After the first two weeks are over, you can start having a little fun. At this point, you're going to add five carbohydrates to your daily regimen. I would lower your fat intake a little bit, too. Don't go nuts on the mayonnaise and the butter anymore since you're starting to notice that you're getting thinner.
Don't stop using it! You need fat for energy. Your body will use the fat you eat for energy to burn excess fat on your body. But, don't go so overboard anymore.
You should be popping into a new hole on your belt about now. Why not help the process and eat a little less fat. Anyway, the five carbohydrate increase sounds like nothing but you will appreciate it.
As every week goes by, add another five carbohydrates and watch the scale. If you stop losing weight or you put on a pound, stop adding the extra carbohydrates. Go back to the previous amount. This would be the carbohydrate limit for your body, which allows you to keep losing or maintain your weight.
Otherwise, every week, add another five carbohydrates to your daily regimen until you notice your weight loss come to a halt.
I think at maximum, you should probably be at around forty to fifty carbohydrates per day. But make sure you reach that peak by adding only five carbohydrates at a time each week.
(Some people can go as high as 70 carbs per day!)
If you’re consuming thirty carbohydrates per day this week, then in another two weeks you can move up to thirty-five carbohydrates per day. Get it? If not, just ask in the forums. This system varies from person to person. You need to find out what your personal carbohydrate limit is.
You can have diet soda - but - there's only one brand that I know of which uses the right sugar substitute. Diet Rite! They use Splenda (Sucralose). Aspartame can raise your blood sugar so use it as sparingly as possible. Update as of 05.10.05 - Coca Cola now has a Splenda version of the Diet Coke. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm going to guess it's excellent...
If you have no other choice, you can have drinks sweetened with Sweet 'n Low (pink package). Sweet 'n Low isn't too bad. But aspartame (blue package) is not the best choice. Although I do believe it’s a better alternative than pure sugar. Worst case scenario; have a diet soda sweetened with Aspartame before anything with sugar. You can also start using Splenda to sweeten your decaffeinated coffee or tea now.
You can eat some low carbohydrate nuts now, too. Some almonds and walnuts are okay. These nuts are high in dietary fiber. Usually, dietary fiber cancels out carbohydrates when you’re adding them up. This goes for all foods.
