Hello Durian and Mrs K. Thank you for your PM. I am going to start tomorrow, I'm not completely sure of the program. I've read the weight loss chapters once but I need to go over them again, it's a bit confusing. I was hoping to use a protein shake with added spinach some mornings for breakfast some thing I learned to love from the IP diet. I want to check out if chia seeds are allowed and maybe add these to the shake. My holiday was not too relaxing (I have 4 yr old twins) and my husband didn't travel with me. But I had a fantastic time. I am ready to begin eating well. Did either of you measure your bodies. I think I will try and take before pics and measurements tomorrow. Good luck.

Do you work out? or take the cold showers? or PAGG stack supplements? We could start posting some meal recipe ideas??

Hey people!
I have been reading about this program, and I think I can do this. I am a bit nervous, but I am going to go for it. I am going to get my beans together and hope to have a great meal. I look forward to seeing the pounds drop off. I am already excited about my cheat day. I brought some cheesecake, and its been in my freezer just waiting to be eaten. I guess I will take care of that on Saturday

Hey!
I am new to this site, so I am not sure when you posted this, but I am planning to begin tomorrow. How are things going?

Hello All. My start last week was a non starter. But I started on Monday and so far so good. I am eating a protein shake with spinach and chia seeds for breakfast with an egg. Then I have meat and veg for lunch and dinner with some beans. Lots of food! I hope I'm not overdoing it. today I have some avocado, cottage cheese, chicken and veg for lunch. I have been eating a couple of walnuts or almonds too. I will let you know on Saturday morning pre cheat day how my weight is going. Looking forward to cheat day. I am having cravings but am able to say no. I'm also taking the supplements that are suggested in the book. Keep posting. Good luck.

Hi ladies... I jumped on here to see if there were any posts about carb cycling and found this. This sounds very interesting as a previous atkins success. I did atkins for about a year and lost a significant amount of weight. 213 down to 140 and maintained there for a while. However, I started nursing school and the stress just got to me and I gained it all back in the last year or so. I think I will try this on Monday and eat an Atkins like diet for the 6 days and enjoy a cheat day because honestly that is what has stopped me from starting Atkins again. Always feeling so horrible after I cheated and basically having to start all over again. So I read here you count no carbs, are you supposed to stay with in a certain number or just eat the foods from the list and not worry about it. I cant imagine you would get to many on the non cheat days with the foods you have listed but that will be a hard habit for me to break lol. Even when I am not doing Atkins I find my self looking at the carb count in everything. I look forward to reading more about your successes!

I've been following the slow carb diet without doing any exercise. I am eating the suggested supplements. It's going well as of this morning I'm down 5 lbs. tomorrow is my cheat day which I'm excited about and nervous about. Reigning it back in on Sunday will be the real challenge. I think I will use the morning of my cheat day as my regular weigh in day. I had a breakfast of eggs and beans today, took too long to prepare and felt heavy to eat. i'd rather stick with a protein shake for breakfast. Let me know how any one else is doing.

Today is the morning of my cheat day. i'm starting with a protein/spinach/chia seed shake.I weighed in at 219.4 lbs. Down 7 lbs since Monday. Great. Anyone else out there want to get this thread active?

Tomorrow is weigh in day for my second week. Cheat day was enjoyable but Sunday was a challenge to pull back from eating carbs, I did eat some carbs in the evening which I know slowed my weightless for this week. Still hanging in there. I will post my second week weight loss tomorrow.

I have been thinking of switching to this plan for the holidays. I am currently doing Atkins, so it would just be adding in legumes, and having a cheat day. Is it really that important to have the beans. I think my protein is good, and I will have to give up cheese, but that wont be hard. I am still averaging a 2 to 4 lb. Loss a week on Atkins. What is everyone else averaging.

Check out the other thread.... The slow carb diet.... there is some information there.

Hi, I just joined this site for some support to start the slow carb diet. I'm at the highest weight I've been in I don't know how long. I have tried Atkins a couple of months ago, but I felt so low in energy and couldn't get rid of the headaches even when I made sure I added additional salt (too much water loss resulted in headaches). But need a bit more of a lifestyle change and I really love beans, so fingers crossed. Today I had a decadent work holiday lunch, so tomorrow will need to be my first day. Plan to make some bean dishes and precook some chicken to make things a little simpler when there isn't time to cook. Also aiming to wait and not have my cheat day until Xmas even, which is a little over a week from now.

Hello Missy123. This thread is not active. We are on The Slow Carb Diet thread. There is a few of us over there. Good luck.

I want to start but modify it to fit me accordingly, because by the book always make me want to quit. Just my two.