Atkins... whaddaya think???
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caela said:
No problem, if you ever decide to go without meat, send me a PM, and I can send you recipes
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FurryFury said:Well to be honest I've never not been a veggie!
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I'm horribly jealous! Had I always been veggie I could have avoided having a nervous breakdown at 12 haha
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FurryFury said:*giggle snort*
Um that was a joke right?
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No actually. As sad as that is. I wanted to go veggie when I was younger than that (I felt terrible eating meat, I cried like every day, and was totally freaked out because I saw it as eating a corpse), but my parents wouldn't let me and then one day... haha
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FurryFury said:Oh honey!
*hugs*
I'm sorry!
I totally would have let you.
However I was raised by people who also gave me no choice until around fifth grade when they got too busy fucking up their lives.
Fury
Awww, you should be my e-mom haha
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I'm not for or against anything that safely helps people to be healthier and happier in their own skin. I just thought I'd mention that there is a difference between ketosis and ketoacidosis < http://www.lowcarb.ca/tips/tips011.html > < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketosis > Not sure the health risks or benefits just know they are not exactly the same thing.
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My partner lost 5st in just under 3 months on the atkins and kept it off, it was a very expensive diet thou and the atkins bread yuck.....
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that was four years ago by the way so it does work, and hes healthy tomisspatiant said:My partner lost 5st in just under 3 months on the atkins and kept it off, it was a very expensive diet thou and the atkins bread yuck.....
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There's no doubt for me that Atkins works, at least for me.
I was on Atkins for maybe a year and a half, felt great, fewer headaches, lost weight.
But the need for carbs slowly crept back into my system like mold growing on my spine, spreading through my nerves until it overtook my brain and I lived on bread and ice cream for a month. Okay, maybe longer.
I was on Atkins for maybe a year and a half, felt great, fewer headaches, lost weight.
But the need for carbs slowly crept back into my system like mold growing on my spine, spreading through my nerves until it overtook my brain and I lived on bread and ice cream for a month. Okay, maybe longer.
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My "Internet diet" is still working for me. I was able to weigh myself at a buddies' house yesterday and I am down to 128.3 pounds!
I just love it when I think I've been eating a lot and have probably gained weight only to end up finding I have lost more!
*happy sigh*
Now just wait until I resume those daily walks!
Fury
I just love it when I think I've been eating a lot and have probably gained weight only to end up finding I have lost more!
*happy sigh*
Now just wait until I resume those daily walks!
Fury
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scooterbum said:
i quoted above because it was the origin of the thread, but this isn't so much a specific response to anyone in particular. Mostly i lurk, but this one struck home. Hope no one minds me jumping in.
Atkins is like anything. Ask 50 people about it and you will get 50 responses. i think a common misconception i have run into personally is that being overweight is a result of laziness, lack of exercise, or poor nutrition. The same can be said for some thin people. Being overweight doesn't mean you are sitting down all day watching TV and eating bon-bons. Often there are deeper issues at work. For many those issues are health related. For others it is metabolism. If we can accept that people vary in size, color, and personality, seems to me we should be able to accept varying nutritional needs and the way our body processes food as well. Sadly this hasn't been the majority of my experience. The second misconception is that Atkins is a no carb diet. It isn't.
After having children i struggled with weight for a lot of years. 3 years ago i started doing Atkins, and finally found something that works for me. i started at 221 and lost 100 lbs over a year. i maintained 121 for the last year and half until February of this year when pregnancy struck again. i have continued the low carb style of eating with some modifications with my doctor's approval during pregnancy, and honestly can not wait until she is born so i can get back to what i usually do! i don't consider Atkins a "diet." i never did. It was a complete life long change in my eating habits, not a quick fix to lose a few pounds. i never regretted it, and that weight loss led to giving me the courage to make some changes in my life i had not the strength to make before. Most people were very supportive and understanding. Others were not. Again, opinions vary. Some say Atkins is bad for you. So is being overweight. As for profit, other than an Atkins bar and shake every now and then, whatever i cook comes from my own kitchen. i don't use "low carb products" like the breads, sauces, ice creams, etc. So i don't really know to what profits i may be contributing.
What i do know is this. My metabolism reacts strongly to starchy/high carb foods and sugar. For me, Atkins was one of the best things i ever did, and i will continue to do it. This is the healthiest i have ever been both mentally and physically. i have stopped hiding in my clothes. i walk down the street now unafraid to meet the eyes of others. i enter the local bar to meet my friends with confidence instead of my head down. i used to let people walk all over me. i don't anymore. my energy levels are higher and i engage in more physical things now. i made peace with my submissive nature. i even found the strength to end a bad marriage. Atkins taught me not just about food and weight loss. It also taught me about me and what i am worth. It helped me discover the woman lurking beneath the surface.
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vermillion_skye said:
Believe me, you don't want me to get started on this. People who say 'well just eat less' when I'm stressing about my health problems. IF I ATE LESS I'D DIE OF STARVATION, PEOPLE! Or they say 'then excercise'. If I could excercise, I would. Not everyone in the world can just get up and just excercise. My step mom weighs 90 lbs, soaking wet, and she's a PIG. She eats more than me! And normally it's garbage! She can eat and eat and LOOSE weight.
