How to Lose Weight Quickly on Atkins

In 1972, Dr. Robert Coleman Atkins unveiled a nutritional plan he called the "Atkins Diet," which emphasizes cutting carbohydrate consumption and increasing consumption of foods rich in protein. The concept behind the diet is that bodies will resort to burning fat cells instead of carbohydrates, a main energy source. It is possible to burn 15 pounds of fat in just two weeks according to the diet's official website.

Things You'll Need

• A variety of food rich in protein
• Notepad and writing utensil

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Instructions

• 1

  Cut your carbohydrate consumption to 20 grams during the two-week induction phase. Check nutritional labels to see how many grams of carbohydrates your food contains.

• 2

  Eat three meals a day and drink eight glasses of water. Food options are flexible as long as you keep carbohydrate consumption to a minimum. Keep away from fruits, breads and starchy vegetables.

• 3

  Get moderate exercise on most days of the weeks for at least 20 minutes. This includes walking, jogging, dancing and other forms of aerobic exercise.

• 4

  After the initial two-week phase, increase your consumption of carbohydrates by 10 grams per week as long as you continue to lose weight.