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Thanks to his death certificate, we know Atkins was 258 pounds at the time of his death. Yet according to a copy of his medical records, as turned over to USA Today by the diet guru’s widow, Atkins weighed 195 pounds upon admission to the hospital 8 April 2003 following his fall. He died on 17 April 2003 after having been…

Yep, went down a size.

I switched from regular soda to diet soda and that worked well for me, for many years. I'm kind of over the whole soda thing now though and have moved onto LaCroix and Bubly flavored sparkling waters. They're not sweetened but the flavorings give it hints of sweetness. Bubly has a limited edition pineapple flavor out right…

Ok, that gives you a lot more foods to play with :) I do a lot of stirfry type dishes-steak (cubed), chicken, shrimp etc, mixed with sauteed veggies and mushrooms, with a bit of A-1 sauce to tie it all together. Salmon is another easy one to prepare and goes well with California blend veggies (steamers bags), or asparagus.…

Thanks, didn't realize that by clicking the 'complete this entry' button it generated the message. Un-clicked it for yesterday and it disappeared :)

The current plan structure has more variety/not as many restrictions. Atkins20 has 20-25g of net carbs mostly coming from their large list of 'foundation vegetables', along with up to 3-4 ounces of cheese, and then the trace carbs found in eggs, some seafood etc. You can actually get quite a bit of veggies in with that…

Meh, I ate restaurant food 4 times this past weekend and I stayed completely on plan for my lower carb way of eating. It was pretty easy to chose lower carb options or do simple modifications to make things lower carb. Many restaurants offer meat focused dishes, along with eggs and cheese, veggies etc. I even had pizza-we…

Cheese is a good lower carb snack (string cheese etc). Nuts and seeds, veggies with low carb dip/dressing. Berries are pretty low carb so I'd be tempted to break the rules with that one :)

In the other thread I recommended the book Atkins: Eat Right, Not Less. I really recommend starting with that-it gives all the info you need in a very easy to understand format (it has beautiful pictures too). It breaks down the various stages of the plan so you know exactly what to do. I borrowed it from the library but…

Yeah, I think I need to just be faithful in tracking again right now and get an idea of where I'm actually at, and then adjust accordingly. I've been loving a lower carb way of eating but it's definitely acting as an appetite suppressant. I hit just over 1,800 calories yesterday and added foods that I didn't feel like…

How low carb are you going?

Steamers bags of veggies are great-you literally just throw the bag in the microwave and turn it on :) Also, I found a steamer tray at the grocery store-it has has a section to put water in, then a slotted tray that fits over that, along with a lid. You put it in the microwave and it steams veggies in a few minutes.…

I sent you a link to another forum I hang out on, that's Atkins/low carb specific (I didn't want to spam the boards here, though it is a free site so maybe it's ok to post?). It has a lot of info on Atkins and an active group of Atkins followers, as well as people who follow other low carb plans. Also, a really good book…

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This. As you get further along into the weight loss phase you add carbs and in maintenance you continue adding carbs until your weight stabilizes, with a ball park figure of around 100 net carbs. I'm in maintenance and my current goal is 90 carbs (not net). I'm eating an ice cream right now and I'm still going to come in…

I lost around 7lbs within a couple weeks of starting, but I'd think that's tapered off now that I'm about a month in? I'm not fond of tracking but am going to start back up for a while-have today's food inputed and realized that even with adding extra stuff today, I'm at around 1,500 calories. So if my TDEE is 1,800-1,900…

Ok, set up the food tracking area on MFP for my new calorie target, (decided to start at 1,800 calories and adjust from there), as well as set up my lower carb/higher fat macros ratios that I'm currently experimenting with. I haven't tracked on MFP in a while so it's going to take me a bit to get back into the swing of…

I did diet only and that worked well for me. Others experiences will vary.

You really can't say that though. There's plenty of people who don't carry extra weight in their waist area, that are at high risk for medical conditions or who have them. My husband's grandmother is 90lbs soaking wet and yet she's been a prediabetic for years, has had numerous strokes etc. She's never been overweight and…

That's really going to be a discussion for between your doctor and you. Maybe set up an appointment to go in and talk to your doctor/have health markers assessed and then go from there.

That's really interesting, gives me something to think about :)

Name: zeejane How long in maintenance: 6 years Goal maintenance range: 130lbs-135lbs Current weight: 129.6lbs Current goal: getting weight to stabilize/stop losing :p Well, I'm in an odd situation. I've continued to lose weight and I'm now under my maintenance range. The combination of adding in almost daily walks, now…

I've been in maintenance for 6 years though, I'm so confused right now, lol. The only thing that's changed is I've started walking regularly again, so it makes sense that my TDEE has gone up a bit from that, and then I've modified my carb intake to 50g-75g net carbs. The dietary changes have definitely decreased my…

Thanks for the input, I think I'll aim for 1,800 starting out and see where I'm at after 2-3 weeks :)

It's just messing with my head-I have it ingrained that I should be at 1,600 a day and my walks have minimal impact on anything, because it's just walking. But it looks like I'm totally off here so I'll definitely have to adjust my numbers! I'm still at a healthy BMI, 21.0, but I don't want to get lower-my face is starting…

Wow, I'm trying to wrap my mind around 1,900 calories a day-that seems so high to me! I've been a very loose calorie tracker in maintenance, and the days I was tracking I was in the 1,500-1,600 range (this was before I started experimenting with the lower carb way of eating). I never tracked my calories on the weekend…

I think it's still going to vary quite a bit, from individual to individual, even in a setting like that. We spent some time in the Shipshewana area last year and one thing that stood out to me and the others in my group was how overweight so many of the Amish we were around were. Most of the women were overweight, as well…

Can you move your supper up a bit so you're not eating so late? I'm a mindless night time grazer and it's one of the first things I had to address back when I started my weight loss phase. Over a period of a couple months I slowly started cutting back on what time I was eating at night. Started out by no longer eating…

This. Op, I've been in maintenance for over 6 years now. In that time I've had periods where I've tracked calorie and then other times where I haven't tracked them. I was looking at my bloodwork/health screenings history earlier today and in the past 5 years (what I have data from), my BMI has fluctuated very little. I…

She logged yesterday, so maybe she's changed her mind about some things? It would be interesting to have an update from her :)