Atkins Diet good for cutting?

[Hope2]

ok so this is what I think I am going to do tell me if you think something would be better.....

start out running 30 mins a day 3 to 4 times a week the other days do core secrets 45min full body challange....

eating 3 meals a day or 6 small ones?

I am taking phentermine 30mg once a day and love it

any advice thanks Dustin

 

[pintoca]

If you are not used to training, anything you do will work at the beginning.

Having said that, there are better alternatives to Fatkins, diet-wise

as for training, again, if you are starting, a full body workout is normally OK for getting your body used to the strain. This should be changed to a split program later on where you can blast a single (max 2) body parts per day.

 

[dgatehouse]

I would shoot for 6 meals a day. I'm not sure what that workout is, but yes if you're new anything will work. I wouldn't suggest the Atkins diet. I tired it a long time ago and it sucked. No energy, lost weight though, really quickly gained it back when I quit. It was mostly fat that I gained back too. Do you know anyone on the Atkin's diet that has actually kept the weight off? It's like yo-yo dieting. This has to be a lifestyle change so what you choose make sure it works for you and it's something you can stick with. If that's Atkin's than good. Eveyone's different.

 

[mrzap]

If you want to try and atkins-ish route more tuned to people engaging in weightlifting you can search the forums for CKD by Mr. X

 

[soze78]

I would shoot for 6 meals a day. I'm not sure what that workout is, but yes if you're new anything will work. I wouldn't suggest the Atkins diet. I tired it a long time ago and it sucked. No energy, lost weight though, really quickly gained it back when I quit. It was mostly fat that I gained back too. Do you know anyone on the Atkin's diet that has actually kept the weight off? It's like yo-yo dieting. This has to be a lifestyle change so what you choose make sure it works for you and it's something you can stick with. If that's Atkin's than good. Eveyone's different.

My brother-n-law lost 95 lbs on Atkins and has kept it off for 2 years, so it does work. It's just like any other diet, you can't go back to eating whatever you want when you're done and expect the weight to stay off.

 

[CrayonOfDoom2]

Atkins sucks

 

[kimchee411]

Does anybody actually read the Atkins Diet Revolution book? Almost everyone (I'm talking about the general public) seems to think it's no carbs for 2 weeks, then stuff your fatass with anything you want. It's really not such a bad plan. First 2 weeks are induction (< 20 g) to get your body going on ketosis, then slowly add complex carbs and maintain that way of eating for life. The restrictions are too vague and lax though -- "eat till satisfied, not full," every 3 hours. I think Atkins is fine (not OPTIMAL) if one calculates BMR and total daily burn, then sets a target for cals, eating real food and not a crapload of sugar alcohols (e.g. all those lame Atkins products).