Atkins Diet

[arienette]

Atkins Diet (Bitching & Complaining but Hanging in There)

Give me the ice cream and the loaves of bread. Now.
*withering stare, shaky shotgun*

 

[impressive]

It's not for everyone.

 

[arienette]

It's not for everyone.

Oh but it will be for me - I'm making it. However, I'm at the worst stage of it (the first week) and would literally kill for a cheeseburger. Kill I tell you!

 

[impressive]

Oh but it will be for me - I'm making it. However, I'm at the worst stage of it (the first week) and would literally kill for a cheeseburger. Kill I tell you!

So have it. Just ditch the bun.

 

[arienette]

So have it. Just ditch the bun.

But I waaaaant the bun. Oh well, I'm re-naming this to the Ari Bitches & Complains about the Atkins Diet thread.

 

[impressive]

But I waaaaant the bun. Oh well, I'm re-naming this to the Ari Bitches & Complains about the Atkins Diet thread.

When you think about it, the bun really doesn't have much taste. It's just a vehicle for the good stuff.

 

[Guest]

I just hated not being able to have fruit the first two weeks.

Once you're into the thing, feeling the rush, it's not too bad.

Hang in there, ari!

 

[neonlyte]

Rubenesque is sexy as well.

 

[arienette]

Rubenesque is sexy as well.

Aw, you're nice!
& Thank you, Sarah.

 

[SensualCealy]

Ari, I am right there with ya Babe!

Im starting week three. After a very depressing week two. Being down 12lbs in one week and gaining it all back in water in one day. Yesterday morning I was back down to the 12lb loss, but spent the day in the sun guzzling water and peeing very little- I HATE WATER RETENTION!

Im at the stage now where it isnt hard to not have bread/ buns/ bagels, which is a biggie for me. I really do miss the fruit, I need to stay on induction a while Im sure, I have so much to lose and from what the book says, the more you have to lose the benefits of staying on induction longer have better results.

We went to a company picnic yesterday, I found it tough. Usually there is hotdogs, hamburgers, tossed salad , and potato salad, watermelon and pop and water. This year, it was hots and hams, potato salad, watermellon, pop and water. I started with two hamburger patties with mustard and onion. I was still 'hungry' even though I listen to IMP everytime I go to eat and drink a bottle of water. I had drank two bottles before lunch knowing I wouldnt have a very good meal but did my best. I caved and had two hotdogs all without buns, then left for a walk. I couldnt be around the food any longer.

After stopping and seeing my brand new niece we went for supper and I had a Chipolte chicken salad. It was so damn good. Since I hadnt had any veggies at all during the day I was allowed the lettuce and tomatoes. It had cheese and baccon on it too. I did give up the fried tortilla chip strips around the outside to the Manchild as well as the garlic bread. One question, when you say to someone may I please have a HUGE glass of water with lemon on the side, would you not think they would bring you a HUGE glass of water on the side, no you get a juice glass of water with a wedge! lol Oh well, she earned her tip by getting me four glasses through out the meal.

Things are getting better, I still have the cravings, they arent as strong but they are there, thats why Im staying on the Induction longer. I do feel better already, I dont ache as often and for as long, and I do notice Im sleeping better.

Good Luck Ari!
Cealy

 

[arienette]

Ari, I am right there with ya Babe!

Im starting week three. After a very depressing week two. Being down 12lbs in one week and gaining it all back in water in one day. Yesterday morning I was back down to the 12lb loss, but spent the day in the sun guzzling water and
peeing very little- I HATE WATER RETENTION!

Im at the stage now where it isnt hard to not have bread/ buns/ bagels, which is a biggie for me. I really do miss the fruit, I need to stay on induction a while Im sure, I have so much to lose and from what the book says, the more you have to lose the benefits of staying on induction longer have better results.

We went to a company picnic yesterday, I found it tough. Usually there is hotdogs, hamburgers, tossed salad , and potato salad, watermelon and pop and water. This year, it was hots and hams, potato salad, watermellon, pop and water. I started with two hamburger patties with mustard and onion. I was still 'hungry' even though I listen to IMP everytime I go to eat and drink a bottle of water. I had drank two bottles before lunch knowing I wouldnt have a very good meal but did my best. I caved and had two hotdogs all without buns, then left for a walk. I couldnt be around the food any longer.

