Whether you've lost weight by doing Atkins and want to make your success permanent,or you're new to Atkins and are concerned about your health and weight control,Atkins for Life is for you.Filled with advice and tips on navigating the everyday challenges that can come with eating low carb in a high carb world,this book provides a simple and straightforward lifetime program that anyone can follow.With Atkins for Life,finding your goal weight and staying there has never been so easy--or so tasty!

Atkins,cardiologist and founder of the Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine in New York City,has advocated his high protein/low carb diet regimen for some 30 years (Dr.Atkins' Diet Revolution was published in 1972,and Dr.Atkins' New Diet Revolution in 1992).While fans of the butter-eggs-steak diet have long supported the Atkins program as a way of life,until this past year,the medical community has not warmly endorsed the plan.However,recent students show that the Atkins plan has enabled dieters to both lose and maintain their weight loss as well as reduce their cholesterol levels.This book,which can be used by people familiar with the Atkins plan as well as those who have not followed it,offers detailed questionnaires designed to help readers understand the preferred food choices.Particularly helpful are the charts of "eat regularly," "eat in moderation" and "eat sparingly." Some of the inclusions may surprise readers but Atkins offers explanations of which foods fall into the "higher carb" categories (potatoes,bananas,rice cakes) and therefore must be limited.First-person success stories are sprinkled throughout the book.The second half of the book includes a month's worth of meal plans,holiday menus,and 125 recipes for a variety of foods,including jerk shrimp,potato salad,brown rice pilaf,zucchini latkes,rhubarb applesauce and chocolate souffle.While this diet won't work for everyone,especially vegetarians,this guide is a comprehensive overview for dieters who are ready to embrace the Atkins philosophy.

Acknowledgments

Introduction: It's a Lifestyle...

Foreword

PART ONE: A Lifetime Plan

1 The Atkins Advantage

2 A Lifetime of Health

3 Yes,You Can Eat Carbs!

4 The Skinny on Fat and Protein

5 Putting It All into Practice

6 Get Moving!

7 Everyday Challenges

8 Looking Forward

PART TWO: Eating for Life

Getting Your Kitchen in Order

How to Use These Meal Plans

Thirty Meal Plans at Each Level

45g Net Carbs per day

60g Net Carbs per day

80g Net Carbs per day

100g Net Carbs per day

Twenty Meal Plans for Special Occasions

45g Net Carbs per day

60g Net Carbs per day

80g Net Carbs per day

100g Net Carbs per day

Carb Counting IVlade Easy

125 Recipes for Success

References

Index