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Atkins Diet: Good or Bad
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I tried the Atkins and it worked for me. I lost 10lbs in a week without exercise, but quickly gained it back because I went off the diet.
You really have to experiment with recipes to see what tastes good to you and is really low in carbs, if any at all. I stayed well below 20 carbs per day. The reason I stopped doing the diet, I didn't feel well at the end of my first week. I was really weak. It may have helped if I had exercised though.
Food wise, I really just ate, eggs, meat & cheese. And of course, the salad. I also ate alot of tuna salad. If you want something "sweet" buy the sugar free jello, but check the carbs on it. It really doesn't taste that bad.
You really have to experiment with recipes to see what tastes good to you and is really low in carbs, if any at all. I stayed well below 20 carbs per day. The reason I stopped doing the diet, I didn't feel well at the end of my first week. I was really weak. It may have helped if I had exercised though.
Food wise, I really just ate, eggs, meat & cheese. And of course, the salad. I also ate alot of tuna salad. If you want something "sweet" buy the sugar free jello, but check the carbs on it. It really doesn't taste that bad.
smallmovesal
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in my personal opinion i think it's a deprivation diet... not healthy. you aren't getting enough nutrients.
and you'll gain it all back. you're better to follow a zone diet or something and keep up the workouts and lifting.
just my two cents though.
and you'll gain it all back. you're better to follow a zone diet or something and keep up the workouts and lifting.
just my two cents though.
Thanks Teapot.
Spatterson, I'm not looking for a Qwik fix to fat loss....just being thorough in looking into all my options....after all, what works for one doesn't work for another, right? And obviously I am listening to the advice of people on this board or I wouldn't have posted. Please don't assume that just because I don't know a lot about ONE thing that I must therefore not know a lot about ANYTHING.....
My question is specific to the Atikins/v low carb diet. This is not a "OMG I need to lose 200lbs in a week" post. I hope that clarifies it for you.
Spatterson, I'm not looking for a Qwik fix to fat loss....just being thorough in looking into all my options....after all, what works for one doesn't work for another, right? And obviously I am listening to the advice of people on this board or I wouldn't have posted. Please don't assume that just because I don't know a lot about ONE thing that I must therefore not know a lot about ANYTHING.....
My question is specific to the Atikins/v low carb diet. This is not a "OMG I need to lose 200lbs in a week" post. I hope that clarifies it for you.
Years ago, I remember reading a segment in his book..."do you get upset or angry if you can't have your favorite carb food?" I thought, "no, of course not- I'm not addicted to carbs."
Then only a few days later, I was out for my daily bike ride on the beach- and ALWAYS stopped for a fro-yo
....and they were closed! Hadn't realized it was a holiday! Boy was I mad... and then I thought of what I read in the book a few days earlier- so I gave the diet a try.
2 probs: 1. I had already become accustomed to the 5-6 meals/day, and his high at calories add up fast- found it hard to keep my calories in check w/ high fat foods, and...
2. he doesn't really go in detail about how insulin sensitive you will be if you discontinue this type of eating & go directly to carbs... I should've taken longer to adjust (a week)... only took a few days, so I gained fast- lotsa water, but still feels awful.
Good things about the diet: completely broke my addiction to bread & daily frozen yogurt... even to this day, I never eat either of them.
Then only a few days later, I was out for my daily bike ride on the beach- and ALWAYS stopped for a fro-yo
....and they were closed! Hadn't realized it was a holiday! Boy was I mad... and then I thought of what I read in the book a few days earlier- so I gave the diet a try.2 probs: 1. I had already become accustomed to the 5-6 meals/day, and his high at calories add up fast- found it hard to keep my calories in check w/ high fat foods, and...
2. he doesn't really go in detail about how insulin sensitive you will be if you discontinue this type of eating & go directly to carbs... I should've taken longer to adjust (a week)... only took a few days, so I gained fast- lotsa water, but still feels awful.
Good things about the diet: completely broke my addiction to bread & daily frozen yogurt... even to this day, I never eat either of them.
smallmovesal
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try asking phemomena for her diet. i think on the members' pics board she posted it on a thread of her pics.
I first tried the diet about two years ago. I was just new to the gym, and wanted to tone up with the pink dumbells and lose 8 to 10 pounds. I stuck to the Atkins diet for two weeks straight, continued in the gym, with weights and aerobics, and lost that 10 pounds in those two weeks. It worked.....But in the last year my goals have changed, along with my eating habits, and I weigh 20 more pounds ......... Its a quick way to drop the weight, but not one to stay on for long. I have seen two people, for example, who follow his book to a tee. One is an older man, who lost lots of weight on it, but is so gaunt looking now, with his sunken in face. And his teeth seem to be suffering.....spaces between them.....I guess lack of something MAJOR in his diet. ANyway, it can be a quick fix diet, but not one to stay on for long. My two cents on that one.
Its a quick way to drop the weight, but not one to stay on for long. I have seen two people, for example, who follow his book to a tee. One is an older man, who lost lots of weight on it, but is so gaunt looking now, with his sunken in face. And his teeth seem to be suffering.....spaces between them.....I guess lack of something MAJOR in his diet. ANyway, it can be a quick fix diet, but not one to stay on for long. My two cents on that one.
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new@gettinbig
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BAD, but its my personal opinion....may work great for you and you may like it....its not a great lifestyle way of eating for any great period of time......many better diets im sure would work great 4 ya
