Atkins diet.......works for me..anyone else?

Old_Hickory · Sep 17, 2003

The reason they do not want you to drink coffee is because the caffeine is a stimulant and it can make you hungry.At least that is my understanding.

Boondox · Sep 17, 2003

Coffee is the one thing I refused to give up! Take my beer. Take my chocolate. Take my ice cream. But keep your mitts off my coffee!

And I've still lost 35# on Atkins.

Pete

Egon · Sep 17, 2003

If'n my history is correct a lot of Irish suffered a famine when they had a potato blight and no potato crop. Don't think they had access to a lot of meat.

Egon

pruntyc · Sep 17, 2003

Yes Ireland had that. But you must remember that was only one country, everyone is not Irish, everyone is not from there. So you can't pick one country out to try to prove something. I think the Irish has always been potato lovers. Italy, pasta, etc. But as a whole people were meat eaters. But it has got to where most people are eaters of carbs now days and have a fat problem, me included. Carbs and don't work as hard to burn them off, makes for a lot of health problems.

hazmat · Sep 17, 2003

Well after hearing all the successes here I've decided to give it a shot. I'm 28 years old, 6' tall & 225-230# right now. Looking forward to getting to 180-190# i tried slim fast & lean cusine once, lost 40# but gained it all back once i ate real food again.

I went and got the book out of the library. Turned out to be the wrong one (Atkins for life). It focuses on the maint. phase. All 24 copies of the "new diet revolution" were checked out of the local library system, so I bought the paperback. Read them both today while on the sailboat. Makes sense to me. I plan to start on monday. So I've been having goodbye portions of some of my favorite carbs this week.

Jerry, I'm looking forward to bacon & eggs every morning myself. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif One of the things Dr. Atkins recommends is having a diet buddy. Would you like to be my virtual buddy? (feels like I'm asking someone out on a date /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif) Send me a pm if you're interested.

Gary_in_Indiana · Sep 18, 2003

<font color="blue"> put more gas in the tank than you use and surplus has to go somewhere </font>

I prefer to think of it as having a larger tank. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

heehaw · Sep 18, 2003

my wife and i have been on the atkins diet since about march, i lost 5 pounds the first 3 weeks, then nothing since, she finally lost 10 pounds by the end of august...no cheating, i am walking a couple miles, 3 times a week, she is walking every day....we are switching to another plan...have talked to several others that say the same..but then several folks i work with have dropped weight quick with the atkins diet..just doesn't seem to work for us..
heehaw

FarmNut · Sep 18, 2003

Agree, couldn't give up the coffee. I work too many long hours that I need the pick-me-up. Been watching carb intake ("Atkins diet") for a year now. Lost about 40 lbs in first six months. Went from 195lbs to 155 lbs. Need to lose another 10 lbs, but I'm taking my time (need to cheat every now and then /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif ). Really hasn't been that bad for me. I eat a lot of Carb Solutions, Atkins and Carb Wise bars for breakfast. Eat a lot of jerky, nuts and cheese for snacks. I do have a problem with gout and the excess meat consumption does cause it to flare up occasionaly, but I finally decided to go on allopurinal to control it and its working for me.

I'm really in the maintenance phase now, and I eat anything I want. When I partake of something with a lot of carbs, I watch my intake a little more closely for a few days after to compensate for the "cheating." Thus far its working for me and I haven't gained any of the weight back and its become a life style that is easy for me to live with.

FarmNut

nebraska · Sep 18, 2003

you guys know how helpful these discussion boards can be, go to lowcarbfriends , they have some great boards for the low carbers. the recipe for Beachgirls Cheese Cake is worth the effort. read some of the recipe board and you will be amazed at some of the things these people have made low carb.

Tonester · Sep 18, 2003

A word of caution if you are prone to kidney stones.....

I tried the atkins diet a couple years ago, worked great for a week, lost several pounds and thought I was all set. Then I was hit with a severe kidney stone!! Guys, if you have experienced this, you know what I mean!! OUCH!! My doctor actually told me that next to childbirth, kidney stones are one of the most painfull things that can happen to a person. He said the extra protein was the cause, and since I haven't had one before or since, he probably had it right, at least for me. So there ya go, a word to the wise....

By the way, the drummer in my band lost a HUGE amount of weight over the summer with this diet, a good 20-30 pounds in three months!!!!!!!! So other than my issue, it does work.