After stopping and seeing my brand new niece we went for supper and I had a Chipolte chicken salad. It was so damn good. Since I hadnt had any veggies at all during the day I was allowed the lettuce and tomatoes. It had cheese and baccon on it too. I did give up the fried tortilla chip strips around the outside to the Manchild as well as the garlic bread. One question, when you say to someone may I please have a HUGE glass of water with lemon on the side, would you not think they would bring you a HUGE glass of water on the side, no you get a juice glass of water with a wedge! lol Oh well, she earned her tip by getting me four glasses through out the meal.

Things are getting better, I still have the cravings, they arent as strong but they are there, thats why Im staying on the Induction longer. I do feel better already, I dont ache as often and for as long, and I do notice Im sleeping better.

Good Luck Ari!
Cealy

Score! Someone who is right there with me, yay! You made my day. I thought I was going nuts because I'm eating a lot but I'm still really hungry; it's driving me nuts - Plus, I'm smoking twice, if not three times as much. When I die you could be like "But she looks so thin because of that diet...what did she die of?" ..."Lung Cancer."

 

[neonlyte]

I can understand dieting for health, and I can understand, to a degree, dieting for vanity / fashion. Dating a girl dieting for fashion is pretty soul destroying - I think you girls should know this. Watching what you eat and drink on a perpetual basis with someone you are dating regularly (including husband/partners) is missing the point. There are things about you the other person enjoys that are not related to your figure. Counting calories everytime they want to buy or cook for you a meal detracts from their enjoyment of YOU.

Ok, there are guys out there who won't look at a girl under a size 8/10 (or equivalent), but they do not comprise the entire male universe. Looks are important, so is character.

Imagine: You've been starving yourself for months trying to catch the eye of 'that particular guy'. You get into conversation, you find you have a lot in common. You have a couple of dates and find you stimulate each other at all levels. You go back home and have the most mind blowing sex. In the morning you turn to him and say, "Whilst we are being honest, I haven't eaten for three months, I'm usually a size 14."

What are you going to do? Starve yourself forever because of some perception he likes skinny women? He likes you - size may matter, self-esteem and all that, but don't get it out of proportion.

 

[English Lady]

I can understand dieting for health, and I can understand, to a degree, dieting for vanity / fashion. Dating a girl dieting for fashion is pretty soul destroying - I think you girls should no this. Watching what you eat and drink on a perpetual basis with someone you are dating regularly (including husband/partners) is missing the point. There are things about you the other person enjoys that are not related to your figure. Counting calories everytime they want to buy or cook for you a meal detracts from their enjoyment of YOU.

Ok, there are guys out there who won't look at a girl under a size 8/10 (or equivalent), but they do not comprise the entire male universe. Looks are important, so is character.

Imagine: You've been starving yourself for months trying to catch the eye of 'that particular guy'. You get into conversation, you find you have a lot in common. You have a couple of dates and find you stimulate each other at all levels. You go back home and have the most mind blowing sex. In the morning you turn to him and say, "Whilst we are being honest, I haven't eaten for three months, I'm usually a size 14."

What are you going to do? Starve yourself forever because of some perception he likes skinny women? He likes you - size may matter, self-esteem and all that, but don't get it out of proportion.

I you.

 

[arienette]

I can understand dieting for health, and I can understand, to a degree, dieting for vanity / fashion. Dating a girl dieting for fashion is pretty soul destroying - I think you girls should no this. Watching what you eat and drink on a perpetual basis with someone you are dating regularly (including husband/partners) is missing the point. There are things about you the other person enjoys that are not related to your figure. Counting calories everytime they want to buy or cook for you a meal detracts from their enjoyment of YOU.

Ok, there are guys out there who won't look at a girl under a size 8/10 (or equivalent), but they do not comprise the entire male universe. Looks are important, so is character.

Imagine: You've been starving yourself for months trying to catch the eye of 'that particular guy'. You get into conversation, you find you have a lot in common. You have a couple of dates and find you stimulate each other at all levels. You go back home and have the most mind blowing sex. In the morning you turn to him and say, "Whilst we are being honest, I haven't eaten for three months, I'm usually a size 14."

What are you going to do? Starve yourself forever because of some perception he likes skinny women? He likes you - size may matter, self-esteem and all that, but don't get it out of proportion.

