Considering Atkins

heniko

Atkins is horrible for you, a better approach is lifestyle changes.

clipped

Good luck to you, whatever you decide. :flowerforyou:

I can tell you are a person that likes to be consistent, and really means what they say. So in the spirit of lending a helping hand I will point you to another thread that needs your advice. Please go over to this thread about vegans and let them know how cutting out entire food groups is not healthy.

I can't help but smile reading this Free!

martinah4

Sa-LAM, Freerange! ROFL! Well said! The only food groups I'm cutting out are Junk Food, Processed Food, Grains, and Fruits (some of which I will add back in as I get closer to my goal weight). Meanwhile, I've made the lifestyle change, I do not crave that crap, and I feel like I can go the rest of my life without it! As I noted earlier, I've gone through my bday, my husbands and 3 kids birthdays without even a craving for cake or cupcakes, whilst everyone else ate around me. AND lost 1.5 pounds over the birthday weekend. Hmmmm....

Grokette

Sa-LAM, Freerange! ROFL! Well said! The only food groups I'm cutting out are Junk Food, Processed Food, Grains, and Fruits (some of which I will add back in as I get closer to my goal weight). Meanwhile, I've made the lifestyle change, I do not crave that crap, and I feel like I can go the rest of my life without it! As I noted earlier, I've gone through my bday, my husbands and 3 kids birthdays without even a craving for cake or cupcakes, whilst everyone else ate around me. AND lost 1.5 pounds over the birthday weekend. Hmmmm....

I don't crave it anymore either. Unless it is cheesecake.........which my husband and I share a slice (usually ends up eating one or 2 bites out of it) on our anniversary.

martinah4

That's the thing....Atkins doesn't say you can never have it again, just not at every meal, or every day! I saw a recipe for Cheesecake on Atkins.com. Haven't tried it, afraid it might effect my weight loss for the negative, like that "Atkins-friendly" chocolate-rum pie at Easter!

biggiwig

I tried Atkins for a few weeks. I was never hungry. Finally gave up, because I was always constipated and the food bored me after a while. Especially all the fat food got on my nerves since I am not a big fat food eater.

Grokette

That's the thing....Atkins doesn't say you can never have it again, just not at every meal, or every day! I saw a recipe for Cheesecake on Atkins.com. Haven't tried it, afraid it might effect my weight loss for the negative, like that "Atkins-friendly" chocolate-rum pie at Easter!

Yes, when I was on Atkins I regularly made sugar-free cheesecake with a nut crust and had it for breakfast with coffee. It is very filling..........

heniko

That's the thing....Atkins doesn't say you can never have it again, just not at every meal, or every day! I saw a recipe for Cheesecake on Atkins.com. Haven't tried it, afraid it might effect my weight loss for the negative, like that "Atkins-friendly" chocolate-rum pie at Easter!

Yes, when I was on Atkins I regularly made sugar-free cheesecake with a nut crust and had it for breakfast with coffee. It is very filling..........

I'm going to have to look for this recipe ... I could easily have a slice for breakfast one day

Barneystinson

There's a low carb coconut macaron recipe out there that's phenomenal...I'll have to find it.

Grokette

That's the thing....Atkins doesn't say you can never have it again, just not at every meal, or every day! I saw a recipe for Cheesecake on Atkins.com. Haven't tried it, afraid it might effect my weight loss for the negative, like that "Atkins-friendly" chocolate-rum pie at Easter!

Yes, when I was on Atkins I regularly made sugar-free cheesecake with a nut crust and had it for breakfast with coffee. It is very filling..........

I'm going to have to look for this recipe ... I could easily have a slice for breakfast one day

Here you go:

Crust:
1/4 cup Finely Chopped pecans
1/4 cup Finely Chopped almonds
1/4 cup Finely Chopped walnuts
3/4 cup almond meal (almond flour)
2 Tablespoons butter (melt in microwave)


Filling...


1 1/2 pounds cream cheese
1 1/3 cups Pourable Splenda (or other sugar substitute that is equal to 1 1/3 cups sugar)
5 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons lemon juice
16 ounces sour cream


Cream cheese and eggs should be at room temperature before you start.
How To Prepare: Mix all nuts and almond meal with melted butter and press into a springform pan, trying to line the sides as much as possible about 1 1/2 inches up the sides of the pan, set aside to mix filling.


