Rob – you are doing GREAT!

Keep up the great work, Rob.

Now, the big challenge is giving up sugar and starch. No more sugary soft drinks, chocolate cake (well, there are carb-light recipes, but you know what I mean), cookie dough or candies. I’m chocoholic but it’s been working very well for me, my only cheat is occasional sugarless chewing gum (which is a ‘trigger food’ for me: must stay away at all costs or eat the package). However, I’m about to leave the first, easy phase: the one you go radical on carblessness. From now on, I’m adding (tiny bits of) carbs to my meals and I expect things to get much harder when I start getting hungry again…

If you’d like to try Atkins, I’d suggest the opposite of what the community says: don’t buy the book, don’t buy any Atkins (or other carbless) products. Just read the site, do the free courses and take a peek at the forums. And do log stuff at FatSecret or similar.

And, most important of all, discuss a lot with your doctor. Most are afraid of ketogenic diets and if you have any sort of kidney, liver or heart/vascular problems I believe this kind of diet can be dangerous. If you’re pre-diabetic like I was but without any other health complications, it’s a wonderful match IMNewbieO.

Hope this helps, even if to make you keep away from ketogenic diets ;)

Cheers!