Anybody tried Atkins or Plateo?

I tried paleo it was amazing, but due to my traveling a lot it was really hard to keep up. plus i need coffee lol

caralinem2014 wrote: »

I started Atkins seven days ago and so far lost 3.6kg. I feel good!

You lost 3.6kgs, of what?

I'd say mostly water - carbs make you hold fluid, so eating low carb will obviously see this disappear.

Your fat(and muscle) loss will be due to being in a deficit not due to you doing Atkins.

OP, if you aren't motivated to just track calories and eat food you like in a deficit, how is restricting your dietary choices going to make a difference?

I adhered to Paleo for over a year felt great, maintained and had a lot of energy! I noticed right off the bat(week 1-2) all my indigestion and digestive issues id been having completely disappeared. My skin was great, hair and nails grew super fast and overall was pretty healthy! Currently I am doing Atkins, as a jump start after being lax for a few months and pretty much free eating and binge drinking at my leisure. Going back to unhealthy eating habits after maintaining about a year the weight came back very fast. I put about 17lbs on between Aug-Dec! I moved in that time frame and there was a lot of eating out going on! This weekend will be week 1 of induction down, I am guessing depending on progress I will stay on it about a month before phasing up. I'm currently down about 6 lbs from this week on induction and I am sure it will slow up next week. Its been great so far I love cooking and I always save all my recipes. It helps that there are always people over for dinner and I usually cook so we are all eating the same good healthy food choices, even if they have no intentions of low carbing other wise

ValerieMartini2Olives wrote: »

Is the Plateo diet based on philosophy?

I think it's for Mickey's dog...

My family did a 'biggest loser' challenge a couple years ago and 5 of us decided to use the Adkins diet. We lost a lot of weight (I lost about 20 pounds in 2 months). Unfortunately, whenever you go off the strict diet, you will often gain that weight back plus some extra. Your body becomes unused to dealing with many carbs so it stops producing as much of the natural insulin needed to counteract the carbs. So, when you do go back to eating a higher number of carbs, there will not be enough insulin to counteract it which will cause a sugar spike. When your sugar spikes, it puts your body in fat storing mode and converts what you are eating into fat. I have found that it works better to still consume some carbs, just make them 'good' carbs (unprocessed, nonGMO, etc.).
About lacking motivation, I totally understand that. One thing I have found that helps is to do a challenge with friends or family... set a date two or three months in the future and see who can lose the most weight in that amount of time. Having everyone weigh in each week helps, too. Plus, if you want an added incentive, have everyone in the challenge put in $5 to $10 and let the one who loses the most weight win the entire amount (if you have 5 people competing, the winner could end up with $25 to $50).