New Atkins Lifestyle Diet With A Ramadan Twist

Fasting all day doesn’t necessarily mean a free pass to overindulge come sunset. As we are half way through the Holy Month, if you’ve overdone it on the dates here’s how to get back on track with your healthy diet for the last two weeks of Ramadan. The experts behind the New Atkins Lifestyle diet have come up with an easy-to follow guide on how to keep up with a low carb, low sugar diet throughout Iftar and Suhour. Compared to the old Atkins Lifestyle, the New Atkins Lifestyle allows you to enjoy a wider variety of foods while gradually working in healthy carbs and Atkins snacks to stop those annoying hunger cravings. The New Atkins Lifestyle programme consists of four phases. Those looking to achieve rapid initial weight loss start at Phase 1, which plans out your entire daily diet and exercise routine with the goal of switching your body from burning primarily carbs to burning primarily fat for energy.

Phase 2 consists of gradually upping your net carb intake, while slowly and safely increasing the variety in your diet. Phase 4 is all about maintenance. Now that you’ve lost the weight, it’s time to turn that diet into a lifestyle. Atkins have also come up with a number of Ramadan specific favourites with an Atkins twist, including Parmesan crusted chicken thighs, stuffed courgettes and Atkins lasagne - the recipes of which can be found here. Unfortunately Ramadan-wise, Atkins aren’t too fond on dates, since a date contains 5g of carbs from sugar. Alternatively, Atkins recommend a lower glycaemic fruit, such as a strawberry with a bit of cream, since the fat content of the cream will slow down the body’s insulin response. When breaking fast, try to avoid starchy carbs like noodles, pasta, bread and foods containing white flour. The bulk of your meal should seek to involve foods containing fats such as oils, butter, avocado and olives and protein from salmon, lamb, beef, chicken, eggs and cheese. To aid with digestion, vegetable soups are good, followed by vegetables and a protein source with a drizzle of olive oil. Remember to take breaks between courses and to not overwhelm your digestive system. Lamb stew with various vegetables including broccoli, cauliflower and green beans. Salmon with mixed veg. Vegetable soup with a side of salad drizzled with oil. Omelette with mushrooms, cheese and red pepper. Baked chicken thighs with roasted vegetables. Smoothies including green vegetables. Full fat Greek yoghurt. Atkins crispbread with full fat cream cheese. Avocado mashed into guacamole with crispbread.

I am really interesed in hearing from someone who has been on it longer, since many of the experts are saying it's okay for short term. Has it been out long enough to get any 3-4 month reviews, Congratulations on the weight loss you and your husband have experienced. I ordered the book over the holidays and received it in about a week. My husband and I have been on the diet for 1 week and have lost 5 - 7 lbs. We are happy with the diet and the recipes included in the book. I'm glad to hear that you received your book in quick time, and that you didn't let the little weight gain stop you continuing with the plan. Good luck with the rest of your weight loss progress. I ordered the book from the web site during the holidays and still had it in 4 days. Also been on the program for a week and love it.

The first couple days the scale showed a weight gain of 2 pounds. Thank for your comment. Congratulations on getting your diabetes under control without eating carbs. I truly understand where you are coming from because I am also a diabetic. Any endocrinologist will tell you that carbs are to be eaten to give you fuel and energy, it is just a case of choosing the right type of carbs to consume. Before bread and pasta became staples, man would eat protein in the form of meat and get their carbs from nuts, berries, seeds and roots vegetables, which is probably the best type of diet to follow! If we needed carbohydrates, (1)I would be dead since for a year I ate no carbohydrates in an attempt to control severe diabetes, and (2) there would be no Eskimos since they have only had carbohydrates available in recent history. In addition, what do you think man ate before we became farmers,

Not bread or pasta! Many, many studies have been done that show that carbohydrates are not only not necessary, but that there are health benefits to cutting out all but the carbs available in fruits and vegetables. Thanks for your comment. You are quite fortunate that you got the book so quickly. They have obviously sorted out delivery problems as some people have complained of waiting up to 2 months to receive the book after purchase. Congratulations on your weight loss. Nevertheless I have placed that Con in the Pro section where is it more appropriate. Thanks for highlighting the point. Disagree with most of the cons. Ordered the book from the 17 day diet website and had it within 2 days. Lost 5 pounds in a week. Have never ate such healthy food in my life. Eating like this is WAY more regular than the crap I lived on before. If eating fruits, vegetables and protein doesn't teach the body to crave nourishment, nothing will! Thanks Lee. However,many people have been waiting as long as 2 months from purchase to receive their book. So it appears the service is not very good.