Atkins Diet

[sairose]

Originally posted by DigitalAngel126
Just thought I'd mention....I went to fat camp when I was 16 (oy vey!!!) and they made it very clear that the people that lose upwards of 6 lbs per week (there were a lot of us) aren't doing too much harm SO LONG AS WE HAVE THAT MUCH TO LOSE. Comparitvely speaking, a person that is 100 lbs overweight can handle losing 8 lbs in a week moreso than someone that is only packing 20 extra lbs. So, depending on how big you are, losing more than 2 lbs per week woudln't be that big a deal, for a while.

I can understand that, but even at my heaviest, my doctor told me you should never ever lose more than 2 pounds per week to avoid buring muscle.

[FiReKraCkEr]

I still have a week to go... and I've lost a few pounds already but it's not physically noticable.

But I cheated a little, well sort of. I used 1000 Island Dressing in a salad, I made Chicken Parmasagna from Spaghetti sauce and that has sugar in it, and I popped a piece of gum in my mouth (totally forgetting) and spit it right out when I remembered. I still crave comfort foods, but that is totally mind over matter. I need to learn to not turn to food when I get emotional.

But other than that, I've been reall good about the food I eat. I eat three good meals a day and I drink lots and lots of water. Tuna is my best friend now! It's so hard when my dad is eating an ice cream cone and asks me if I'm sure I dont want one in a taunting voice.

And I do plan on making this a life commitment. I have a problem with reaching for juck food whenever I have issues. With the Atkins, I dont reach anymore. Now, I have to deal with my issues instead of reaching for chocolate.

[tnxbutterfly]

I've been doing bad. There were donuts at work today and I had 3. The good news is I didn't gain any weight. I didn't lose any either. I've been totall pmsing so that kind of screwed things up. I'm going to start again Monday

[delph998]

Thanks for the updates.

I met a couple of people who have tried the Southwest Diet and feel that it's more effective than Atkins because you can eventually bring fruit into the picture. Also, you can eat as much vegetables that you want (whereas with Atkins, only two cups of veggies). I'm in a wedding in THREE WEEKS! I think I'm going to incorporate some of their guidelines into my diet to see if I can drop a quick five pounds. Not that it would help, but it would boost my self esteem!

Continue to keep us posted!

[phoenixrising]

WOW!

The information from this thread has been so overwhelming! I have decided that I will go to buy the book again today. I had actually tried Atkins several years ago, but failed miserably! I have made many changes in my eating since then...so maybe this time I will be successful. I was addicted to juice & fast food. I think I will start Feb 1... any one want to start with me? Wish me luck!

[Eclipse]

Has anyone heard the "new" news about the Atkins? Evidently they are saying that people have misunderstood the fat issue and that you still need to keep your fat under 20 grams or something like that. I've been looking for an article.

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Meanwhile, I kinda started the South Beach diet on Wednesday or Thursday, but got SERIOUS on Friday. My sister and her kids were visiting this weekend and I told them to clean out my pantry of all the "bad" stuff. They took chips, cake mix, icing, pudding, oranges, apples, potatoes, grits and even my canister of sugar!

I loaded up on the stuff that I can eat and was very successful this weekend--even though I ate out 3 times! I took my little baggie of snacks (sugar free pudding, cherry tomatoes and celery, hummas (sp?), low fat string cheese, etc. ) to the hospital when I went to visit my mommy (she's doing better--I need to do a update) so I wouldn't be tempted by the snack machines. I have been drinking a boat load of water and have been going to the bathroom like no body's business! I haven't really been hungry, except for the time I forgot my snack, but I refused to buy "bad" stuff, so I just chewed a stick of sugar free gum.

I've also tried to exercise more--just walking a bit but I am pretty much a couch potatoe! If I can't walk during the day/early evening, I climb the stairs in my house (there are 17 of them suckers!) for about 15 minutes. More than that and my legs turn to jelly! I'm also lifting weights a bit. I want Angela Bassett's arms!

I hope this works for me. I have not succesfully followed a diet and exercise plan since college (and my metabolism was much higher then) so I am really trying to stick with it.

Oh yeah, I just successfully passed a 'test'. We had a little party for a temp who got married over the weekend. There was cake (which smelled sooooo goood!!), honey roasted nuts, these little cheese cracker things, some cute little chocolate mint petit fores (is that how you spell it?), and lemonade. I resisted it all and just calmly sipped my water, even as my supposed "diet partner" had a piece of cake!

[rho4life]

Nice work Eclipsse, on resisting "the near ocassion of sin".

I'm not doing Atkins, but for the 1st time I am actually paying attention to my carbs, not just my overall calories. I find that the hardest thing for me is the workplace yummies. Last week someone brought in Ms. Fields nibblers, before that it was fudge!

