2 Weeks In & Down 14 lbs on Atkins 20!! Wife down 7.5 lbs

AJ_G wrote: »

I really do not mean to rain on your parade, because those are great starting results, but unless you plan on eating an Atkins diet for the rest of your life, please reconsider using it as a tool for weight loss. If you lose a large chunk of weight on Atkins, then switch back to a more standard, macronutrient balanced diet, you will not have taught yourself to eat properly and you will gain all your weight back, possibly ending at a higher weight than you even started at.

You understand that Atkins, if done by the book, climbs a "carb ladder" (the amount of carbohydrates you can eat in grams/day) over time until you learn at how many grams/day you can eat of them and lose weight, maintain weight, and gain weight, yes? It is NOT 20 grams/day of carbs for life.

When I did Atkins by the book back in 2003 as the first "diet" I ever went on, and stuck to the book's plan as outlined to the letter, at the end of it I could eat 175 grams/day and maintain my weight at the desired amount. Pretty confident my diet was plenty balanced, macronutriently [sic] speaking, at that amount of carbs/day.

While I cannot guarantee the OP knows, or will do this, too, automatically assuming Atkins is a dead-end for the OP is premature before you suss this information about him and his wife's plans of the diet.

Regardless of the diet, the OP has achieved something and feels pretty good about it. At this point isn't that what really matters? By his statement of how much he weighs right now, he has a long road ahead, plenty of time to educate himself and learn as he goes. I'm happy for him and his wife, way to go!