Pizza, Ice Cream, Cake, Cookies and BOOZE

I have been eating all those things and still lost weight consistently and viceversa. What counts is that you eat less calories than you consume not what type of calories you eat. You might well stop eating pizza, pasta and cakes and still go overboard on other foods. Be sure to login all what you eat and burn and the results will come

You have to follow the plan. Everthing about it. It does not work with cheats and shortcuts for sure.

1972 Atkins was Dr Atkins first plan -
2002 was the last plan/book made that Dr. Atkins worked with
At thiat time in 2002 a few things had changed - the plan allowed for a bit more veggies and included a more detailed description of how to move from induction towards maintenance. At that point the glycemic index had been discovered so that more was known about how food impact blood sugar and the idea that fiber is not real carbs was included

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