[Eclipse]

As of last Thursday (about 6 days on the diet) I had lost about 4 lbs! One thing I like about South Beach is that you see the weight come off right away! I was doing pretty good (absolutely NO cheating) until last Saturday. I took my neices to Olive Garden to celebrate one of their birthdays and while I could have had the salmon in lemon butter sauce and the grilled veggies I had lasagna. It was so good I thought I was going to...well I won't tell you what I thought Suffice it to say, it was good! I did moderate though and did not eat the entire thing. I ate about half of it and had a bit today and will probably have the rest tomorrow.

Other than that I been pretty good. Since I was having house guests I bought some apple and orange juice and successfully resisted that temptation. Tonight I had a low carb burger from Hardees (I think they are only in the south) although I am sure the south beach would frown on the fat content.

I bought some Crystal Light Strawberry Kiwi juice on Friday and it is the BOMB! Helps me say no to fruit juice.

One thing that I hope is going to help me is that me and several coworkers are dieting together (different programs) and the one who does the best will recieve $150 (we're all putting $25 in the pot)!! That sound like my new skinny outfit money!!

[lovelyivy84]

go 'head Eclipse!

You sound like you're doing great!

I'm going to pick up the South Beach book tomorrow- it sounds really interesting, I want to read up on it.

[Eclipse]

Originally posted by lovelyivy84
go 'head Eclipse!

You sound like you're doing great!

I'm going to pick up the South Beach book tomorrow- it sounds really interesting, I want to read up on it.

Thanks! Check out their website at ww.southbeachdiet.com first. It gives you the basics, although I've found the book to be very helpful. There are recipes in the back. I've tried a few and some of them are actually quite good.

[rho4life]

Originally posted by Eclipse



One thing that I hope is going to help me is that me and several coworkers are dieting together (different programs) and the one who does the best will recieve $150 (we're all putting $25 in the pot)!! That sound like my new skinny outfit money!!

I am on email all day at work, and I have two friends at other jobs who are trying to lose weight. Having their email support helps get me through the day. Also, by making your goal public [at least for me] it stirs up my competitive spirit and my pride.


Congrats on your progress!

[delph998]

Excellent Eclipse! Keep up the great work! I'm checking out the South Beach diet for real today! I started this thread and I ain't doing right!

[Honeykiss1974]

I had to stop the Atkins diet. Although I did feel like I was losing pounds, I was just not comfortable with all the meat and no veggies. Plus, i think I was in developing gout.

Someone else mentioned The South Beach diet. Stating that it was similiar to Atkins, but it introduced veggies and fruits WAY sooner, so I may try it.

[Eclipse]

Originally posted by Honeykiss1974
Plus, i think I was in developing gout.

Someone else mentioned The South Beach diet. Stating that it was similiar to Atkins, but it introduced veggies and fruits WAY sooner, so I may try it.

What's gout? I remember my Big Mama and her Sr. Citizen friends talking about "the gout" as in "You know Deacon Jackson got the gout." "Chile, hush yo' mouf!" LOL I thought it was only for old people

I'm not that up on Atkins, but on Southbeach you can start introducing fruit like apples, blueberries and (I think) strawberries to your diet after the 2nd week. Southbeach does not ask you to count carbs, they just divide things into good carbs and bad carbs as well as good fat and bad fat. For instance, nuts like peanuts and almonds have good fat, so you can have them in phase 1 (the strictest) although they do restrict the number that you can have. Regarding veggies, I know you can have green beans, asparagus, squash, zuccunni (I know I jacked that up!), broccoli, califlower, all kinds of lettuce, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, lima beans, black beans and mushrooms. I can't remember what else is on the "o.k. to eat" list. You cannot have carrots or corn or beets (big lost there! LOL) and of course stuff like potatoes. This is only for the first 2 weeks, then you start reintroducing these into your diet,although potatoes, watermelon and pineapple (some of my favorites) stay on the "eat sparingly, if at all" list.

Update on my lasanga: My dad, who is staying with me while my mom is in the hospital ate my leftovers. I 'bout jacked him up about that!! I was toooo

[tnxbutterfly]

Originally posted by Honeykiss1974
I had to stop the Atkins diet. Although I did feel like I was losing pounds, I was just not comfortable with all the meat and no veggies. Plus, i think I was in developing gout.

Someone else mentioned The South Beach diet. Stating that it was similiar to Atkins, but it introduced veggies and fruits WAY sooner, so I may try it.

I stopped to. Eating just meat and cheese was making me way to crabby for my own good. I might check out this Southbeach diet you all speak of. One of my co-workers is doing it now and seems to be doing well on it.