It is also very important not to consume any alcoholic beverages while on the Atkin's diet. Alcohol contains tons of carbohydrates and empty calories. There are 3 stages to weight loss of the Atkin's diet. The first stage is, "What Induction Can Do For You-, which will switch your body from a carbohydrate-burning metabolism to a fat-burning metabolism and stabilize your blood sugar. The second stage is, "Moving Into Ongoing Weight Loss-. In this stage you will add more portions of vegetables without shifting significantly away from protein and fat to carbs. The final stage is, "Lifetime Maintenance Is Truly for a Lifetime-. This stage is sets of meal plans that help you maintain your goal weight. This four stage eating plan allows you to knowledgeably select which foods to eat based on your need to achieve weight loss and weight maintenance. .
After 3 months and losing 25 pounds, Shane became lazy with his diet. He ate large servings of carbohydrates per day and began partying and drinking. Now, Shane being the big man that he is could drink between 12 and 16 beers in one sitting. All those carbohydrates and empty calories ruined his diet. Eventually Shane just gave up the whole diet. He was back to his poor eating and drinking habits, which cause him to gain 15 pounds within one month. .
Tracy's diet is the exact opposite of Shane's. Instead of cutting out carbohydrates in her diet, the only thing she ate was carbohydrates. Tracy decided to go on an all carbohydrate diet. Carbohydrates are combinations of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O). The basic formula: CnH2nOn. All carbohydrates are made up of one or more molecules of simple sugars. Monosaccharides or one-molecule sugars, those commonly found in food are: glucose, fructose, and galactose, disaccharides which are two monosaccharides linked together, and polysaccharides (complex carbohydrates) are made up of simple sugars (monosaccharides) or their derivatives linked together in different ways.