Atkins Diet

[CJUS]

Hey all, I must admit that I had strayed from Atkins about a two months, I gained nine pounds back. As of Monday, I started ATkins, now I am on day three. WIsh me luck.

[Honeykiss1974]

Originally posted by CJUS
Hey all, I must admit that I had strayed from Atkins about a two months, I gained nine pounds back. As of Monday, I started ATkins, now I am on day three. WIsh me luck.

YAH! An Atkins buddy!

[tnxbutterfly]

I started Atinks on Monday as well. It's not as bad as I thought. This is just day 3 so I'm sure I'll be crazy beforethe end of the 2 weeks. My mom started on Saturday.

[lovelyivy84]

Good luck tnx! Keep us updated!

[FiReKraCkEr]

I started about 8 hours ago....lol

My family and I went to a restaurant and I was very good. I only ate meats and veggies. Also, I had some tofu. It's hard for me to do this diet, especially since rice is a staple in Korean food. I guess we'll see how it goes!

Wish me luck!

[Lil' Hannah]

Atkins and I have a love/hate relationship. I started again on Monday and I'm doing great with the food, but I have a feeling I'm going to booze it up this weekend and throw everything off kilter. We'll see.

[delph998]

Originally posted by lovelyivy84
Bad idea. What you are doing is dangerous.

How exactly does drinking water with lemon making you regular? You could increase your water intake without fasting to the same effect. Lemon is a mild diuretic, but that's about all.

Eating fiber makes you regular, and it ain't found in water or lemons. Fruit is a source of fiber, but it's also high in sugar as well and not the best choice.

You should talk to a doctor before fasting. Reading up on it is not enough. A book can't accurately judge your physical condition the way a physician can. Fasting is NOT natural, your body does NOT like it and it should NOT be done for any real length of time (like a month). Some morbidly obese individuals do benefit from drastic caloric reduction, but ONLY when done under a doctor's supervision.

Granted you are not starving yourself, but what you're doing could be very dangerous, and in the long run isn't a good way to lose weight. You'll lose it from lean muscle tissues by starving yourself and as soon as you go back to a more normal way of eating you'll gain back every single pound plus more.

Atkins is a hard diet, and not for everybody. Seeing as how it didn't work for you your best bet is not to fast, but a simple scaling-down of your diet. Limit your caloric intake (within acceptable levels), choose lean meats, whole grans and veggies, and eat smaller portions of everything. Don't diet, change the way you eat for good, otherwise it will NOT work.

Making drastic eating changes without a great deal of care and research is impossible to maintain and in the long run won't help you.

Hey Momma LovelyIvy!!! I should have known you were going to help a sista out!

For the record, I am fasting for spiritual growth, and I decided to eliminate certain foods. I've always drunk water with lemon. I heard it's a good way to flush the system. I don't know why, but it works for me. As soon as I'm done drinking that bad boy...it's on and poppin'!

Also, I'm not fasting to lose weight. I'm fasting for spiritual growth, but will take what you said, Lovelyivy into some strong consideration.

Honeykiss, tell me how you do on your voyage of weight loss.

Everybody else, keep us all posted with the success stories!

LovelyIvy, I can't wait for you to respond to this...you keep it crunk!

Luv y'all!

[lovelyivy84]

Girl you have me worried! Tsk tsk tsk!

Water is an important part of your system. If you don't get enough then you will not be regular, or have painful BM. But as most people get a good amount of water through the foods they eat FIBER is what most people need to concentrate on to stay regular. Water is a health necessity, but replacing meals with water and lemon is just dangerous (and lemon is a mild diuretic, which kinda undoes the point of drinking some of that water IMO, but sometimes people can't drink all they need to without it, so I suppose it's a trade-off).

I have seen people fast for spiritual reasons before, just not for a month. I still say talk to your doctor first! Talk to him about this before making a decision. At the very least I would assume you would need to stock up on nutritional supplements and he could let you know what to look out for. Make sure you have a good multivitamin supplement and I would probably pick up a protein and fiber supplement as well, since by missing out on half of your meals for the day you'll be missing out on all that essential nutrition.

Maybe instead of eating fruit (which is really high in sugar) you could have a meal replacement shake (NOT SLIMFAST!!! NO HOLLYWOOD DIET JUICE!!! NOTHING THAT THEY SELL IN DUANE READE OR RITE AID!!! NOT ANYTHING WITH MORE THAN 10g of SUGAR!! NOT ANYTHING THAT HAS FRUCTOSE IN THE LIST OF INGREDIENTS!!!). Trust me, although they're called meal replacements, they don't come close to replacing actual food, and I doubt they would contradict the intent of your spiritual fast, lol.

Shopping suggestions:
A VISIT TO YOUR DOCTOR
Fiber One Cereal (14g per serving, althought it tastes like dust you might need it) OR Benefiber (tasteless, fairly grit-free supplement, can be added to drinks for increased fiber intake, 3g of fiber per serving)
one soy/egg/whey/casein meal replacement protein supplement- there are tons of these on the market, just don't buy one with a huge amount of sugar
one whey protein supplement for after your workouts (a better body is really 75% about your eating habits for most people)
Vitamins: a multivitamin, a vitamin B supplement, a vitamin C supplement, a Calcium supplement

I don't like the idea of fasting. I know you want to do it for spiritual reasons, but I think that eating that way for an extended period of time could be dangerous. But if you absolutely feel that you must, be safe going about it.

