Phase 4: Lifetime Maintenance—the Rest of Your Life
Nov 6, 2009 - Dec 31, 2009
Once you've reached your goal weight, you'll know that Atkins works for you. But maintaining one's weight can be even more difficult than initially losing those excess pounds. Fortunately, if you keep eating the Atkins way, your old weight will be a distant memory. In this course, you'll learn how to customize Lifetime Maintenance to your needs and confront the inevitable temptations lurking in the "real world."
What You’ll Learn
- Keep excess weight off and your appetite under control
- Continue to add new foods—safely
- Why fat remains your preferred fuel
- Adjust your ACE, as needed
- How staying or getting active makes it easier to maintain your weight
Lesson 1: Successfully Transitioning to Lifetime Maintenance
To make weight loss permanent, you need to continue to apply the lessons you've learned in the weight-loss phases of Atkins. Controlling carb intake and focusing on nutrient-rich foundation vegetables remains as important as ever.
Lesson 2: Strategies for a Lifetime
In this lesson, we'll discuss the development of new habits and how to deal with the day-to-day challenges you'll face maintaining your new weight and enhanced health in the "real world."
Moderator(s)
Colette Heimowitz
As the Vice President of Nutrition and Education at Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. Colette Heimowitz has been a driving force behind the scenes at the Atkins Learning Center. She brings a wealth of talents and experience to the job. Colette’s clinical nutrition degree comes full circle in keeping current with respect to the scientific research related to the Atkins Diet and nutrition translating that information for the discussion boards as well as the Atkins web site. As the nutrition voice for the Atkins Companies, Colette has appeared on radio programs nationwide, as well as on national television networks including CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC. She also makes frequent trips around the country on the lecture circuit. She has 20-plus years of experience as a nutritionist, which includes the time she spent with Dr Atkins as director of nutrition at The Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine.
Don Freidkin
Don Freidkin is a web content writer and instructor who lives in San Antonio, Texas. He has written general food and nutrition articles, as well as restaurant reviews, for popular audiences throughout his career, and he's written and instructed many courses that have appeared here on the Atkins site. After several years following the Atkins Nutritional Approach, he is presently in the Pre-Maintenance phase.
