I have been here for the past few days, reading and posting occasionally. I finally dug out my Atkins book. First I went to the section about Induction and read about the allowed foods. Then I paged through and read a couple sections that were of interest to me. Now I have started at the beginning of the book and am going to read it all, straight through.
I did Atkins years ago. I kept my weight off for 10 years with it. My first Atkins book actually fell apart from wear. It was easy to do when I lived alone. When I met my husband, whom I have lovingly named "Mr Potato Head" my low carb lifestyle gradually went by the wayside and I ended up 200+ pounds. This is not going to go over well with him. He doesn't understand it, and he is one of those people who can eat whatever they want and not gain weight. He eats tons of carbs,,,,potatoes, sweets, and salty snacks. He always tells me "You will never get fat eating potatoes." My reply is always "No, YOU will never get fat eating potatoes. I will end up looking like a potato, and I do!" LOL
At this point, I am removing starchy carbs from my diet while I read the book, which might take a week to get through the whole thing, then I plan on officially starting Induction. This should ease my husband into the fact that I am not going to be eating bread, potatoes, rice, pasta, cookies, cakes, pies, ice cream etc. I can cook dinner and make potatoes for him and omit them for me. And if we eat out, we can each make our own choices. But I know I am going to hear how bad this is for my health, and I am just going to have to be strong and block him out. Being a type 2 diabetic, I expect this to do wonders for my blood sugar readings.
That is so important and unfortunately, many people attempt to do Atkins without ever cracking the book, depending on websites and worse yet, hearsay from others who attempted to "do Atkins" and sadly, did it incorrectly and then quit after a week or 2 because "it didn't work for them."