Ugh, when I was on Atkins (and I plan on going on it again) I LOVED the Ross. The Ross did NOT love me :( Lots of stomach cramps. I can eat about one little square a day, which thankfully became enough to get me over the "craving" :)

Teengodfather:

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl

is an excellent site to get all kinds of nutritional info for things that don't have their own labels. However, I'm not sure if they list "foreign carrots" :winkwink:

The Atkin's diet works very well while you're on it, but if you cheat you'll gain back weight very quickly. I used to use it for 6 days days on & then have 1 meal of totally carbs no protein on the 7th day, which helped keep me sane.
Also, another tip, take plenty of calcium while you're on it to compensate for the dairy products you're not having. Prevents you from getting irritable & sleep better:BangBang:

Good luck & keep up the good work:glugglug

lol. Thanks. I'm not gonna go on the diet. I'm just curious.
About the foreign carrots shit.. I just saw some program a few weeks back about the nutritional values of things.. and they compared US and european carrots. heheh. :)

You are absolutely right about the vegetables, I have never eaten so many vegetables in my entire life..

Yeah, and doctors are starting to realise that he might be right after all. The low fat, low calories have been a total disaster! When 50% of the population is overweight, there is something wrong.

My blood pressure is finally back to normal.

I just went on that a month ago and lost 12 pounds in 2 weeks. I followed it to the letter though, no diet soda, only drank water, no veggies, no fruit at all, no ketchup (sugar), and took the pills and exercised a lot.

after 2 weeks I went off of it and am doing something else now, but atkins was a good way to get the ball rolling.

You are allowed to eat 2-3 cups of veggies (not all of them) everyday on induction.

fyi....any root type veggy is hi in carbs.
ie potatos, carrots, turnips....etc

When being interviewed Dr. Atkins and his representatives continue to issue this challenge to their distracters: cite ONE medical study that shows or suggests the Atkins diet causes kidney disease, gallbladder problems or any other health risk.

They can?t! They can, however, cite opinions, speculation, innuendo, and antidotal examples, but no facts. While it is true that there are no long term studies (over 6 months) as yet available, doctors at Duke University and Harvard have conducted studies that show the Atkins diet superior to low fat, low calorie diets. And that the dieters, in addition to loosing more weight, actually lowered their bad cholesterol counts while on Atkins.

IMHO it is no coincidence that obesity and diabetes have risen steadily since the instruction of the food pyramid. In fact, the food pyramid does work, if you turn it upside down.

What if the government has been wrong for the last 20 years, perish the thought?

If you are really interested read this article that appeared in the New York Times in July of 2002. Don?t just skim the article. Try and understand the science behind the success of the Atkins Diet.

http://lowcarb.ca/articlesb/article344.html

Check out the Duke and other studies here:

http://lowcarb.ca/

Stop dealing with ?she said?, ?I heard?, ?they think??..and read the facts above?..

You can drink on the Atkins Diet. After induction. The body deals with the alcohol first. Then the fat. So drinking just stalls the process. Michelob Ultra is a specially brewed low cal beer. Under 3 carbs per bottle. Miller Lite is also very low at about 3.5 carbs.

I wanted to lose fast so I cut out anything that would slow the process down. Since I was taking all the atkins pills (oils, basic 3, and advantage) I figure I was good.

THen you werent following atkins to the letter and all that weight will come back.

South of Seattle in Federal Way.

thats why this diet was mainly used by bodybuilders before they used drugs to lose weight. but they used to carb load. 5 days with low carbs and then 2 days of pigging out on carbs. not suppose to be a good long term diet.

Yeah, it does sound like I've eaten too many carbs especially in the beginning stages.

And you are SO right about shitting bricks! :1orglaugh

Well, the one really good thing to come out of this is my blood glucose levels have returned back to normal!:thumbsup

And my cholesterol levels have gone down into the normal range also!:thumbsup :thumbsup

So, can't call the diet bad based on these two accomplishments..that's for sure!

It can cause ketosis and can screw up your hormone balance.

I like the sounds of that!!:thumbsup
Thanks for the encouragement.

Out of curiosity..why did you forgo diet sodas? Their diet outline says diet sodas are aok. The carbonation?

Wondering the same thing...I"ve got the Atkins book here but haven't started it yet and the only thing keeping me from downing no less than a 12 pack of coke a day is diet vanilla coke.

We should get together sometime. I'm in Seattle.
And YOU have been a legendary icon ever since I first got on the net back in 1996.:)

The aspartame is the problem. It can stall the weight loss and might give you cravings for sugar, wich is not good. But everyone does not have the same metabolism. I still drink diet pepsi (in moderation) it's extremely low in carb (close to 0)

You want to drink Diet Rite (with splenda and caffeine free), I'd drink that, but it's not available in Canada.

Diet Rite is the only perfectly okay diet soda that Atkin's lovers can drink, it's made with Splenda instead of aspartame. (Aspartame increases your blood sugar levels where Splenda does not). Lots of flavors, but I like the good old-fashioned cola best. :)

I happened to have a diet lemon coke in the fridge, it says it has 0 carbs. Dunno if that's the only thing what you should be looking at.. is it?

