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10 Ways to Succeed on Induction

February 6, 2013

The Induction Phase is your first introduction to Atkins. This is the time when you have the chance to jumpstart your weight loss, and it allows your body to become accustomed to burning fat for fuel instead of carbs. If you succeed in Induction, the next Phases of Atkins should become progressively easier. Here are

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An Atkins-Friendly Super Bowl? You Can Bet On It

January 30, 2013

The biggest game of the year is right around the corner. Although there are plenty of tempting game-day dishes that have the potential to send your daily net carb intake into overtime, there are many delicious low-carb options that everyone will enjoy (even your friends and family who aren’t doing Atkins). If you’re on the

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What are your Low-Carb Superbowl Plans?

January 25, 2013

Hello! I hope you all are having a fabulous week so far! I want hear about it – does anyone have an achievement they want to share? Or is there something you are struggling with that you want to talk about? I just love the way everyone in the Atkins community supports one another and

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How to Recover from Indiscretions

January 22, 2013

To err is human. Even once you reach your goal weight, we know—and you know—that occasionally you’ll slip up. The following three situations should help you learn how to handle indiscretions, whether small or large. Small StuffYou find yourself chowing down a cherry Danish, a raisin bagel or another high-carb food of dubious value. Recovery

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When is Thin Too Thin or Fat Too Fat?

January 14, 2013

There was a lot of internet chatter last week about a new report on nearly three million people published in The Journal of the American Medical Association that found those whose B.M.I ranked them as slightly overweight had less of a risk of dying than people of normal weight. Well then… break out the wheat

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Happy New Year!

January 8, 2013

I hope your New Year is off to a fabulous start! This year I’ve made a resolution to try to make an effort to be on time, but I’ve already broken it! How about you? I want to hear your resolutions…we’re one week in to 2013 and I want to know who’s still going strong!

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Make Your Resolutions Become Reality

January 2, 2013

If you’re like most of us, you optimistically welcome the New Year with an ambitious set of goals. But within a few short weeks, those resolutions all too often fall by the wayside and it’s back to business as usual. Worse, you may feel disappointed or even guilty. When those New Year’s resolutions include slimming

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Don’t you just love the holiday season?

December 20, 2012

It is such a special time of year, and it was lovely being in New York last week, the chill in the air, the decorations, the shopping! It was such a traditional holiday setting. The mobile app really came in handy while I was in New York. There are so many options there – restaurants,

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Take Time for You This Holiday Season

December 19, 2012

As you head into the last few weeks of this year’s holiday season, it may be tempting to throw low-carb eating (and any type of exercise) out the window as you operate in pure survival mode, marching through your holiday to do list with frantic intensity. This year, take a moment give yourself a very

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Control Your Carbs, Cut Your Cancer Risk? It’s Possible

December 10, 2012

More research shows that there is a connection between diet and disease. In one of the first studies to examine how diet affects the chances that a disease will reoccur, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, more than 1,000 patients with advanced (stage III) colon cancer reported their dietary intake during a

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