Actually she diets and excercises to GAIN weight.I have been on the Atkins diet, and the South Beach Diet, and the South Beach diet wins hands down. I fell off the wagon on both diets, several times each, and each time I did with the Atkins the weight came right back.
It came back on the South Beach too, BUT much more slowly, not right away all at once. I lost a grand total of twenty pounds on Atkins, then twelve the second time around, then less than ten. All over the course of five years, WHILE I was working a very physical demanding job full time- 48+ hours a week.
I started the South Beach diet with my husband about two years ago, he lost twenty eight pounds and I lost thirty three. We did it for almost a year before we fell off the wagon, then just a month ago I started it again. I only gained eleven pounds back, and have since dropped twelve. My hubby told me if I reached my goal- thirty five more pounds- he'd hold my hand while I got the tattoo I've always wanted.
Keep in mind, all the time I was on South Beach, up until recently I did NOT exercize one bit. I have been, I am, a couch potato. A recent doctors visit has gotten me moving three times a week, for twenty minutes to a half hour, but that's it. Yet I still am losing weight.
It came back on the South Beach too, BUT much more slowly, not right away all at once. I lost a grand total of twenty pounds on Atkins, then twelve the second time around, then less than ten. All over the course of five years, WHILE I was working a very physical demanding job full time- 48+ hours a week.
I started the South Beach diet with my husband about two years ago, he lost twenty eight pounds and I lost thirty three. We did it for almost a year before we fell off the wagon, then just a month ago I started it again. I only gained eleven pounds back, and have since dropped twelve. My hubby told me if I reached my goal- thirty five more pounds- he'd hold my hand while I got the tattoo I've always wanted.
Keep in mind, all the time I was on South Beach, up until recently I did NOT exercize one bit. I have been, I am, a couch potato. A recent doctors visit has gotten me moving three times a week, for twenty minutes to a half hour, but that's it. Yet I still am losing weight.
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yo-yo was me...
I've been heavy all of my life. I can say it is genetic. Obesity runs amuck through my family and it isn't from lack of exercise or eating more than needed. I've tried every diet and taken every kind of diet pill that was out there. From Phen-Phen to Tenuate. I even sank to using cocain and crystal meth. Very, very little of it, thank God. But, I did use it to keep my weight down. All from the age of 14 until I turned 30. I was addicted to speed and started to worry about the long term affect it was having on my health. Mostly my heart. I got wise and stopped the drug use. It was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. But by far the smartest. I felt so much better when I made it past my addictions. I'm 40 and started Atkins a little over a year ago. There have been times when I thought about going back to the drugs but stayed strong. Yes, I've fallen "off the wagon" a few times with eating what I shouldn't. Chocolate and "real" icecream are my weakness. But, to this day, I've lost close to 93 pounds. Still working on it. I've managed to keep most of it off. Although I do fluxuate 5 to 10 pounds here and there. But, I stick with it as much as I can. I'm half Italian and it's difficult when I go to my Grandparents for dinner or the holidays. Manja, Manja! If you don't eat pasta or the homemade Italian cookies, it's an insult to my Grandmother. She thinks it means her food is no good. If she only knew how good it really was! Bless her heart. But, I keep it to a minimum of 3 to 4 ravioli's and a LOT of salad and other veggies. Sorry Grandma, NO cookies. I've found that's been the easiest thing for me to do. Atkins is the only program that I've found that works for me. Too bad I had to find it out this late in life. To those of you out there who find the low carb thing works for them, stick with it. God bless all of you who have to struggle daily.
I've been heavy all of my life. I can say it is genetic. Obesity runs amuck through my family and it isn't from lack of exercise or eating more than needed. I've tried every diet and taken every kind of diet pill that was out there. From Phen-Phen to Tenuate. I even sank to using cocain and crystal meth. Very, very little of it, thank God. But, I did use it to keep my weight down. All from the age of 14 until I turned 30. I was addicted to speed and started to worry about the long term affect it was having on my health. Mostly my heart. I got wise and stopped the drug use. It was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. But by far the smartest. I felt so much better when I made it past my addictions. I'm 40 and started Atkins a little over a year ago. There have been times when I thought about going back to the drugs but stayed strong. Yes, I've fallen "off the wagon" a few times with eating what I shouldn't. Chocolate and "real" icecream are my weakness. But, to this day, I've lost close to 93 pounds. Still working on it. I've managed to keep most of it off. Although I do fluxuate 5 to 10 pounds here and there. But, I stick with it as much as I can. I'm half Italian and it's difficult when I go to my Grandparents for dinner or the holidays. Manja, Manja! If you don't eat pasta or the homemade Italian cookies, it's an insult to my Grandmother. She thinks it means her food is no good. If she only knew how good it really was! Bless her heart. But, I keep it to a minimum of 3 to 4 ravioli's and a LOT of salad and other veggies. Sorry Grandma, NO cookies. I've found that's been the easiest thing for me to do. Atkins is the only program that I've found that works for me. Too bad I had to find it out this late in life. To those of you out there who find the low carb thing works for them, stick with it. God bless all of you who have to struggle daily.
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