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14 Ongoing Weight Loss The Second Phase of Atkins（第1页）

14OLoss:TheSedPhaseofAtkins

Ifyou'restartingOLoss（OWL），Iknowthatyou'vesucceededdoingIndugratulatithefirststageoal!OWLiswhereyou'llstarttailAtkinstofityourspecialtastes;it'swhatmakesAtkinssouniqueandsuchapleasure。

AlthoughmorelehanIndu，OWLwilluetorevealthewondersofdissolviagradualdetherateatwhichthepoundsandinchesdisappearthisisadeliberatepartoftheplaorepeato:Allowingafewmoreatthisphaseisoreturntoyouroldhabitsofdiningonfoodsfullofsugar，whitefloura;junk"carbs。Thequalityofthecarbohydratefoodsyoueatuestobeasimportay。

FothepositivegesyouhavealreadybeguntoenjoylNowyou-notthatnameless，food-obsesseddemoheoneinchargeofyourappetite。Ahingsyouhaveonyourplate!Ihecrispydueserestaurantsorelettesgarhickslicesofavtheluxuriesyouhadtodoerewatgyourfatintake。Andyou'reonanutritionalplanthat'shealthierthananyotheryou'vetriedbefore。

ButIknowthatwhatinitiallybroughtyoutothisbookrobablyyourwithbei。Solet'slookatthebigweightlosspid，asthechapteruafolds，you'lluandhowOWListhekeytobeiperson。

MakeYoalSpecific

You'vesetagoalnow，andthat'sgreat!Butmakesureyoalisspecifigtolose35pounds，forexamplef，isfarbetterthanplanni;some"weight。Youwilllikelylosesomeweight，butyouprobablywon'tlosethefull35unlessyouholditinyourmiionofyourjourney。

Thejouraphorisapt。Imagiiogoonafamilyvawithoutaclearideaofwhereyouwaogo。You'ddrivearoundaimlessly，andyouwetsomewhere，butitprobablywouldn'tbethesameplaceyou'dendupifyou'dadestinatio，it'sthesamethiloss。Anybehavioralpsychologistwilltellyouthatyouaremorelikelytoachieveyourlifeifyouhaveaspecificpiyourmindofhowyouwanttoge。

Visualize!

Inotherwords，onceyou'vesaid，"Okay，Iwilllose35poundsandIwillweigh140poundsagain，"goeveead，imaginehowyourbodywilllook，thinkabouttheclothesyouhidinthebackoftheclosetthatyou'llbeabletainandtheadmiringlooksfromyourfriendsandfamily。Imagiuallybeingfortableinshortsorabathingsuittontheskislf!ifyouarelikemaheyearsthatyou'vegaiyotabitsmaller。Wheoapoolparty，youcameupwithsomeexcusetoavoidgoier。Whenyourkidslay，youjustweren'tupforit。Whenyourfriendshikedupahillwithease，youhadtolagbehind，huffingnmipuffing—orjusthadtocallitquits。Atwork，youmayhavehada-greatideaatameetiooself-sciousaboutgettingupinfrooexpressyourself。Imagihatyouwillbedoingleasurewithyourfriends，familyandco-workers。Visualize，visualizeandvisualize。Thengooutahappen!

Havingnspecificgoalalsohelpsyoukeeptabsressasweekafterweekyougettoseethepoundsvanishing。Sowhenyou'vesent15ofthose35pintooblivion，youknowyou'realmosthalfwaythere。Aftersomaheehroomsdthemeasuringtapeareabouttobeeofyourbestfriends。Themirror，too。Youknowthatmirror，theoneyoucouldbarelylookat?Andwhenyoudid，shtpersaredback。

I'dliketoremihattherearepeoplewhodon'tultimatelysugAtkihey'tgetpastthenotionthatadietissomethiooff，asyouwouldabus。Butatrue"diet"isnotanex。Sudividuals—whogetonandthenoffArkihepeoplewhoolose40poundsbutlosei28。Thentheygobacktotheiroldwayofeating，andfourorfivemohey'rebackwheretheyweretobeginwith。Typically。each"ex"aleavesthemwithafewmorepoundsthaime。Don'tbethatkindofper，n!

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I'dliketoiosomeonewhodidgetcdttheArkinsbus。Fortuhelongnmabathebusandhasittedtobeipassenger。Ba1979，GaryRizzio，aputerprogrammerfromColoradowhoisnow45，lost60poundsdoingAtkins。Butwhilereginbedfromabrokenaedhisboredomwithall-ohejunkfoodsheusedtoeat。Thatbrokethespell，andbefhisto250，aayedfortheeenyears，whenhehadamildheartattack。Hisfamilyhistoryidiseaseaesrandeep。Hisdoctorwasblunt:"Dietandexercise"hesaid，"oryou'llhaveashortlife。"

Garytriedalow-fatdietandlost1poundinthreeweeks。Sohecamebae。Ittookhimsixmonthstolose50pwhichtimehebecameacreativecook。Hesayshemightmakeaurkey，avoandcheese，orhe'llsauteredonionsags。Healsoeatsalotofchef'ssaladsandseafoodandsalads。Andhenowexerinutesaday，fivedaysaweek。

GaryhadbeenonhiswaytobeiAtkinsimprovedhisblood-sugarlevelssomuchthathisprimary-carephysioffoionaher。Histotalcholesterolhasdroppedfrom212to178。Withalltheseges，it'snosurprisethathe。It'sjusttoobadthatittookamildheartattackfetbaboard。Ihopeyouwillheedtheroessagebefsucha>

WhatOWLDoes。forYou

Yepertageofyou，yourdestinyyhtandstayingthereforlifeisbestmetbyrealistisideringwhichlevelsofcarbohydrateioyou。inOWL，youhysidemotionalwell-beiburningahthegustatorypleasurelyvarieddiet。SpecifiOWLyouwill:

·uetoburnanddissolvefat。

·maintaintrolofyourappetitesuffitlytotrs。

·learnyourthresholdlevelofcarbohydrateption，youtouetoloseweight。

&abreofhealthyfoods，selegthosethatyouenjoymost。

&omakethemost-riongcarbohydratefoods。

&elyslowyourrateofweightJossiolaythegroundworkforpermama

HowtoDoOWL

&hreekeydiffereionandOWL。Thefirstisobvious:Youwillorecarbohydrates。Sed，whereasduringInduyouateyourproteinandfatfoods，plusthreecupsofsaladandies（andthespecialfoodssuchasavocado，olivesandsourcream），OWLallowsyoumuchmorechoice。Thatmeansnowyoucraftaweightlimenthatisuniquelyyours。Butitalsomeans—ahethirdkey'，hatggramsofcarbohydrateistrulyyourresponsibility。

Ifyoudon'tt，youcouldgetiuihthehelpofthecarbramthisbook，whichwillfamiliarizeyouwiththenumberofgramsofonfoods。Foramoreprehensiveguide，referto。atkier，orpurchaseacopyofDr。Atkins'NewCarbramter。AfteryouhavebeendoingAtkinsforawhile，youwillbegiuralfeelforthetsofyourfavoritefoods，butitisalwaysagoodideatokeepyourterhandysoyoucheeworunfamiliarfoods。