Start by beating the cream cheese until light and fluffy. Keep the mixer on a low setting throughout the beating and mixing process. Add the sugar substitute a little at a time and continue beating until creamy. Add one egg at a time and beat after each egg. When eggs have been mixed into the cream cheese, add vanilla and lemon juice, Add the sour cream last until just blemded in.


Pour cream cheese mixture into the springform pan. Place on the top rack in the middle of a 325 degree preheated oven for one hour and 15 minutes. If you want a cheesecake with a less brown top, put on the next rack down. Also, some have commented that they had a few cracks... Remember not to open the oven while baking, this might make it crack. You might also want to try a waterbath but its not really neccessary. When time is up, turn off the oven and prop open the oven door... leave in oven for one hour. After one hour, remove from oven. Run a knife around the edge of the cheesecake also, so if it shrinks while cooling it will not crack at that time either. Let cool to just about room temperature before the cheesecake is put into the refrigerator for 24 hours.


Make sure you wait the 24 hours before sampling... A cheesecake should season. The wait is worth it. The flavor ripens and becomes enriched.


Nutritional information:


Without Crust:


Cheesecake without crust

231.5 Calories; 22g Fat (48.5% calories from fat); 5g Protein; 6g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 118mg Cholesterol; 158mg Sodium.


Cheesecake including Splenda:


319 Calories; 28g Fat (79.6% calories from fat); 9g Protein; 7g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 123mg Cholesterol; 177mg Sodium


And this is cheesecake WITHOUT Splenda:


311 Calories; 28g Fat (81.7% calories from fat); 9g Protein; 5g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 123mg Cholesterol; 177mg Sodium

heniko

Thank you! shopping tomorrow morning and make this!

LikeNoOneElse84

I'm doing Atkins and have been since March 1, 2011. I've lost 29lbs and my cravings are gone. My mom also did Atkins roughly 10 years ago and has lost about 100lbs. She has managed to keep it off, give or take a few pounds here and there. The problem that most people have is that they don't do Atkins correctly. They half way do induction, and then stop. Induction is to be followed exactly to help you beat those cravings and help you get a better understanding of your body and how it burns fat. Also, many people don't follow through with the other phases of Atkins. They stop after induction. Induction is there to start the weight loss process. You MUST go through the phases to ensure that you've kicked your old eating habits and have learned a new healthy way of eating. If you stop after induction, you have no idea what your body needs to do to keep losing or even to maintain its weight. Hope I helped.

Grokette

I'm doing Atkins and have been since March 1, 2011. I've lost 29lbs and my cravings are gone. My mom also did Atkins roughly 10 years ago and has lost about 100lbs. She has managed to keep it off, give or take a few pounds here and there. The problem that most people have is that they don't do Atkins correctly. They half way do induction, and then stop. Induction is to be followed exactly to help you beat those cravings and help you get a better understanding of your body and how it burns fat. Also, many people don't follow through with the other phases of Atkins. They stop after induction. Induction is there to start the weight loss process. You MUST go through the phases to ensure that you've kicked your old eating habits and have learned a new healthy way of eating. If you stop after induction, you have no idea what your body needs to do to keep losing or even to maintain its weight. Hope I helped.

Amen!!! We have spoken these same words until we are all blue in the face and the ignorant comments still come flying in!!

I am glad to see your mom and you are doing things the correct way and it leads to the lifestyle for healthier and whole foods eating!!!

freerange

I'm doing Atkins and have been since March 1, 2011. I've lost 29lbs and my cravings are gone. My mom also did Atkins roughly 10 years ago and has lost about 100lbs. She has managed to keep it off, give or take a few pounds here and there. The problem that most people have is that they don't do Atkins correctly. They half way do induction, and then stop. Induction is to be followed exactly to help you beat those cravings and help you get a better understanding of your body and how it burns fat. Also, many people don't follow through with the other phases of Atkins. They stop after induction. Induction is there to start the weight loss process. You MUST go through the phases to ensure that you've kicked your old eating habits and have learned a new healthy way of eating. If you stop after induction, you have no idea what your body needs to do to keep losing or even to maintain its weight. Hope I helped.

