Recovering Carb-o-holic

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David Monk - 19 Apr 2010 07:03 GMT

Hello everyone, I have been trying to lose weight for the last 5
years and have tried everything. This is the first time I have
heard of the atkins diet, and am really excited about starting this
new way of eating. In my diet I get around 90 grams of carbs a day,
which is much better than I used to get but it still looks on the
high side. The one food that I haven't been able to go without is
Cinnamon Toast Crunch in the morning, which is where most of my
carbs come in during the day. It is really my favorite food, and I
don't think I could stop eating it. I really want the diet to work
for me, and I want to have a lower carb intake, so I figured if I
took 50 grams of Psyllium Husk during the meal it would reduce the
total net carbs and keep me in induction. It will be something
like 70 grams of carbs - 50 grams of fiber = 20 grams net carbs for
breakfast. Is this a legit way to lower my net carbs?

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Doug Freyburger - 20 Apr 2010 19:24 GMT

> Hello everyone, I have been trying to lose weight for the last 5
> years and have tried everything. This is the first time I have
> heard of the atkins diet, and am really excited about starting this
> new way of eating. In my diet I get around 90 grams of carbs a day,
> which is much better than I used to get but it still looks on the
> high side.

It's good that you are lowering your carb intake before starting but you
have not started yet.

I strongly recommend reading the book and following the directions as
they are written including the parts you do not agree with and the parts
you do not understand. People who write books that stay popular have
spent a decade or more working out their program to work very well.

Which edition of the book do you have? 1972 without New in its title,
1993, 1999, 2002 or the 2010 book by Atkins Center sponsored doctors?

There's no way someone new will be able to make stuff up and end up with
as good a plan. One of the keys to the Induction phase is that one bite
really can and does hurt.

> The one food that I haven't been able to go without is
> Cinnamon Toast Crunch in the morning, which is where most of my
> carbs come in during the day. It is really my favorite food, and I
> don't think I could stop eating it.

Addictive foods are often favorite foods. There are foods that I was
addicted to before I started and the first few days weren't easy. As
long as you continue to eat the addictive food the cycle of carb
cravings continues. Most do not like this when they start. Most do not
believe that the cravings really do go away in under two weeks. But the
cravings do indeed go away.

> I really want the diet to work
> for me, and I want to have a lower carb intake, so I figured if I
> took 50 grams of Psyllium Husk during the meal it would reduce the
> total net carbs and keep me in induction. It will be something
> like 70 grams of carbs - 50 grams of fiber = 20 grams net carbs for
> breakfast. Is this a legit way to lower my net carbs?

No. 70 grams of net carbs plus 50 grams of fiber equals 120 grams
of total carbs. 120 grams of total carbs minus 50 grams of fiber carbs
equals 70 grams of net carbs. The 70 stays.

Fiber isn't a magic antidote to carbs. It's a type of carb that is not
digested into carbs.

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trader4@optonline.net - 22 Apr 2010 13:03 GMT

> > Hello everyone, I have been trying to lose weight for the last 5
> > years and have tried everything. This is the first time I have
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> Fiber isn't a magic antidote to carbs. It's a type of carb that is not
> digested into carbs.

Agree with all of the above, especially the advice to get Atkins book,
Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution. Otherwise, sadly, you will likely
wind up like so many others, claiming to have tried Atkins and it
didn't work, when in fact you never did it at all.

And as Doug pointed out, you get net carbs by deducting the fiber
carbs that are already included in the total carb count of the
particular item. Adding more fiber carbs doesn't reduce those already
there.

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