I am a newbie and need help :)

"Hannah Gruen" wrote in message ...
"Ada Ma" wrote

There was a debate here a while ago
on whether cheese got loads / hardly any carbs. To be honest I have
no idea who won the debate, but since you're in Induction, it's best
to play it safe and assume that it has quite a bit of carbs.

Regardless of the outcome of the referenced debate, cheese is generally NOT
high in carbs, especially hard cheeses. Most are well below 1 g per ounce.
It's important to check labels, however, as there are some exceptions. Soft
cheeses, and things like cottage cheese, are a bit carbier and best saved
for after induction.

If the OP is eating large quantities of cheese, it can add up. But the more
significant effect on weight loss would be the very high calories in all
that cheese. I believe Atkins has limited hard cheese to a couple ounces a
day during induction, due to the high calories. Personally, I found cheese
to be very helpful during induction and probably ate more than the 2 ounces
for the first week or so. It's probably more important to successfully shift
from a carb-centered diet to a fat/protein-centered diet, than to keep
calories low, during induction. Once that transition has been made, about 2
weeks for most people, then it's a good idea for many people to make a point
of limiting somewhat cheese and other high-fat (high calorie) foods in order
to help weight loss along.

HG

Thanks Hannah for pointing out that hard cheese are better. I'm a
sucker for Camerbert and similar cheeses... so I thought all cheese
are as carby as they are.

Cheeeeeeeese,
Ada