Atkins diet phases
The Atkins diet phases are:
Phase 1: Induction
Phase 2: Weight loss
Phase 3: Pre-keeping weight
Phase 4: Maintaining your new weight for life.
Let’s explain in a few words the specifications for each stage:
Atkins diet phase 1: Induction
The first and most important phase, from specialists’ point of view is induction. This is the stage in which carbohydrate restriction is at the higher level.
Atkins diet phase 2: Weight loss
This is the phase when you start to lose weight. On average, 1-2 pound a week are “burned” in this stage. The main specification for this phase is to increase the amount of carbohydrates with 5 g each week. In practice, you can get to consume up to 30-35g of carbohydrates every day. Although you may find it difficult at this stage to keep on dieting, once you will start to see the results you will get motivated to keep on going.
Atkins diet phase 3: Pre-keeping weight
On average, when you enter this stage, you are only 2-3 kilos lighter. There are many reasons why in Atkins diet you will not lose weight very fast. Anyway, in this stage the goal is to lose 0.5- 1 pound each week. Now you are allowed to progressively increase the amount of carbohydrates, up to 40- 50 g a day.
Atkins diet phase 4: Maintaining weight
Generally, when you reached this stage, you have already lost enough weight and you reached the ideal weight. The main idea in this phase is to maintain your figure throughout the rest of your life. It is highly possible to make mistakes after you have finished the diet, but always keep in mind that you should eat no more than 90 grams of carbohydrates every day, for the rest of your life. Do your best to keep this limit.
Although it is hard not to eat food outside the list of Atkins diet like bread, fast food, chocolate and others. But every time you feel the need to eat prohibited aliments, remember where you started and how hard it was for you to get to this result and feel happy about yourself when you look in the mirror.