Aww crap...man I can tell I'm going to fail now.

I can't stand diet sodas, the only one that ever tasted halfway decent is this Diet vanilla coke...I just can't see something called "diet rite" tasting all that good.

Interesting..I forgot about aspertame. I use splenda in the tea I have. But I must admit..I DO drink a lot of diet coke & diet pepsi.
MIGHT be the key to the slow down in weight loss. However, my blood sugars have improved dramatically! I'm always in double digits reading instead of triple numbers as I was before. My endocrinologist (sp?) said that if this continues and the weight comes off, that I could go off the meds I'm on for that.

I have to agree with ya. Diet RC cola..YUCK! And frankly..it's hard to find anymore..even here in Seattle.:eek7

Soo... even though this asparteme (artificial sweetener?) hasn't got carbs, you're not supposed to consume it? wtf? Any more 'hidden' rules? :)

So if I was on the diet, I couldn't drink coke light, even though it has 0 carbs?

Still.. not thinking on trying this, I just like to educate myself. lol. Props to those who have the strength to keep on something like this.
:thumbsup

Like I said in my earlier post, I am drinking diet pepsi and it's working.

Appreciate the props.

http://www.atkinscenter.com

That'll give you MUCH info on this, and then I would suggest the two books: Atkins New Diet Revolution and Atkins for Life. Good recipes and stuff, good info.

From what I've gleened from my readings on the Zone Diet (modified Atkins), caffeinated diet colas are treated as carbs because they have the same effect on the body. I took to drinking diet non-caffeinated. It's not just the sweetener involved but the caffeine. Some people can be successful on Atkins even though they don't follow the no caffeine and cola rule, others can't. Aspartame can make you crave carbs.

With Atkins, he outlines that you are one of 3 types...A (metabolically resistant), B (glucose intolerant) and C (carbohydrate addict).

Also.. I've seen talk here about Atkins and kidneys. It's not the lack of carbs that can hurt the kidneys it's large amounts of protein. What's been found is that high protein intake can accelerate the loss of kidney function in people who already suffer some kidney problems. Also remember, a true Atkins diet doesn't push high protein but rather high fat intake.

Keep on drinkin' on!

Like it's been said a couple of times earlier in this thread too: Everyone is DIFFERENT and have different metabolisms and different needs/results.

The ONLY way you will find out if it works for you is to TRY IT!

And just like a new suit..you may have to alter it a bit to make it fit you/work for you.

I did Atkins a while ago, lost 15 lbs in three weeks...I have been TRYING to get back on it, but soda pop is KILLING me!

Is there anyone out there who will be my "Atkins Partner"...I kind of need someone to kick me in the ass once in a while...:helpme

Sure thing Kayla!!

If you move in with me.

YEAH!
I added you to my AOL buddy list, I will IM you as SOON as I see you online there! I have a photo shoot for a magazine April 11th, think you can help kick my butt in to shape by then?

:helpme

Use msblaze2you for the AIM, hon. :)

One of the things I found while on Zone was that I was very used to having a 1 liter bottle of diet pepsi with me. I would fill it 2/3rd full from a 2 liter bottle and add ice then drink off of it for the better part of half a day sometimes having to re-ice it. Heck the dang bottle would even go with me in the car.

Well I found that I could just as easily fill that bottle with water (remember you need 64 oz a day) or with decaf iced tea with splenda. I still had my 'bottle', but it was better for me. It wasn't so much that I needed the diet pepsi as it was I was so accustomed to having something to drink at hand all the time.

True, that. I fill mine either with the Diet Rite or with water. I also like getting plain seltzer water or club soda and dropping a few drops of the Atkins syrups (strawberry rocks) in it and suddenly I have Atkins soda!

One of the best tips for loosing weight: Eat carbs in the morning, cut down at lunch, and totally eliminate at night! Carbs turn to ATP, and ATP creates energy. When your body has carbs to burn during the day you have more energy, then at night after you have eliminated the carbs, your body goes into the fat cells to burn energy. You loose weight while sleeping and you don't loose needed energy during the day.

Also eat atleast 5-6 small meals per day, rather than three big meals, your stomach will love this!

I highly recommend that you increase your cadio. 30 minutes brisk walk in the AM.

The other thing is with this diet. the key is too slowly increase your carb intake.

after week 3 you should think about having a cheat day. That means have your choc M&M. but in moderation.

Also increase carbs slowly. but be very careful what type.

Pasta - bread poison. your better off just having a small pack of M&Ms

when you increase your carbs that means have vegis. moderate amount of fruit. something like an avacado lots of nutrition and not too high on carbs. eat vegi's that are low in carbs. its going to make the diet a lot easier.

When you get to your desired weight - no chips - pasta once a week. And lower the fat in take watch the saturated fats.

another important thing is drink a lot of water. it'll make it easier on you.

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