Originally posted by delph998
Hey Momma LovelyIvy!!! I should have known you were going to help a sista out!

For the record, I am fasting for spiritual growth, and I decided to eliminate certain foods. I've always drunk water with lemon. I heard it's a good way to flush the system. I don't know why, but it works for me. As soon as I'm done drinking that bad boy...it's on and poppin'!

Also, I'm not fasting to lose weight. I'm fasting for spiritual growth, but will take what you said, Lovelyivy into some strong consideration.

Honeykiss, tell me how you do on your voyage of weight loss.

Everybody else, keep us all posted with the success stories!

LovelyIvy, I can't wait for you to respond to this...you keep it crunk!

Luv y'all!

[delph998]

Originally posted by lovelyivy84
Girl you have me worried! Tsk tsk tsk!

Water is an important part of your system. If you don't get enough then you will not be regular, or have painful BM. But as most people get a good amount of water through the foods they eat FIBER is what most people need to concentrate on to stay regular. Water is a health necessity, but replacing meals with water and lemon is just dangerous (and lemon is a mild diuretic, which kinda undoes the point of drinking some of that water IMO, but sometimes people can't drink all they need to without it, so I suppose it's a trade-off).

I have seen people fast for spiritual reasons before, just not for a month. I still say talk to your doctor first! Talk to him about this before making a decision. At the very least I would assume you would need to stock up on nutritional supplements and he could let you know what to look out for. Make sure you have a good multivitamin supplement and I would probably pick up a protein and fiber supplement as well, since by missing out on half of your meals for the day you'll be missing out on all that essential nutrition.

Maybe instead of eating fruit (which is really high in sugar) you could have a meal replacement shake (NOT SLIMFAST!!! NO HOLLYWOOD DIET JUICE!!! NOTHING THAT THEY SELL IN DUANE READE OR RITE AID!!! NOT ANYTHING WITH MORE THAN 10g of SUGAR!! NOT ANYTHING THAT HAS FRUCTOSE IN THE LIST OF INGREDIENTS!!!). Trust me, although they're called meal replacements, they don't come close to replacing actual food, and I doubt they would contradict the intent of your spiritual fast, lol.

Shopping suggestions:
A VISIT TO YOUR DOCTOR
Fiber One Cereal (14g per serving, althought it tastes like dust you might need it) OR Benefiber (tasteless, fairly grit-free supplement, can be added to drinks for increased fiber intake, 3g of fiber per serving)
one soy/egg/whey/casein meal replacement protein supplement- there are tons of these on the market, just don't buy one with a huge amount of sugar
one whey protein supplement for after your workouts (a better body is really 75% about your eating habits for most people)
Vitamins: a multivitamin, a vitamin B supplement, a vitamin C supplement, a Calcium supplement

I don't like the idea of fasting. I know you want to do it for spiritual reasons, but I think that eating that way for an extended period of time could be dangerous. But if you absolutely feel that you must, be safe going about it.

Thanks LovelyIvy!! I drink plenty of water...yesterday alone, I had 16 cups of water. I don't put lemon in my water everytime I drink it. Just in the morning. But I will try those supplements. Thanks for looking out for me!

I'S LUV YA!!!

[tnxbutterfly]

Originally posted by tnxbutterfly
I started Atinks on Monday as well. It's not as bad as I thought. This is just day 3 so I'm sure I'll be crazy beforethe end of the 2 weeks. My mom started on Saturday.

It's Day 5 I think. This no crab deal is slowing getting to me. Yesterday at work they ordered pizza and it sucked that I could have any. There were leftovers today and I didn't have any
My friends at work got a kick out of it because I was a little unsupportive when they were doing their weight lost thing. (waving food in front of their faces ect) Let me tell you a little about payback My weight right now is 162lbs. This is before I started. I'm going to do another weigh in on Thursday. Cross fingers and toes for me

[Honeykiss1974]

Originally posted by tnxbutterfly
It's Day 5 I think. This no crab deal is slowing getting to me. Yesterday at work they ordered pizza and it sucked that I could have any. There were leftovers today and I didn't have any
My friends at work got a kick out of it because I was a little unsupportive when they were doing their weight lost thing. (waving food in front of their faces ect) Let me tell you a little about payback My weight right now is 162lbs. This is before I started. I'm going to do another weigh in on Thursday. Cross fingers and toes for me

I feel you. Someone brought in Krispy Kreme doughnuts this morning. But I prevailed and didn't have any!

[FiReKraCkEr]

My stomach is really starting to hurt... is this normal?

[NOWorNEVER]

Originally posted by FiReKraCkEr
My stomach is really starting to hurt... is this normal?

Girl, it made my stomach hurt when I tried the Atkins diet about 2 years ago. I only did it for 2 1/2 weeks and I didn't like the way I felt even though I did drop some pounds.

[delph998]

Originally posted by FiReKraCkEr
My stomach is really starting to hurt... is this normal?

I don't know about that. I never had stomach trouble...lovelyivy, why don't you step in on this one!

[lovelyivy84]

I am not an Atkins-eater. I can think of some reasons why your stomach might hurt on that fiet but I can't know too much without knowing exactly what you are eating.

But pain is generally a bad thing. Maybe you could talk to a doctor? That would be my best advice.

Atkins is a great WOE for some people. But for others it is not a viable permanent eating plan- and if you want the weight to stay off the changes you make DO have to be permanent.

I hope everybody doing it has really evaluated not only their goals, but what they're honestly capable of putting up with.