Say it ain't so,,,,, you have to do it right? Ok I'm being a smarta$$. Great for you and your Mom.

Aiffy

all the meat eggs and cheese I can eat? count me in ........


NOT

enjoy having a stroke

Don't be such a smart-*kitten*. Try reading the book. I ate more vegetables on Atkins than I ever had in my life. It suits some people, others not so much, but following the plan will absolutely not give you "a stroke".

My cholesterol went down and I felt better than I had in years. That said, it may not be for everyone. But you do you, and if you're going to make remarks like that, at least know your source material first.

Grokette

all the meat eggs and cheese I can eat? count me in ........


NOT

enjoy having a stroke

Don't be such a smart-*kitten*. Try reading the book. I ate more vegetables on Atkins than I ever had in my life. It suits some people, others not so much, but following the plan will absolutely not give you "a stroke".

My cholesterol went down and I felt better than I had in years. That said, it may not be for everyone. But you do you, and if you're going to make remarks like that, at least know your source material first.

People are brainwashed to believe what they hear on the news and the media so they think it is just meat, eggs and cheese - which we could easily live off 0 carbs too.

However Atkins plan as you know there are lots of vegetables eaten, or at least should be eaten...........

Aiffy

People are brainwashed to believe what they hear on the news and the media so they think it is just meat, eggs and cheese - which we could easily live off 0 carbs too.

However Atkins plan as you know there are lots of vegetables eaten, or at least should be eaten...........

It annoys me so much! Particularly when someone is just asking a simple question.

How are you finding the primal plan? I presume that's your weapon of choice from your username

Grokette

People are brainwashed to believe what they hear on the news and the media so they think it is just meat, eggs and cheese - which we could easily live off 0 carbs too.

However Atkins plan as you know there are lots of vegetables eaten, or at least should be eaten...........

It annoys me so much! Particularly when someone is just asking a simple question.

How are you finding the primal plan? I presume that's your weapon of choice from your username

Well, I am a bit of a mixture...........I am taking some things from Atkins, Primal Blue Print and Paleo and doing my own thing........

I am feeling and doing very well. Up and going strong about 18 hours out of the day and never exhausted any more.

I have lost almost 40 pounds since February 4th.............I am getting ready to have to change clothing sizes. I think I was literally squeezing myself into clothes that were 2 sized too small, because after 40 pounds lost my clothes are just now getting loose on me.

Atkins got me introduced to the low carb and more natural world of eating again (I was actually raised this way) and with known food allergies the Paleo / Primal way agrees with me more.

Aiffy

Well, I am a bit of a mixture...........I am taking some things from Atkins, Primal Blue Print and Paleo and doing my own thing........

I am feeling and doing very well. Up and going strong about 18 hours out of the day and never exhausted any more.

I have lost almost 40 pounds since February 4th.............I am getting ready to have to change clothing sizes. I think I was literally squeezing myself into clothes that were 2 sized too small, because after 40 pounds lost my clothes are just now getting loose on me.

Atkins got me introduced to the low carb and more natural world of eating again (I was actually raised this way) and with known food allergies the Paleo / Primal way agrees with me more.

That's fantastic, congratulations!

labgirl3

Ok grokette,


Since you are such a strong promoter of Atkins, Paleo, HVG, high saturated fat and cholesterol diet. What are your results so far? I have posted mine above just counting calories. We have been posting here about the same time. Are you making progress? And if so, are you doing better not counting calories?

I know this isn't directed at me, but I feel compelled to respond since you seem to be looking for "proof" that Atkins / Paleo / Primal / Low Carb works. Does my ticker answer your question? That's what I've lost since November, when I started eating Paleo / Primal. I let a little grain slip in every once in a while (today I had about half a slice of bread - the first I've had in months), but I aim to keep my carbs under 100g, and usually under 75g. I eat meat, eggs, fruit, veggies, and some dairy (greek yogurt especially). I wouldn't call myself 100% Paleo - I have zero interest in doing something like the Whole 30 (intense, 100% paleo - and beyond), since dairy and gluten don't really seem to affect me negatively in small amounts. I'd say I'm more Primal, or just generic low-carb, than anything else. I eat on track 80% of the time, and enjoy my dairy, protein bar, wine, and cheese the other 20% of the time. My ratios are set at 20% carb / 40% fat / 40% protein.

