The day has
arrived. You have reached the pinnacle with the
Atkins Diet Maintenance
plan. You have
arrived at the place where you once were in your early high school
days. You look great and the mirror doesn't lie.
Take a moment and congratulate yourself. Now, for a
reality check. The hard part is just beginning.
As many of us know, regaining the lost weight is a fact of
life. But it doesn't have to be this way with the
Atkins Diet. The distinction between pre-maintenance
and lifetime maintenance is sometimes blurred. With
Lifetime Maintenance your weight and food plans have
stabilized and you are in a fairly constant routine.
Your new habits and food choices will allow you to stay slim
for the rest of your life. Review the rules of
lifetime maintenance below.
- Adhere to your Critical Carbohydrate Level for Maintenance (CCLM).
- Continue to eat natural, unprocessed, nutrient dense carbohydrates.
- Exercise regularly.
- Continue to take nutritional supplements, modifying your regimen to meet your needs.
- Develop a strategy for dealing with temptation.
- Never let yourself get 5 pounds above your goal weight.
- Start getting in the habit of looking at the food labels of packages.
- Avoid sugar, corn syrup, white flour, cornstarch and hydrogenated oil.
Learn to develop alternatives to the foods you were addicted to in the past.
- Become more food aware and learn to apply the 5 lb. rule when your weight increases.
It is a lot easier to lose that 5 lbs. than it is to lose 20 lbs. This is most
important to your
Atkins Diet Maintenance
Plan.
Phase
1 - Atkins Induction
Phase
2 - Atkins Ongoing Weight Loss
Phase
3 - Atkins Pre-Maintenance
