Atkins Diet Foods 2

You owe it to your dieting success to stay within the acceptable foods list. One of the best ways to do this is to follow the Atkins menu plans that are printed within the New Diet Revolution book.

There are also Atkins cookbooks and cookbooks that are geared toward other low carb diets that are helpful in formulating meal plans, but that is the main one. You can also get a lot of online support at various websites, to help you stay on target.

It’s a helpful idea to use a cheat sheet of acceptable Atkins foods wherever you go. If you are out and about and hungry, the last thing you want to do is to try to think back in your memory to figure out what you can and cannot eat.

Carrying a list of acceptable foods with you will make finding a snack or meal while out on the run easy. You can’t always rely on “low carb” labels to tell you whether or not something is diet friendly.

Ever since low carb became the new diet craze, manufacturers have been jumping on the bandwagon to attract Atkins dieters. They label items low carb just to sell products, and don’t have your diet success in mind. Relying on foods from your own personal list is the best way to stay on the plan.

Another good resource for keeping track of the appropriate Atkins foods is an online diet program. There are several available. Some are free and some have a small monthly fee.

The programs require you to register, and then they provide you with personal weekly menu plans based on your needs and your carbohydrate gram level.

There are normally printable weekly shopping lists that make picking up your Atkins diet foods from the grocery store easy and quick. They usually have alternate suggestions as well, for example, for people who are vegetarian.

Atkins diet food is easy to find once you know what you are looking for. The books, food pyramid and online resources can help you make better food choices and stay on the diet for the long term.

You will be pleased with your results and watch the weight drop off in next to no time if you stick to the induction program. Most of it will be water weight to start with, but even 5 pounds is a victory in the battle against the bulge.  It will also be a good stepping stone to your next 5 pounds lost, and so on, til you reach your target weight.

Just keep in mind that many, many people will boomerang their weight right back on again, and sometimes even more, if they don’t stick to this diet.

As I said, carbs are so prevalent in everything we eat, that if you try to go back to eating ‘normally’, you will gain the weight back.  If you successfully lose weight on this diet rapidly, it means you ARE carb sensitive, and therefore not like other people.

Luckily, Atkins foods are not just for dieting, but for a healthy life on the go.

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Carolyn Stone has been working in consumer health publishing and women’s interest publishing for over 22 years. She is the author of more than 200 guides and courses designed to help readers transform their lives through easy action steps. In her spare time, she is actively involved in fostering children and pets.