I successfully lost 40 pounds on the Protein Power diet. You are allowed more carbs than Atkins but still eat more protein. That one wasn't bad. I could essentially have one serving of a carb with each meal. When I made spaghetti and meatballs for the kids, I would eat mainly meatballs and a 1/2 cup of spaghetti. I tried to mix up which types of carbs I ate to get a somewhat balanced diet (milk with breakfast, fruit with lunch, bread/pasta/potato with dinner). I think the key to success on that one is doing weight resistance training. It's focused on building muscle to increase your metabolism. Most people I know on Atkins aren't doing that part of it, but I don't know if it is emphasized with Atkins as it was with Protein Power.

Dee

Can't do without carbs! It's impossible...if I couldn't have my macaroni or bread, I would be very grouchy indeed. My parents are now on the Atkins diet to lose a couple pounds, and all I hear about is carbs carbs carbs carbs are bad don't eat carbs don't buy any more carbs, but it just goes in one ear and out the other. If you don't eat carbs...what else is left? Lettuce?

meat. lots and lots of meat.

I feel dead without SOME carbs. That's why I told people I was going on a medium-carb diet. Screw low carb. :D

Damn the Italian in me!

I'm doing the low-carb thing too...try being in Korea (where rice is the main thing) and doing Atkins. It's pretty hard.

I miss rice and chocolate the most. Mostly, I miss B&J's Chocolate Fudege Brownie ice cream :)

But after a little bit on this diet, you start to lose your cravings for sweet stuff. I haven't had sugar in about 2 weeks, and this is coming from someone who was addicted to chocolate!

since I don't eat meat the Atkins diet is out for me. I LOVE carbs and that is my main diet. I do eat alot of soy products and have started eating some fish again (went 10 years without eating fish, can't stand it anymore). I love bread and potatoes and pasta and so on and so on. for dinner Sunday I had a dinner roll, macoroni and cheese, mash potatoes, salad and some salmon-ummmmmmmm

Mmmm, I can't think of too many things that taste better than a big bowl of pasta with marinara sauce, and fresh, crusty-chewy Italian breat slathered in butter to mop up the extra sauce. And a can or two of Pepsi (non-diet).

Needless to say; the Atkins diet wouldn't be my thing!

Carbs rock! I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't have pasta. My favorite foods are all pasta dishes.

I don't think I could go one week without Apple Pie, the kind publix makes with the little crisscrosses on it. Its really good when its cold.

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why does that matter in whether or not some people could go without eating carbs?

I love all of you carb-eating girls... ZT Angel, please be my wife.

only if there's a phat diamond ring involved

I'm joining the carb lover club..........

How can you live without grilled cheese sandwiches??????

I am not really part of the carb lover club, but the reasons I can't do Atkins are as follows:

pasta with meat sauce (russelwarshay, don't waste your money on low carb pasta, it's DISGUSTING! Either give it up completely or splurge and have some of the real deal, but don't go halfsies)
garlic bread
chocolate ANYTHING
corn muffins
toast- with butter, with jam, with both, it's all yummy to me!
biscuits from KFC.
cinnamon raisin bagels
cake/cookies

Granted I only eat these things about once a month, but I think that if I knew I couldn't have the I'd want them way more. I just watch my serving sizes and I do pretty good.

Here's the thing... I need to lose weight, LOVE carbs and don't eat meat.

What do I do?

Also, I can't make myself eat meat. I would turn anorexic. It makes me sick! hehe. No, I can't stand the texture of meat.