Well I'm doing it because I could lose a good 20lbs; no, I'm not huge nor am I fat - I'm athletically built, I'd say, but I do have those couple of extra pounds I'd like to drop. Secondly, my boyfriend is on it as well because he's a bigger guy and has been trying to lose weight for a little while now and has chosen this diet because he was on it once before and it seemed to work for him - before he got married, got comfortable, got divorced, etc. So all in all, we're dieting together and yes, I like him for who he is and he likes me for who I am and in a few months we'll still like each other for who we are plus we'll look a little better to ourselves.

*hops off soap box*

 

[Selena_Kitt]

I do low-carb (not as strict as Atkins) because 1. my husband has been diabetic since he was 18... and 2. I FEEL better when I do it.

I have serious sugar cravings and mood swings when I'm not low-carbing... I'm like another person when I can finally stick to cutting refined sugar and simple carbs... a much kinder, gentler me

But I do eat the complex carbs... so I'll have peas or corn... and I "cheat" and use low-carb bread (Sara Lee makes some that is palatable and it 9 carbs a slice.)

and I do make exceptions for special occasions, like Neo said... Birthdays, holidays, and fun times... and I still ENJOY my food, whatever it is... I'm just not a slave to the sugar anymore...

I'm telling you, any white powdery stuff=drug!

 

[neonlyte]

Well I'm doing it because I could lose a good 20lbs; no, I'm not huge nor am I fat - I'm athletically built, I'd say, but I do have those couple of extra pounds I'd like to drop. Secondly, my boyfriend is on it as well because he's a bigger guy and has been trying to lose weight for a little while now and has chosen this diet because he was on it once before and it seemed to work for him - before he got married, got comfortable, got divorced, etc. So all in all, we're dieting together and yes, I like him for who he is and he likes me for who I am and in a few months we'll still like each other for who we are plus we'll look a little better to ourselves.

*hops off soap box*

I'm all for that Ari. The SO and I diet regularly, largely because as we age those extra pounds can't easily be walked off. Cleansing / detoxification, all sensible things to do. I'm just against the attitude of dieting entirely for vanity reasons in the hope that it might find you a partner, doing it together is entirely different, and I would want to suggest otherwise.

 

[arienette]

I'm all for that Ari. The SO and I diet regularly, largely because as we age those extra pounds can't easily be walked off. Cleansing / detoxification, all sensible things to do. I'm just against the attitude of dieting entirely for vanity reasons in the hope that it might find you a partner, doing it together is entirely different, and I would want to suggest otherwise.

Yeah, I knew what you were saying - I just wanted to make it clear that I'm not a vain bimbo.

 

[Aurora Black]

Give me the ice cream and the loaves of bread. Now.
*withering stare, shaky shotgun*

Eat up, babe.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

I'm not a vain bimbo.

oh, no, that's me! *shaking my vain bimbo booty*

 

[Aurora Black]

I you.

I him too.

 

[Liar]

I don't wanna paint black clouds for y'all, but all I've heard from nutritionists about Atkins is that it's a "rubberband diet". Works for those that want to slim down for beach season, but will leave you at the same weight that you started with in the long run if you ever go back to more normal eating.

I subscribe to the more intermediate approach to dieting. Instead of abolishing carbs, sugar and other no-no stuff, I eat 10% the amount of it compared to what I used to. Which means that I can have a cheeseburger and even fries. Just not a big one, and not very often. I still lose weight and gain health. And I don't climb the walls in cookie withdrawal while I do it.

 

[neonlyte]

Time I crept away

 

[Aurora Black]

I'm telling you, any white powdery stuff=drug!

Sugar, aka "Sweet Crack."

 

[Selena_Kitt]

Time I crept away

LOL

Poor Neo... did you really think you could tell women not to concern themselves with their body image? silly rabbit...

Sugar, aka "Sweet Crack."

Uh-huh. I'm an addict, through and through...

I've heard from nutritionists about Atkins is that it's a "rubberband diet".

only if you can't stick to it (and in a culture where there is sugar in freaking EVERYTHING it is admittedly NOT easy)... but it has been the experience of a LOT of people who do low-carb that once they start back on the sugar, it's very difficult to stop or even do things in moderation again...

 

[Aurora Black]

Ohh, you guys are really making me want to write that review for the book "Skinny Bitch" now... *bites lip*