Is anyone else doing the Atkins diet?

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  • wcasie
    wcasie Posts: 299 Member
    doubt you should trust a diet created by someone who died of a heart attack! just saying :wink:
  • RotterdamNL
    RotterdamNL Posts: 509 Member
    For me any off those known diets are bs and pure to generate money.

    If you do research on your own on internet you can make your own diet easily.

    But that my opinion
  • RotterdamNL
    RotterdamNL Posts: 509 Member
    doubt you should trust a diet created by someone who died of a heart attack! just saying :wink:
    This is not true btw, when he was 72 he fell of a step and bashed his head and went into a coma and died due complications
  • martinah4
    martinah4 Posts: 583 Member
    doubt you should trust a diet created by someone who died of a heart attack! just saying :wink:

    LOL! I bet you heard that on Facebook, where everything you read is true! *sarcasm*
    No, he did not die of a heart attack.
    He slipped and fell on the ice while walking to work.
  • med67
    med67 Posts: 1
    I am doing something they call Eco Atkins because I am a vegetarian. I basically have eliminated all bread, pasta, and sugar. I still eat plenty of veggies, some fruit and cheese and eggs. I feel so much better and in the past two weeks I have lost 9 lbs. Everyone is different but I think that Atkins can be very healthy for people who are carb sensitive and if the animal products aren't too overused!
  • mambagirl
    mambagirl Posts: 137 Member
    Waaaay too much Ignorance in this Thread.Knowledge is POWER people! Please actually read the WHOLE book and don't base your views of the Atkins plan of stuff you heard.Read it for yourself......

    Whats REALLY funny is that SO many people BAsh the Atkins plan when that is the exact plan that they are doing.I OFTEN hear on MFP things like this.....

    "I eat .5-1 gram of Protein for every pound of lean body mass,the rest is fruits and veggies and I stay under 100 grams of Carbs."

    "I eat LOTs of carbs everyday,but I exercise 2 hours a day."

    Uhhhhhh,You are BURNING off all of those carbs(exercise),You are not storing them which is the WHOLe point of the Atkins plan.

    When I completed my Atkins cycle and found That I could lose weight at anything below 95 carbs with NO exercise,More carbs with exercise...So..IMO,plenty of people are doing low carb,they just dont realize it and still bash the Atkins plan.

    Atkins is about teaching YOU about YOUR body!!!! PLAIN AND SIMPLE!!!!

    Its NOT about giving up your carbs forever,its about FINDING OUT how many carbs YOUR body accepts while still losing weight at a healthy rate every week.

    The POINT of the first 2 weeks is to eliminate the cravings for Sugar and Carbs...Then you are SUPPPOSED to add back carbs SLOWLY every week to find out How many carbs your body accepts.You are supposed to add in beans,berries,nuts...healthy carbs...If done correctly and as written you will eventually eat the Types of carbs you always loved..just less.

    That being said I think that the Atkins plan is Wonderful and it has taught the medical community so much.Mostly EVERY Commercial Diet plan(Weight Watchers,Jenny Craig,Nutri System) Changed their plans after seeing how effective and Scientificaly sound the Atkins plan was.....WW introduced the Core Plan..the others low glycemic plans..even Slim fast came out with higher Protein shakes and eliminated some carbs.

    At my job when our Patients have to drop weigh fast for surgery the Dr's put them on Low carb,High Protein,High fat Shakes......Hmmmmmmmmmm.

    The Cancer and Diabetes patients are given Low Carb diets too..I'm Happy that the medical community is finally catching up.

    You can't burn fat when your insulin level is out of whack.Carbs and Sugar raise your Insulin..You can exercise it off,Eat less of it or a combination of both.
  • schondell
    schondell Posts: 556 Member
    For Atkins to work you have to follow through with the diet plan and once you incorporate grains back into the diet, you're no longer "dieting" GET IT?
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    I am low carb, essentially following Atkins (none of the bars or other commercial stuff, though).

    I intend to stay low carb the rest of my life. Because every time I try to sneak some carbs back in I get ravenously hungry and binge-prone again. And I hate being hungry.

