the atkins diet you eat mostly protein. My | | | | had a recipe for a salad that has all the |
| husband has always been a big meat eater so | | | | same ingredients as potato salad, minus the |
| that part was easy. It was more difficult for | | | | potatoes. You substitute cooked cauliflower. |
| him to give up the potatoes and bread that he | | | | I was doubtful at first, but it tastes |
| ate along with his meat. We needed to find | | | | wonderful. |
| alternative foods that were allowedon the | | | | |
| atkins diet. | | | | Over the years we have added carbohydrates |
| | | | back into out diet. Initially we both gained |
| I bought the atkins diet book which not only | | | | some of the weight back, but now we have |
| outlines the diet but also has recipes. It is | | | | found the right balance for each of us. Long |
| amazing how you can eat a lot of food on the | | | | term with very low carbohydrates did not fit |
| atkins diet and still lose weight. The main | | | | our life style, or taste buds, but the atkins |
| challenge is getting some variety into your | | | | diet was an effective way for us to take off |
| meals. When we first started the atkins diet | | | | pounds. |
| the dinner meal was very easy to prepare. We | | | | |