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