Quick Weight Loss, The Atkins Menu Plan - 2
Phase 3 : Pre-Maintenance
Once you have reach your ideal weight, you will need to proceed to the third phase of Atkins Diet i.e. Pre-maintenance. This is a crucial phase as its prepare you for permanent slimness. During this phase, weight loss will slow down and under control in preparation for Lifetime Maintenance.
What you have to do is identified your Critical Carbohydrate Level for Maintaining (CCLM) in much the same way you did with CCLL during OWL. Add 10 grams of carb daily. It may take some time to fine-tune your critical carb levels for losing and maintaining.
Add new foods slowly, one at a time, and discover the impact of various foods on your body. You could allow yourself up to 20-gram carbohydrate treat a few times a week. You could also choose to spread your carbs over the course of the week, having very low carbs for a few days before a special dinner out.
This phase of Atkins is the hardest one of all, because you need to learn to control your portions and your appetite. Once you begin to eat more carbohydrates, you will go out of lipolysis. When you are out of lipolysis, you will again be subject to cravings.
You're learning the eating skills that will serve you well for the rest of your life. You can help control your appetite by not skipping meals and by not eating carbohydrates without protein and fat to slow the rush of glucose into your bloodstream.
In order to prevent craving, choose from the lower-glycemic index foods list.