Atkins?

If you are confident that this diet will work for you, go for it. Just be careful as this diet is loaded with saturated fat contents

If you are doing a truevAtkins diet, get ready for the gout and high cholesterol.

Quick reply, everyone I know that has gone hebAtkins way, eat way too many saturated fats. And not enough of the green stuff.

Response to Deadvim:

Because too much bad cholesterol will clog your arteries and lead to heart attack or stroke. I get that paleo diet followers point out that cholesterol is naturally produced in the body, which it is, and that consuming cholesterol does help your body regulate its own levels. That does mean that we are supposed to eat cholesterol with reckless abandon.

http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/Understanding_Cholesterol.htm
http://www.livestrong.com/article/125610-high-cholesterol-bad-body/
http://www.healthylivingindia.org/2011/06/why-bad-cholesterol-is-bad-for-you.html

Response to original poster: The Atkins Diet will not promote sustainable weight loss. If you'd ever like to enjoy pasta again, the weight will come right back on. There is nothing wrong with eating broccoli! Any diet that discourages you from eating certain types of fruits and vegetables is not a balanced diet. Period.

Atkins is not sustainable IMO. Any plan that restricts a major macros group as Atkins does is a less than healthy way to make a Lifestyle change. Losing 20 lbs in 2 weeks...also not healthy or sustainable. Should I comment on 6 eggs and diet soda? Nah. I think I will stop there.

also if you like breads pastas rice or pretty much anything WHITE lol its really hard to stick to let alone going the grocery store. you dont realize how many things have crazy carbs in them until you try atkins.. you are basically eating vegetables, meat, cheese, eggs and its gets boring pretty fast.. I did make some pretty good carb free things like grilled eggplant sauce and cheese its like the healthy version of eggplant parm. i still make that to this day.

If you are confident that this diet will work for you, go for it. Just be careful as this diet is loaded with saturated fat contents

And this is bad?

A recent long-term study showed an unexpected spike in cholesterol in Sweden - where the Atkins/low carb diet is especially popular. And average BMI went up.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/06/11/health-atkins-diet-blamed-cholesterol-heart-disease_n_1585766.html

Please be careful with Atkins; there is a reason the guy dropped dead of a heart attack! High protein and healthy fats as well as eating at regular intervals (every 3 hours) would be a better choice. Starving yourself or trying a fad diet will not ensure your success. You must make changes that you can live with for the rest of your life. If you are new to exercise, the Atkins diet can be even more difficult, as your body needs carbs to burn. If your body is not used to switching over to burning fat for fuel, you will not feel good. It is not necessary to eat a super low calorie diet or excessive amounts of fat (which Atkins advocates) to lose weight! Calculate your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) and TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure), and base your calories on that. It will be higher than expected. If you eat at least 20% below your TDEE and no lower than your BMI, and add in both cardio and strength training, you will immediately begin replacing fat with muscle and seeing changes in your body. Just because you don't lose 5 pounds a week doesn't mean you are not making progress. In fact, you will speed up your metabolism and NEVER be hungry! Now doesn't that sound better than starving yourself or making yourself physically ill from a ridiculous fad diet?

How much misinformation can be in ONE thread????

First off, Dr Atkins died from slipping and falling on ice. WOW, out right lie.

Funny that you mention high quality proteins and healthy fats, which the Atkins plan advocates also. And Dr Atkins says you should eat every 3-4 hours of your time being awake and to eat within 30 minutes of rising.

It is also based on for the first 2 weeks eating protein, fats and green leafy vegetables. After 2 weeks, you slowly start adding back in higher carb vegetables, then fruits, nuts, dairy, starchier vegetables and then grains.

How is that NOT sustainable? It teaches you to see how your body reacts to certain foods.

Atkins is NOT a fad either. It is a healthy and very sustainable lifestyle.