After 6.5 months, I'm down almost 65 lbs, 13% body fat, 44 inches, and 6 dress sizes (from a 20-22 to a 8). Bloodwork is perfect - triglycerides in the 40s, cholesterol 154 (LDL 101, HDL 43).

Of course I'm merely n=1. But this works for me. And it works for lots of other people. Just as higher carb / WW points / Jenny Craig / South Beach / counting calories while continuing to eat Twinkies, works for many other people. It works as long as you follow it - just like every other plan (including the MFP count-your-calories plan).

I guess low-carb can be hard for some people. It was hard for me at first. It took me a good week and a half to get past the "carb flu." But I tell you what - I wouldn't go back to my high-carb, craving-filled, binge-eating former lifestyle for anything! I have more energy now, zero cravings, and I can eat a bite of dessert any time I want and be plenty satisfied. I eat far more fruits and veggies than I did before (and more meat too).

I don't understand all the diet bashing - from either side. It's not an easy matter to figure out what our bodies need to perform optimally. And it seems quite obvious that what is good for one person is far from ideal for another. If you want to try Atkins, you're not going to blow out a kidney or die from a stroke if you actually read the book and follow the plan. If you look, feel and perform better - terrific! If not, move along to one of the other 10,000 diets out there, or come up with your own.

Grokette

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heniko

Ok grokette,


Since you are such a strong promoter of Atkins, Paleo, HVG, high saturated fat and cholesterol diet. What are your results so far? I have posted mine above just counting calories. We have been posting here about the same time. Are you making progress? And if so, are you doing better not counting calories?

I know this isn't directed at me, but I feel compelled to respond since you seem to be looking for "proof" that Atkins / Paleo / Primal / Low Carb works. Does my ticker answer your question? That's what I've lost since November, when I started eating Paleo / Primal. I let a little grain slip in every once in a while (today I had about half a slice of bread - the first I've had in months), but I aim to keep my carbs under 100g, and usually under 75g. I eat meat, eggs, fruit, veggies, and some dairy (greek yogurt especially). I wouldn't call myself 100% Paleo - I have zero interest in doing something like the Whole 30 (intense, 100% paleo - and beyond), since dairy and gluten don't really seem to affect me negatively in small amounts. I'd say I'm more Primal, or just generic low-carb, than anything else. I eat on track 80% of the time, and enjoy my dairy, protein bar, wine, and cheese the other 20% of the time. My ratios are set at 20% carb / 40% fat / 40% protein.

After 6.5 months, I'm down almost 65 lbs, 13% body fat, 44 inches, and 6 dress sizes (from a 20-22 to a 8). Bloodwork is perfect - triglycerides in the 40s, cholesterol 154 (LDL 101, HDL 43).

Of course I'm merely n=1. But this works for me. And it works for lots of other people. Just as higher carb / WW points / Jenny Craig / South Beach / counting calories while continuing to eat Twinkies, works for many other people. It works as long as you follow it - just like every other plan (including the MFP count-your-calories plan).

I guess low-carb can be hard for some people. It was hard for me at first. It took me a good week and a half to get past the "carb flu." But I tell you what - I wouldn't go back to my high-carb, craving-filled, binge-eating former lifestyle for anything! I have more energy now, zero cravings, and I can eat a bite of dessert any time I want and be plenty satisfied. I eat far more fruits and veggies than I did before (and more meat too).

I don't understand all the diet bashing - from either side. It's not an easy matter to figure out what our bodies need to perform optimally. And it seems quite obvious that what is good for one person is far from ideal for another. If you want to try Atkins, you're not going to blow out a kidney or die from a stroke if you actually read the book and follow the plan. If you look, feel and perform better - terrific! If not, move along to one of the other 10,000 diets out there, or come up with your own.

wohoooo congrats inspiring to hear this!:flowerforyou:

seansquared

Man, I eat meat, fats, and vegetables all day long and I lose weight, feel great, never get carb bloat or gas (even from beans, which are high-fiber carb/protein combos).

I eat one darn Girl Scout Cookie this afternoon and I burp several times.

Carbs are Hell.