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If you are truly going to turn in your Atkins towel, then at least don't give up on your dieting in general! Atkins is the best thing to EVER happen to me so far as a diet goes. I struggled with 5 pounds at a time and never got ANYWHERE doing low fat diets but with Atkins I've already lost 7 pounds and this is the first week. I'm so happy and excited, motivated and determined!


But if it is something you think you can't find a way to live with, that's understandable. I don't know how much weight you have to lose or how long you'd have to be on induction... but you do realize, don't you, that you add other foods back into your diet in the second phase? So you don't eat just meat and cheese and eggs forever... plus induction has more to it than just pieces of meat and cheese and eggs.

Look through the recipes and menus boards if you're still willing to and see if you can't find some fun ideas. I made a casserole that my non-Atkins friends drooled over and had to join me in last night. I'm gonna try the mock up of fried rice... I had crustless quiches... I love fried bologna with lettuce... I made a great tilapia salad with Blue Cheese!!! There's lots of yummy things to eat that are much more exciting than the basics if you look. Just plain cooked meat isn't how to go. Learn to make some fun recipes! I even made just a plain pork roast the other day and it was SO good because I'm on Atkins and I didn't have to avoid eating the fatty parts (which were sooo nummy).


I'd say give everything a once over again and make sure you go back and read up on the 4 phases. Know that this is a diet that DOES work for the long term and that you DO eat more than meat and cheese and eggs as you lose more and more weight.

But if you absolutely can't stick to Atkins, don't give up on your diet in general. Don't give up on yourself. There are many great ways to lose weight and while this is the best one for me, it may not be the best for you. Weight Watchers was my diet of choice before Atkins because I lost 40 pounds on it once in only 5 months, (but for me the weight didn't stay off ) and there's a GREAT support forum for it over at Dotti's Weight Loss Zone (you can Google it). And that's not the only other diet out there.

Above all, don't lose faith in yourself and your ability to lose weight if you want to. I hope you decide to stay with Atkins, but either way, I hope you manage to meet your long term health goals!

Best wishes,

Shei