My hubby's on this Atkins diet and lost 8 pounds the first week. He wants me to go on it, too, so I promised to give it a whirl beginning Monday. Need to eat all my "secret good stuff" hidden in the house first. Anyone tried this and had success?
Ketosis is how the diet works. I've seen it work on others. There is debate on whether ketosis is bad for your insides. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-carbohydrate_diet
i'm doing it for a month, so i can quickly lose the weight i gained from one of the medications i was on. i'm on my 12th day and have lost 5 pounds so far. i won't stay on it for longer than a month, though.
Thanks! I'll use it to "kick start" a new round of food consciousness... and then I'll do my own thing, which has worked in the past. I just can't eat chocolate cake and godiva chocolates--which I feel like doing lately.
It will work short-term, because you'll be cutting energy-rich processed carbs, if all you care about is weight. If you care about other things like atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, (all of which Atkins may have had when he died), then you should stay far away from this one. His wife wouldn't allow an autopsy. But we do know he had a heart attack in 2002. Pritikin did have an autopsy. His arteries were clean. Atkins Exposed
There's a repected study recently, along with many other studies in the past that shows Atkins works, actually better than other popular diets.
Keep in mind, the anti-Atkins sites are mostly from PETA supported sites. They went even as far as forming two fake "physican" group and released "findings".
I would also like to see the long term effect of all popular diet schemes, but be aware of the agenda from nut cases group when you read stuff on the net.
a friend of mine tried it. He lasted a couple days before quitting - he said it made him feel sick and tired all the time.
I've had pretty good luck losing and keeping weight off just by watching calories and fat intake and exercising. The science of losing weight is easy - consume fewer calories than you burn. Everything else is just details. The hard part is getting yourself to actually do it, because eating cake is more fun than 90 minutes on the elliptical.
MadAnthony said:a friend of mine tried it. He lasted a couple days before quitting - he said it made him feel sick and tired all the time.
I've had pretty good luck losing and keeping weight off just by watching calories and fat intake and exercising. The science of losing weight is easy - consume fewer calories than you burn. Everything else is just details. The hard part is getting yourself to actually do it, because eating cake is more fun than 90 minutes on the elliptical. And add to that the mental aspect of eating/weight. It's not just about numbers, etc. There are reasons for overeating sometimes like as a way of punishment or from thirst, boredom, etc.
ZenNUTS said:There's a repected study recently, along with many other studies in the past that shows Atkins works, actually better than other popular diets.
Keep in mind, the anti-Atkins sites are mostly from PETA supported sites. They went even as far as forming two fake "physican" group and released "findings".
I would also like to see the long term effect of all popular diet schemes, but be aware of the agenda from nut cases group when you read stuff on the net.
you don't have to eat meat to go on atkins. my son lost about 40 lbs a couple years ago on the atkins diet. he's kept it off pretty well.
mewhojen said:you post one day about buying $500 worth of chocolate, now you post that you have food hidden around your house? Have you been evaluated by anyone?
who else here hides food? i have a small refrigerator in my office so my son won't consume my drinks, and if i buy something for dh's lunch, i sometimes strategically place it so that it can't be seen in the frig/cupboard, but i don't keep food in other rooms of the house or anything.
mewhojen said:you post one day about buying $500 worth of chocolate, now you post that you have food hidden around your house? Have you been evaluated by anyone?
C7, to help you with your diet, I'm willing to pay $100 for the $500 worth of Godiva gift cards you bought for $200. I need to put on about 8 lbs. That should do it.
pecanpie said:mewhojen said:you post one day about buying $500 worth of chocolate, now you post that you have food hidden around your house? Have you been evaluated by anyone?
who else here hides food? i have a small refrigerator in my office so my son won't consume my drinks, and if i buy something for dh's lunch, i sometimes strategically place it so that it can't be seen in the frig/cupboard, but i don't keep food in other rooms of the house or anything.
She doesn't have kids, so she doesn't have that excuse. I will sometimes put larger stashes of snacks in the guest room (like when the girl scout cookies come in if I ordered 10 or 15 boxes, which I freeze eventually becauase frozen thin mints are way better than room temperature thin mints), or like the crackers from Amazon or something, just because of not having cabinet space. Otherwise, whatever food is here, I share. BUT, I don't have a son with a hollow leg or a house full of teenagers who think a weeks worth of groceries = a decent late night snack.
pecanpie said: you don't have to eat meat to go on atkins. my son lost about 40 lbs a couple years ago on the atkins diet. he's kept it off pretty well.Of course. Most fad diets works to some degree if you can follow it 100%.
I dont' think any diets that have real strict requirement to follow can work long term.
All studies point to the only thing that matters in a diet is that you cut your calories/food intake. If following a diet helps you do that then you might lose weight on it, but don't think your getting anything special by following that particular diet. People should pick a diet that limits the amount of calories they consume that has you eating food that will allow you to stick to the calorie restriction (perhaps all food you like and you only eat a little of it or perhaps food you dislike so your not tempted to eat more).
Anyways you cut calories your gonna lose weight. Thats all that matters in a diet... the fat etc. has little if any impact.
pecanpie said:mewhojen said:you post one day about buying $500 worth of chocolate, now you post that you have food hidden around your house? Have you been evaluated by anyone?
who else here hides food? i have a small refrigerator in my office so my son won't consume my drinks, and if i buy something for dh's lunch, i sometimes strategically place it so that it can't be seen in the frig/cupboard, but i don't keep food in other rooms of the house or anything.
i put a can of soda in the back of the refrigerator. as long as it's below eye level, my dad won't see it.
LordB said: Anyways you cut calories your gonna lose weight. Thats all that matters in a diet... the fat etc. has little if any impact.
I think watching fat can be useful. Not that fat is magically bad or anything, but a gram of fat has more calories than a gram of carbs or protein, so by cutting back on fat, you are also likely to cut back on calories.
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Anyone tried this and had success?
