This is the famous Atkins diet plan. If you follow it correctly you can lose up to 1 Lb. per day.

Instructions for Atkins diet:

• Do not eat more than 20 grams of carbohydrates daily.

• Use a carbohydrate counter (make a list of foods totaling 20 carbohydrates or less).

• You may eat when ever you are hungry (calories do not count).

• This diet consists of pure proteins, pure fats (butter, olive oil, canola oil,
vegetable oil, mayonnaise etc.) and any combinations of proteins and fats.
You can eat as much fat as you want!
What is not allowed is carbohydrates (this is a major no-no).

• You may drink water, coffee (decaffeinated), tea, diet soda (read label). Any
drinks with no carbohydrates are allowed.

• You may eat up to 3 cups of salad vegetables or 1 cup of cooked vegetables.

• Join a low carbohydrate group.

• If you want to take appetite suppressants with this diet, do NOT drink caffeinated coffee/tea.
Drink decaffeinated coffee or tea.


You can eat as much meat & cheese as you want.
Some people may have problems with particular cheeses and meats, which contain hidden sugars and carbs.
READ YOUR FOOD LABELS !!!
If you do not lose weight, try eliminating certain cheeses or meats from your diet.

Free foods (meats and cheeses)--- 0 carbohydrates:

MEAT	FISH	FOWL	SHELLFISH	EGGS	CHEESE
Beef	Tuna	Chicken	Oysters	Scrambled	Aged and Fresh
Pork	Salmon	Turkey	Mussels	Fried	Cow and Goat
Lamb	Sole	Duck	Clams	poached	Cream Cheese
Bacon	Trout	Goose	Squid	Soft Boiled	Cottage Cheese
Veal	Flounder	Cornish Hen	Shrimp	Hard Boiled	Swiss
Ham	Sardines	Quail	Lobster	Deviled	Cheddar
Venison	Herring	Pheasant	Crab Meat	Omelet	Mozzarella

Vegetables: (These vegetables have 10% or less of your daily carbohydrate intake)
Lettuce	Romaine	Escarole	Arugula	Endive
Radicchio	Chicory	Sorrel	Mache	Bok Choy
Chives	Parsley	Cucumber	Radishes	Fennel
Peppers	Celery	Jicama	Posse Pied	Alfalfa sprouts
Mushrooms	Morels	Olives

Other raw or cooked vegetables: (These vegetables have some carbohydrates.  Please limit to 1 cup per day)
Asparagus	String or Wax beans	Cabbage	Beet greens	Cauliflower
Chard	Eggplant	Kale	Kohlrabi	Tomato
Onion	Rhubarb	Scallions	Leeks	Spinach
Summer Squash	Zucchini	Okra	Pumpkin	Turnips
Avocado	Bamboo shoots	Bean sprouts	Water chestnuts	Snow pea pods
Sauerkraut	Collard greens	Dandelion Greens	Christophene	Broccoli
Spaghetti squash	Celery root	Brussels sprouts	Artichoke hearts	Hearts of palm

Foods you can eat on the Atkins Diest