Please be careful with Atkins; there is a reason the guy dropped dead of a heart attack! High protein and healthy fats as well as eating at regular intervals (every 3 hours) would be a better choice. Starving yourself or trying a fad diet will not ensure your success. You must make changes that you can live with for the rest of your life. If you are new to exercise, the Atkins diet can be even more difficult, as your body needs carbs to burn. If your body is not used to switching over to burning fat for fuel, you will not feel good. It is not necessary to eat a super low calorie diet or excessive amounts of fat (which Atkins advocates) to lose weight! Calculate your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) and TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure), and base your calories on that. It will be higher than expected. If you eat at least 20% below your TDEE and no lower than your BMI, and add in both cardio and strength training, you will immediately begin replacing fat with muscle and seeing changes in your body. Just because you don't lose 5 pounds a week doesn't mean you are not making progress. In fact, you will speed up your metabolism and NEVER be hungry! Now doesn't that sound better than starving yourself or making yourself physically ill from a ridiculous fad diet?

Please be careful with Atkins; there is a reason the guy dropped dead of a heart attack!

"On April 8, 2003, at age 72, Dr. Atkins slipped on the ice while walking to work, hitting his head and causing bleeding around his brain. He lost consciousness on the way to the hospital, where he spent two weeks in intensive care. His body deteriorated rapidly and he suffered massive organ failure. During this time, his body apparently retained an enormous amount of fluid, and his weight at death was recorded at 258 pounds. His death certificate states that the cause of death was "blunt impact injury of head with epidural hematoma".
Following this, a Nebraska doctor known to be anti-Atkins, and associated with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, requested Dr. Atkins' medical records, which should not have been released, but which mistakenly were sent. The Medical Examiner's report had a hand-written note that Atkins had a history of myocardial infarction (heart attack), congestive heart failure, and hypertension (written "h/o MI, CHF, HTN"). The above Committee made much of this and began the rumor that Atkins had "died of his own diet". The misconceptions remain to this day."

http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/atkinsdiet/a/dratkinsdeath.htm

I do not agree that Atkins is not sustainable...there are a lot of people who have done it, and are still on it years later and have lost a lot of weight. If you are doing it though, it specifically states on the atkins website and on all their information, not to eat a lot of sugar free foods, diet soda etc. You *can* because it doesn't contain carbs, but it is not healthy. For the person who said people onAtkins don't eat enough veggies, you are supposed to consume at least 15 of your 20 daily carbs (to start) in veggies. That means that 75% of your daily carbs are supposed to be veggies. So if you are doing it PROPERLY, you are eating a lot of veggies.
And just because you are doing Atkins, doesn't mean you can never have pasta again either. You go up in carbs every week when you move in in the different levels, adding more carbs each week. Once you are at maintenance, you can eat pasta or whatever carb heavy food as long as it fits into your carb limit.
I think the reason people seem to hate this diet and think it's so unhealthy, is because people who do it, do it incorrectly and give it a bad name.

Any ideas for low carb veggies? I LOVE broccoli but it's not too low carb so I have to not eat too much of it. Hrmph.

Edited to be less *****y.

Please, PLEASE don't be afraid of ANY vegetables, especially broccoli.


Also, please read up on the difference between simple and complex carbs. Broccoli is not something that needs to be avoided.

Instead of Atkins try the Paleo or Primal diets/life styles.....

I did the Atkins diet years ago. I can't really say anything negative. I felt great on the diet. I went off, ate spaghetti on a cheat and got super sick. My body responded very well to Atkins. But, I had young kids and I just couldn't eat like that. You can be on Atkins and eat low calorie. Meat is more filling. Currently, I've found myself sticking with meat and veggies more than anything. I blamed the diet at the time I quit. But, now realize I probably had issues with pasta and other type so food like that. Not having them, and then reintroducing them to my system probably made me ill. But, I do love my ice cream, so I can't see myself doing Atkins again.

Many people actually recommend that people shop the outer aisles of the grocery store which is kind of Atkins like if you are hitting the meat and veggies. It might be a good idea to just do that. Eat a lot of veggies if you are a volume eater. I know that is technically against Atkins. Once you are through the beginning few weeks, you can eat a lot more on Atkins. People tend to focus on those first couple of weeks.

:bigsmile: Good luck

Edited to say: If it works for you then keep at it. I havent personally tried it myself though so I cannot suggest what to eat on it.

Their website has a lot of free info including lists of foods and carbohydrates amounts www.Atkins.com. I have been playing around with it while on here and I suspect it works (or seems to) because it ends up being low calories. I did some research and everything says people lose more on Atkins but then as with all diets can gain weight back. I am thinking about tracking here and eating mainly protein and veggies. Since January I lost almost 30 lbs with the best weeks being following Atkins and I paused for the summer and have not gained.