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I'm in. Was sick over the last few days, virus or something. Was not eating as well as I could. Gained a few pounds. Need to keep on track, this will help.

Atkins advised a teaspoon of lite salt, swallow it with water. Takes them away pretty quick. Make sure it's lite salt which is salt plus potassium not salt substitute which is only potassium. Also make sure your not on any BP meds that say not to take potassium. My husband was on one and no sooner did he take the light…

Broccoli salad, or green bean salad, if you use a sugar free sweetner, I prefer liquid Stevia. Cole Slaw is also good. I have used George Stella's coleslaw recipe a lot. I don't put the walnuts in, but otherwise follow the recipe.…

My husband had one side of his thyroid bigger than the other. They tried to do needle biopsy's on it, but were never able to get a good sample. They decided to do surgery and he had a herthal cell (spelling), that usually turns into cancer. They removed half of his thyroid and usually there is only a 1 in 5 chance that you…

RalfLott, I get medscape, which is for medical doctors, nurses. I'm neither. But there was a big fracus because the FDA is paid by the drug companies. And they were talking how the FDA will fastrack a drug if the company pony's up some extra cash. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/869943 Who can you trust anymore? Those…

ctehanson, Don't trust those calcium studies. My mother had it done and it came back horrible. The cardiologist told her not to worry, they are usually wrong. They did a cardiac catheterization procedure and the doctor said he could drive a truck through her arteries. He was over exaggerating of course. But he said those…

Great news! How many people might this help. It's countless.

AlexanderCar, That is amazing. I'm sure most of us remember the disbelief of Atkins when we first heard of it. With our minds full of fat is poison. So I'm sure many doctors don't look far from their studies of decades ago. But if you made a dent in some doctors, the lives that you will have helped to change for the…

pitbullmsmaliz, You'll have a lot of years with her. The youngest I ever had was a 4 year old, liked to rear and run back to the barn. I'm on a 20 and a 25 year old now. And the 25 year old is a real pip. I was also amazed at the power of turmeric. Great stuff.

Pitbullmamalize, Sorry I forgot the link. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/

pitbullmamalize, Sorry to hear about your hand. I have 2 horses myself. They are lightning quick with their hooves. In case you didn't have the recipe for golden paste you can find it here. http://www.newnaturalsonline.com/agora.cgi?cartlink=Golden_Paste.html Here are some scientific articles on Turmeric. Just go here and…

Atkins said to take vitamin b5. It's helped my husband lower his cholesterol. https://www.atkins.com/how-it-works/library/articles/a-vitamin-regimen-for-optimal-health

AlexandraCar, Good for you! I'm sure they'll think your a kook. I fought with one of my fat endocrinologists, when I was on Atkins the first time and had lost some weight. When I told him I was on Atkins, he freaked and told me to go on the Mediterranean diet. My cholesterol was about 280 and freaked about that also. As I…

Great video. I remember all the low fat "healthy" crap that was nothing but sugar coated garbage. I remember in the mid 1970's or early 80's they started to bring up how sugar was bad for the heart. My father was working at Nabisco, or Keebler, I can remember which. He was one of the guys who set up the machinery to make…

They have a snack pack jello 4 pack that uses splenda. Walmart sells it. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Snack-Pack-Strawberry-Orange-Gelatin-Juicy-Gels-4ct/20554609 They're pretty good. 5 calories and 1 carb each. I spray a little whip cream on top. I used to make my own jello before I could find this with Knox gelatin and…

I have read many people do Atkins the old way. Don't go by net, go by the actual carb amount to reach your 20 carbs per day. I used to go by the net carbs and also ate the Atkin's bars and shakes. I did their frozen meal deal, 3 times a day for 2 weeks with the Atkins bar and shake for the snacks, and I gained 3 pounds.…

I think it's job security for both doctors and drug companies. The average 1800 calorie diabetic diet has around 200 grams of carbohydrates. My dad had diabetes and my mother put us all on this 1200 calorie diabetic diet. Bread at every meal, very little meat or fat and fruit at each meal. That was 42 years ago. I was…

I'm going to try and make a homemade electrolyte solution. See if that works.

kpk54, I had two thick sliced bacon an egg salad with green olives, and salted the egg salad. I salt most of my food also. I going to try and make a homemade electrolyte solution. I just ordered some magnesium. That way, unlike Gatorade, I won't be getting the sugar and the calories.

camtosh, It has to be sugars of sorts. I get all the bad effects from sugar alcohol which is supposed to mean my body's not digesting it, but it is. It's a shame, I guess there are some people who are not as IR as I am and can lose on that. My neighbor lady is thin as a rail and eats like a truck driver, so everyone is…

swezeytba, I had that too, when I lost it the first time. No hunger. It took a while for the blood sugar swings to subside. I actually went a lower fat back then, since it was my first time and having been used to high carb- low fat. But as I progressed, I ate more fat, and it didn't stop the loss. Bacon was my friend. I…

Gale Hawkins, I come from a family that are prone to ulcers as well as stomach cancers. So chances are I am genetically set up for stomach problems. I had ulcers since my early 20's. Reflux as well. Back then they put you on tagamet and after 6 weeks you were good to go for a while. When I was on strict Atkins, 20 carbs, I…

I found the 1971 Atkins, in there it says to have: 2 small green salads a day (each less than one cupful loosely packed), made only of leafy greens, celery, or cucumbers and radishes. Dressings with vinegar, oil, salt, dry spices, herbs, grated cheese (cheese allotment 4 oz per day), or anchovies. Or else a sour pickle in…

This was the meal plan I did for two weeks and gained 3 pounds: http://kits.atkins.com/easy-peasy-meal-kit/ The book I started Atkins the first time was Dr. Atkins, New Diet Revolution. In there it says," Your diet must contain no more than 20 gms carb per day. This allows for approximately 3 cups of salad (sorry I was…

Trish55011, That is great to stay within that small amount of weight gain. I wish I only swung 10-15 pounds. At my highest I was about 300 lbs, at my lowest I was 135 pounds. I got down to staying around 170/180, I think that was my lowest on Atkins. I'd like to get to 160 this time. I have lost 3.6 pounds in 5 days so…

Sunny_Bunny, this puts me at 1612 kcal per day, workout or not to lose fat. 129 pro, 25 net carbs and 111fat. Today I was 1532 kcal, 11 carbs, 132 fat and 95 protein. I have to wait until tomorrow to see if I'm up or down on the scale. It's not that far off of Atkins. That would be week 3, in induction where you bump up 5…

I am new here and read through Atkins book 1980's. What is TDEE and is there a ratio needed between protein and fat daily? And is that per body weight? Thank you.

Thank you.

I just started this group a few days ago. I know Atkins says not to count calories but carbs. The first day they had me at 1500 calories. I lost two pounds ( I'm know it's just water) and the next day they dropped me to a little over 1300 calories a day. I have about 70 pounds to lose. I lost a lot of weight before on…

My husband has Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia, and the cardiologist told him to drink a lot of gaterade, for the sodium content. It's to keep his BP up when he stands. He does also have high bp, and is on meds. So it makes me wonder if the one is cancelling out the other. For years they kept talking about salt being bad…