My Atkins Quick Start Guide

Hi there and welcome to my Atkins Challenge, so you want to join me in losing weight, becoming healthier with an Atkins lifestyle, well ahoi :o) Now that I’ve been on a low carb lifestyle for a while I thought it would be a great idea to share some of my knowledge and resources, of course am no guru, but I think these tips I provide will be a of real benefit to you, after all there working for me so far.

So what are my tips.

Tip No. 1

My first tip would be, go out and buy the Dr. Atkins book, “Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, book.” <-- or get it from here...Without this book you will be lost.

Its essential reading, after all how do you know your doing Atkins correctly, without reading the book. It will teach you the fundamentals of the diet, how the body works and why a low carbohydrate lifestyle is extremely successful. If you’re a bit tight for money don’t worry, you can buy this book on Amazon from the link above, if you buy a used version, you can get it for as low as $0.01. Now if that’s not a bargain to get better health, what is!

Tip No. 2

Before you start the low carb way you need to first read the Atkins book, seriously get familiar with the principles. You don’t have to read the entire book, but I recommend at least reading the first few chapters up to (At least) and including the Induction Phase chapter. Besides the first two weeks you’ll be following this phase.

Tip No. 3

Whilst your reading the Dr. Atkins book and learning the processes to healthy living, start to clear out your cupboards and fridges of high carbohydrates, high processed junk foods, say good bye to an unhealthy lifestyle and temptation, and say hello to the new you. It’s a good idea to clear out your shelves, so you don’t deviate from your plan.

Tip No. 4

So you’ve read the book your familiar with the plan, and your ready to lose weight, but what’s next before starting. Stop! Go see your Doctor. Why?? for a health check, explain your going to change your life, by losing weight easily on the Atkins plan. Ask them to weight you, measure your height, check your blood pressure, blood cholesterol and just get a confirmation from them that you will be ok to do so.

Tip No. 5

Ok this is the difficult bit (if your not a fan of what’s on the allowed induction food list), then here is my big tip to being that more successful/faithful during this Atkins period. Devise a list of ten low carb meals and lunches that fit your taste. This is a real important step to prevent you from getting bored of your food choices (Which could eventually lead to potential deviations). Planning like this will successfully adjust your eating habits. If you can create 10 meals and 10 lunches (even 10 breakfasts on top) you will be set to go, and the Induction phase will be easy, a breeze and hardly boring.

Following this big tip, you’ll be indirectly forming a shopping list. This means, when your about to begin Atkins, hopefully you’ll be going into the supermarket and will be buying only what’s on your list. This prevents you from being lured into buying high carb junk foods ;o)

Tip No. 6

This step is preparation for the mind, and it’s probably the most overlooked most important step. Please set yourself a realistic and meaningful goal. Don’t say I want to just lose weight, or I just want to be healthy, nope that’s not good enough! You need to say, how much you want to lose, give a figure, perhaps a time, or even say I want to become a size blar blar. Your goal is unique to you, and it has to have personal value/meaning to you (Check out Motivation Show 4 – by the spikeyhairedgirl, to see what I mean) otherwise during your darkest hours, you may lose focus of your goal and deviate from your plan.

Tip No. 7

Be in constant communication with fellow low carbers, be honest with yourself, learn more about your diet, get involved. Perhaps start up a blog, keep a written journal of what your eating, your current sizes, your moods etc. Your not alone, a lot of people are trying to lose weight or have lost weight and can help you. Partner up with someone if you can, or just keep in contact with me and let me know about your progress. Feel free to post comments/questions on my site.

Tip No. 8

Definitely check out the my YouTube Gurus section, alongside reading the Dr. Atkins book, you will find tones of low carb wealth, tips and tricks to keep you onboard. Plus if you have questions, these fellow low carbers would be glad to hear from you.

Tip No. 9

This is an important tip, in fact for optimum health and weight loss you have to do it. Get active, do some exercise even if it’s just 15 minutes of walking a day. Pull a nikey, Just Do it! When I mean exercise, I don’t mean, go out and kill yourself type work outs just at a leisurely pase. Just be active ;o)

Tip No. 10

Last tip, drink plenty of water / fluids. This is an extremely important point, to prevent headaches, cramps, constipation etc… It’s real easy to do, and may help you pass the induction blues.

All that said and done, these are my top 10 tips, there working for me so hopefully they will work for you. Please take them onboard with the material you read from the Dr. Atkins book, and in no time you’ll reach your goal.

Here is to our Success :o)