    Also, Atkins said in his book that if you don't exercise, you aren't doing Atkins. So don't expect good results or good health if you can't manage to work out at least sometimes (and I should be working out more myself).
  • JudiGM
    JudiGM Posts: 7
    Check out their website (atkins.com). There is a lot of great information. Be sure to check out the recipe link, very delicious and quick recipes!
  • JudiGM
    JudiGM Posts: 7
    I work for a physician and he has a weight loss program that uses the New Atkins diet. We have seen many numbers improve, such as blood pressure, glucose, cholesterol, weight, triglycerides, energy levels. Just need to get past the initial cravings for grains and sweets and starches. After that, smooth sailing!
  • Tykk
    Tykk Posts: 153 Member
    I am doing low-carb. I'm not sure I lose weight any faster than doing a high-carb calorie restricted diet, but I do know that I'm less hungry. This, for me anyway, makes it easier to follow over the long term.

    There is a theory that people react differently to highly refined carbohydrates. Some tolerate them fine, while in others they trigger outrageous food cravings that are very hard to resist. This may explain why we have different views on this kind of diet. For people who have problems with carbs, finding Atkins is an enormous relief.

    A number of people in this thread have said that they did Atkins and then regained the weight, and I have to admit to being one of them. But how many people who lose weight any way at all regain it? Answer is about 99%. This is not a problem particular to Atkins.

    To those who say they miss vegetables while doing Atkins, you unfortunately were not doing Atkins, because high volumes of vegetables are a big part of the diet. Meat is actually quite restricted, with recommended portion size of 4 ounces.
  • hockey7fan
    hockey7fan Posts: 281 Member
    I had weight loss surgery in July 2012 and am on a low carb, high protein plan. No more than 40 grams of carbs per day and 80/90 grams of protein. I really don't count fat or calories.

    Same here for me. I had WLS in August 2012 and I eat high protein, low carb. I've lost all my weight following a high protein, low carb diet with 80-90 grams of protein and 30-40 grams of carbs.

    I also have Celiac disease so I don't eat grains anyway.
  • amandamychelle
    amandamychelle Posts: 3
    I started doing the Atkins diet this week, actually and so far, I feel really good. I lost a lot of weight on the South Beach Diet a few years ago and then regained it all when I had my first (and only!) child. I know that for my body, carbs are the devil and he and I are not friends! Not everyone's body has this relationship with carbs, but mine just does! I have to completely avoid them and when I do the weight just melts off, and I do eventually stop wanting them altogether. FREEDOM!
    I made the mistake of not reading the book first and not doing thorough research and spent a LOT of money on the bars and shakes only to find out from other Atkins users that they are NOT helpful in the induction phase, no matter what the box says. Everyone I've talked to or read about says using the bars (more so than the shakes) really caused a noticeable stall in their weight loss. Once they stopped using those products, the weight started coming off again.
    I am using the frozen Atkins meals though because they are convenient and only contain meat and veggies and they actually taste great! It's too early to tell if they stall my weight loss, but I'll let you know!
    Today I had one of the Atkins Tex-Mex Breakfast Scramble meals for breakfast. A colby-jack cheese stick as a morning snack. Lunch was the Atkins Primavera Sausage meal (very delcious!). Afternoon snack was zucchini slices with ranch. When I got home I had a mixed green salad with cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese and a grilled chicken breast with balsamic vinaigrette. Over the course of the day I have had 64oz. of water.
    I am using the iPhone Atkins Carb Tracker app in addition to MFP. I like MFP better but the Atkins app has a lot of good approved recipes on the app, and it's free. Definitely won't be replacing MFP tho!
    I hope that all of us will be checking back within the next 2 weeks and telling great induction success stories! :)
  • skinnyb2013
    skinnyb2013 Posts: 2 Member
    My sister just had weight loss surgery and she had to eat high protein snack bars and chips and shakes for one week then high protein shakes only the second week before surgery. She just had the surgery and is only doing clear protein liquids for 3 weeks then she will go back for support with eating correctly. I think that she will b on low Carb for a time before she goes to normal eating, but to be successful she will always have to do correct portions. She will be given support for a year to help her change the way to eat. I believe that the changes that have been made to Atkins makes it a good option.:smile:

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