Atkins?

I tried it and lost about 12 pounds in a month. I gave up though because I was really missing fruit. Its very expensive too, and after a few week you'll feel fed up of eating meat and fish!

Atkins diet is the super low carb one, right? We talked a lot about it in my biochem class this year actually because it is dangerous if you aren't eating enough carbs. Your brain needs the sugar to function ( as do other parts of your body, but your brain needs a lot of it). So just be careful, and probably get doctor supervision. It'd better to eat a well balanced diet of carbs, protein, and fats than to try and overload on fats and protein and compensate with super low carbs

there really is only one way to loose weight.....use more calories than you eat! it's the only thing that works, there are no short cuts. That is why MFP works it just helps you concentrate on how your calories add up each day.

You know how Dr. Atkins died?

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.

I've done it, works great...then when I went back to eating normal all the weight came back. Now obviously it is not all the diets fault but it is really hard to keep eating that way. I would recommend taking a look at South Beach. Very similar, but it teaches you to eat smart carbs (fruits, veggies, wheat products) opposed to no carbs.

I would use it has a jump start, but make sure you don't become too dependent on it because if you change nothing else in your life, the weight will come back on when you stop eating that way.

Atkins along with the South Beach Diet cuts out a lot of carbs. I went on it for about two weeks and lost a little, but I had terrible mood swings and was very emotional. I gave it up and went back to the diet that I was already on. So, I'm not a fan of it, but talk to your doctor about it. He/She would know more about it.

See, the diet causes loss of balance and coordination.

LMFAO! Smart *kitten*

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Imo, keto or gtfo.

My father-in-law did Atkins (or something very similar, I'm not sure) and lost a lot of weight, which he has kept off for years. However this means he has to continue this restrictive diet for the rest of his life, every day, every meal. It is definitely not something you just do until you reach your goal weight.

I lost 140 pounds in 8 months doing Atkins....well it was not really Atkins, it was Protein Power by Michael and Mary Eades....

it is very similar and it worked good for me...people talk about goinng weight back after stopping the diet, well that is common sense...most people go back to eating crap..anyone will gain weight back....

do research on lower carb....as one person said above, the South Beach Diet is really good...its lower carb plan...not super low carb..

you eat fruit and veggies...

please look at this web site... www.lowcarbdiets.about.com

its a great site....

20 carbs a day is super low carb.....there are times you might want to do this for a short period of time...to jumpstart yourself....but i have read a lot and your brain does need carbs to run...your body will think it is on the low carb plan if you eat enough to run your brain..

really eating up to 100 carbs a day is considered low carb..its not super low carb but it will work for you....

but the carbs you want to eat are the good carbs,, complex carbs..

dont eat white stuff...white potatoes, white rice, white bread, sugar and other white products....


they have so many things now you can eat now that take the place of any high carb food you might like...

look at that web site..its a great site....good luck to you....

Go low carb!

Bill

Great post! Go low carb!
Since I have gone low carb I have steadily lost at least 2 pounds a week. I used to do low calorie and would struggle to lose even a half pound a week. I exercise at least 5x a week and I eat only good carbs from whole foods. No meal replacement bars, or shakes. I think that our bodies need some carbs, but not the refined crap that floods our grocery store shelves today. If you quit doing low carb, add carbs slowly and only eat good carbs, stuff made from whole grains, not white stuff. This should also be a lifestyle change, not a diet. Just like low calorie, if you stop doing it and start adding lots of high calorie foods that are junk, you will gain weight. I chose to get healthy...forever...and low carb works for me. I think saying that you will gain it all back when you add carbs is a totally false statement. You will if you chose to. If you chose to be healthy you wont. Simple.

Be aware though that the first week can be tough, some people feel like they have the flu for the first few days because of your body's dependence on the carbs....I did at first, then decided to start slowly...cutting out a few carbs a day until I was at the amount I wanted to be at and I felt great!
Good luck, add me if you want I would love to have a low carb friend on MFP...they are kinda hard to find, a lot of people are against it.
I say do what works for you. Low calorie, low fat, low carb, high protein....everyone is different.

If you are going to do Atkins, make sure you get the books and follow the diet. Too many people out there say they are going to do Atkins but all they do is give up carbs. The body NEEDS some kinds of carbs. There are good and bad carbs. Cut out anything processed with bleached flour (White breads, pastas, etc) and switch to whole grain foods. And also remember that TOO MANY proteins is not good either.

I did this diet when I was younger and was on it for two years straight. All I can say is be careful. Being on it as restricive as I was for that long threw some of my systems out of whack. Reproductive was the first to mess up (thank God they caught it in time). I had to be put on medications and a different diet to try and fix what happened. I am not saying that Atkins does this to everyone. It IS great for losing weight but you still have to keep your healthy balance. Everything in moderation. :flowerforyou:

If you are going to do Atkins, make sure you get the books and follow the diet. Too many people out there say they are going to do Atkins but all they do is give up carbs. The body NEEDS some kinds of carbs. There are good and bad carbs. Cut out anything processed with bleached flour (White breads, pastas, etc) and switch to whole grain foods. And also remember that TOO MANY proteins is not good either.

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Atkins works because if your body doesn't have carbs, it must live on fat. (Protein isn't much of an energy source, though your body will use it if it has to.) It lives on fats you eat and the fat you are trying to lose.

Without insulin, you cannot completely metabolize the fats for energy. You get leftover fragments called ketones, including acetone -- yep, nail polish remover. Those tend to kill your appetite. They also give you that Atkins breath. You can eat all you want but you don't want to eat.

Some tissues in your body can live this way, but your brain can't. It requires glucose, which you won't get without eating carbs and producing some insulin. It's a very fine line. Too few carbs and you get lightheaded and may even faint. Like when driving.

Doctors do prescribe this type of diet, without all the fat, as a "protein sparing modified fast" (like Optifast), but the nutrients included are carefully monitored. It's meant for emergency crash dieting only, such as for people who are on a ventilator because they are too fat to breathe. Once you stop, you STILL have to do something like MFP to learn portion control and weight maintenance.

Losing weight through MFP in the first place just allows you to go straight to step 2. The weight comes off slower, but you already know how to maintain.

All I can say is all of us are made different. We are not one size fits all in any aspect of life.
My Doctor told me to eat low carb,
My daughter who has PCOS was also told the only way she should eat is low carb, by her Doctor.
Honestly It's the only way of eating that has helped my health.
I think everyone should educated themselves on every diet they are on. It's so much more than weight loss.
It's not about any one diet, it's finding what kind of diet your particular body needs to be healthy and sticking with it for life.
Just my two cents worth.....:-)

Everyone talks about the bacon, etc.... Well you can eat turkey bacon or none at all.

LOVE turkey bacon! Sometimes this is all I have for breakfast...turkey bacon and coffee! Yum!