I'm on the Atkins diet

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...and I lost 7 pounds in 8 days.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Sunday, 28 September 2003 03:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Most of it's water at first, so don't get too excited.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Sunday, 28 September 2003 04:02 (twenty-two years ago)

I've heard the Atkins diet isn't terribly good for you in the long term - muscles get damaged by the way weight loss ensues - really though, I think any diet that advocates extremes (eat no carbs! Eat no fat! Eat only grapefruit!) are a bit bunk, surely?

― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 28 September 2003 06:11 (twenty-two years ago)

my sister is following this diet, and has lost a lot of weight over a period of about 6 months. thats fine, shes happy, but is soon to be returning to a 'normal' eating regime and im glad about that.
i agree trayce, anything that tells people to abstain from 'all of a certain food group or type' is a tad risky, especially in the long term. however, it seems that something like the atkins diet can assist a sleepy metabolism to get moving. the key is to keep it on track with healthier eating habits and by remaining mindful of what foods cause you to gain unwanted weight.

― donna (donna), Sunday, 28 September 2003 06:19 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't like the way none of these diets say, "Take a ten mile bike ride every afternoon." THAT is the way you assist a sleepy metabolism.

The Atkin's diet was designed for very very VERY fat people, and should only be followed by same.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Sunday, 28 September 2003 07:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Are you having some good, healthy shits?

Honestly, I'm a meat-eater, and I can't think of anything more disgusting and faddish than that stupid diet.

It's such a cliche but nobody ever cares; the only way to effectively lose weight is REALLY exercise, like FOR REAL, and DON'T OVEREAT.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Sunday, 28 September 2003 08:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes! The one thing that amazes me abt people wanting to lose weight is they try everything EXCEPT the two most obvious - eat less, move more. I knew a woman who had her stomach stapled, and drank diet coke - but ate enormous amounts of CRAP and wondered why she was still fat. I mean, yeesh.

― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 28 September 2003 08:20 (twenty-two years ago)

The Atkins diet is effective, and eventually you will be able to eat a wider variety of foods, but it is essential that you add carbs back into your diet carefully and gradually. It is a diet that demands meticulus analysis of carb consumption. For example, you can't eat nuts at first.

The Zone diet is similar but a bit easier to follow.

― Mike Hanle y (mike), Sunday, 28 September 2003 08:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought they were the same thing!?

Anyway. I must say that for my anti-Atkins bleating I have to admit that from it, being more aware of carbs (and having been around a diabetic) I did become aware that a carb-heavy diet tended to mess with my ebergy levels. I'd eat, eg, fish and chips for lunch and be starving and low-blood-sugar-shaky by 4pm. I now try and eat less starch and more meat/veg as a balance and have noticed it works. However in my case, I am interested in diet for energy levels, not weight loss.

― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 28 September 2003 08:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Me too, which is why the zone diet is good. You bal;ance insulin release due to eating of carbs with glucagon release due to eating of protein, and you feel "up" for hours.

― Mike Hanle y (mike), Sunday, 28 September 2003 09:00 (twenty-two years ago)

ebergy

you got a bit of a cold there trayce?

― the surface noise (electricsound), Sunday, 28 September 2003 09:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Ahh shaddup you ;P

― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 28 September 2003 09:44 (twenty-two years ago)

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