Phase 2 Of Atkins Weight Loss

Nothing is a better incentive to continue on a successful diet plan than weight loss. Ongoing weight loss (OWL) is your goal during Phase 2 of the Atkins low carb diet. Phase 2 teaches you how to handle and manage your own carb intake by gradually introducing more and more carb into your Atkins low carb diet week by week. You’ve been eating 20 grams of carb per week with protein and fat foods, plus 3 cups of salad for 2 weeks throughout the Induction Phase of your Atkins low carb diet.

OWL allows you to add more choices gradually while you continue to lose weight. Once you’ve established your weight loss pattern you can craft a weight loss regimen that is uniquely yours. Week 2: Add 5 more grams of fresh dairy including 5 ounces farmer’s cheese, pot cheese or mozzarella cheese or ½ cup ricotta cheese or heavy cream.

If your weight loss continues you can eat 10 more grams a week with the addition of acceptable veggies or dairy. Week 3: Add 5 grams from what you tolerated above or from seeds and nuts including 10 to 12 Macadamias, 14 Walnut, 24 Almond, 31 Pecans, 3 tablespoons hulled sunflower seeds or 9 cashews. If your weight loss continues you can eat 15 more grams a week with the addition of acceptable veggies, dairy or seed and nuts.

Week 4: Add 5 grams from your above selections or add berries ¼ cup of fresh blueberries, strawberries raspberries and cantaloupe or honeydew melon as well as ¼ cup of lemon or lime juice or ½ cup tomato juice. If your weight loss continues you can eat 20 more grams a week with the addition of acceptable veggies, dairy, seed and nuts and berries and melons.

As long as your weight loss continues steadily, you can go up another level to 25 grams of carb the following week for a total of 45 grams of carb per week and so on. When you stop losing weight, you have reached your CLL. Revert to the amount of carb that allowed you to lose weight the week prior. With all these new carb choices you will be encouraged to continue down your path of healthy eating and weight loss. Try my Green Bean Delight recipes as a perfect introduction to OWL.

Sirtfoods are all readily available and accessible foods and some of the top Sirtfoods include kale, rocket, parsley, red onions, strawberries, walnuts, extra virgin olive oil, cocoa, curry spices, green tea and coffee (yes, coffee!). In contrast to previous popularised diet plans where the focus is on cutting out foods, with Sirtfoods the benefits are reaped through eating.

Along with fat burning, Sirtfoods also have the unique ability to naturally satiate appetite and increase muscle function making them the perfect solution to achieving a healthy weight. And their health enhancing effects are so powerful that studies show them to be more powerful then prescription drugs in preventing chronic disease, with benefits in diabetes, heart disease and Alzhemier's to name just a few. It's no wonder that it is well established that the cultures eating the most Sirtfoods have been the leanest and healthiest in the world.

What does the Sirtfood Diet entail? Phase 2 is a 14-day maintenance phase, where weight loss continues steadily. It's all about packing the diet full of a wealth of Sirtfoods in a sustainable and realistic way. This is achieved by eating three balanced Sirtfood-rich meals daily, along with a 'maintenance' Sirtfood green juice.

How is the Sirtfood Diet different to other diet plans? A remarkable finding of the Sirtfood Diet trial is that participants lost substantial weight without losing muscle. In fact, it was common for participants to actually gain muscle, leading to a more defined and toned look. That's the beauty of Sirtfoods; they activate fat burning but also promote muscle growth, maintenance and repair. This is in complete contrast to other diet plans where weight loss typically comes from both fat and muscle, with the loss of muscle slowing down metabolism and making weight regain more likely.

But what really marks out the Sirtfood Diet as special is that it's all about what you put onto your plate, not what you take off. It's about eating the foods you love not cutting foods out or demonising whole food groups. Forget calorie counting, forget low carb, forget low fat, and forget kooky food restrictions full stop.

Dark chocolate, curry, and coffee are all very much on the menu, along with a bounty of other genuinely tasty foods. It's a highly effective way of eating for people who enjoy food. Is the diet sustainable over a long period of time? Or is it better to just do a week of it, and then return to your normal eating habits?

The Sirtfood Diet is all about re-discovering the true meaning of the word 'diet'. Not some faddy means to lose weight at any cost, but a sustainable way of eating that reaps lifelong benefits. We know that the only successful diets in the long run are diets of inclusion, not exclusion.

With that principle in mind, one of the things we love is the idea of 'sirtifying' your meals. That means taking some of our most cherished dishes and giving them a Sirtfood twist. Chicken curry, chilli-con-carne, pizza and pancakes all appear in the book, retaining all their great taste, but with heaps more goodness thanks to some simple swaps and Sirtfood inclusions. What are the benefits of the diet? In our Sirtfood Diet trial, participants lost an average of 7lbs in 7 days, including increases in muscle and muscle function.

But to think of it purely as a weight loss diet is to miss the point. This is a diet that has as much to do with wellness as waistlines. Increased energy, clearer skin, feeling more alert, and better sleep are the pleasant 'side effects' from this way of eating. Sometimes the benefits are even more remarkable, including cases where following the diet in the longer term has even reversed metabolic diseases.

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