Atkins Diet

[meglet]

I've found this is the only diet that works for me. I started on 2nd Jan and have lost half a stone already ( I know some of this may be water but that's fine as I tend to retain a lot of water anyway). My question is to anyone else who tries this diet, what do you eat when the craving for carbs gets too much? I've just had a wrap in the (probably mistaken) belief that the tortilla has less carbs than bread!

[redcrx]

be very careful with a no-carbs diet. Carbs are needed by the brain and cutting them out completely for long periods of time is not recommended.

[ummmm1]

The only diets that work long term.......

Eat less

Exercise more

[Backdrifter]

I agree with the previous 2 replies. Any 'diet' that depends on eliminating a food group is potentially dangerous. We need all the food groups; if you have the determination to cut out carbs in order to follow the Atkins, then why don't you apply that determination to simply eating a balanced diet? Organisations such as the British Heart Foundation and Weightwatchers have comprehensive info on how this can be easily done, without having to necessarily sacrifice the things you like.

To answer your question, the craving for carbs needs to be satisfied by HAVING carbs. That's why you're craving them. Sorry to sound preachy and if it's irritating to have non-Atkins people replying in this way but it's well-meant.

That sort of quick weight loss you described is not good. Also, I don't understand how it can be just water loss if you tend to retain a lot of water, aren't those two processes mutually exclusive?

[sleepyj]

the atkins diet did not help mr atkins hes dead .i would never do that diet

[meglet]

I know these things are true. I've ony ever done it short term and still eat a small amount of fruit giving me some natural sugar.

I lost quite a bit of weight last year by going to the gym 5 times a week. I've since changed jobs and can't do it anymore. I suppose I'm looking for a quick fix, except there's no such thing!

[kwicky]

The Atkins Diet does work. I was on it for 3 months and lost a stone in weight. The low carbohydrate diet was a problem at first having to give up biscuits and bread but you settle into a routine of fried eggs, fried eggs, fried eggs. The biggest problem was constipation which can be worrying when not visiting the toilet for over a week but I felt much better overall. As a person who sweats quite a lot I discovered that even after exercise hardly a bead of sweat was found?
As the diet is unnatural I succombed to the pleasures of chocolate, cakes and bread and soon after regained my previous weight.

[dizydosydoll]

well i dont think it does any harm to do the atkins as a kick start to your diet, just remember though if you eat the carbs like you did b4 the diet the weight will just pile back on.

[meglet]

Oh and Dr Atkins died by slipping on ice and hitting his head, nothing to do with the diet! Don't believe everything you read!

[ilovemarkb]

and it makes your breath stink!!! phwooaarhh!!

[dizydosydoll]

he died of an art attack

[dizydosydoll]

he died of an heart attack

[Backdrifter]

kwicky please come back and confirm, as I suspect, that your answer is satirical as I'm not 100% sure.

dizzy I quite liked your first response - 'art attack'. Suffocated in paint? Hit by a sculpture? Bored to death by a video installation?

[dizydosydoll]

lol its this time of the day the mind just wont work proper

[meglet]

Just Google "how Dr Atkins died" and the first website is CNN. I quote....

Atkins, 72, was rushed to New York Weill Cornell Medical Center by his colleague, Dr. Keith Berkowitz, where surgeons removed a blood clot to relieve pressure in his brain on April 9.

Atkins slipped on an icy sidewalk outside his New York office.

He had a heart attack in 2002 but didn't die until this accident the following year. And he was 72, if he had a heart attack at 42 or 52 that argument might hold water.

[Xenon101]

I did it for 7 days and lost 6 lbs but... On the eighth day I tried playing Football and collapsed. My leg muscles just gave in. I think my body had missed some important nutrient. Won't be trying it again. Agree with earlier comment. I'm now exercising more and have lost the same amount.

[Goodsoulette]

They did some research on the atkins diet and no miracles there, it just boiled down to the fact that people on the diet consumed less caleroies. Although there has been stipulation that protein is an appetite surpressant.