Has anyone here ever done Atkins or any other low carb diet?

Question

If you have, please tell me your experiences with it. I am eating low fat, low calorie and hungry all the time and exercising and the scale will not budge. I gained 60 pounds with my pregnancy. Baby almost 11 months old now. I have lost 30 pounds which came off quickly after the birth but now the scale does not budge.
I am not breastfeeding. Also, when you get into ketosis with purple test strips which I read about in Dr. Atkins book does that mean you start burning fat and losing weight.

Answer 1

First off, you can't do Atkins on a low-fat diet. Big mistake. You need your fats.

Please please do not listen to the anti-Atkins crowd. They have been so misled by the medical establishment it has ceased to be funny.

There are indeed bad fats out there. They are called polyunsaturates, you know them by the names Mazola and Canola. Never use margerine, use real butter. Also trans-fats, which is what happens to most polyunsaturates when you fry with them. Even if they don't convert to trans-fat during frying, they certainly are oxidized and that is just as bad. So avoid KFC and Popeyes.

If you want to pan fry only use healthy saturated coconut oil. Use the refined one sold in most healthfood stores like vitamin shoppe. It has no odor and makes your pork chops and pan fried veggies very tasty indeed. Never heat to its smoking point, you oxidize it and make it unhealthy.

Use extra olive oil for salads not for cooking since you will oxidize the fat and make it unhealthy even without reaching its smoking point.

I lost 30 pounds on Atkins over ten years ago... I gained back about 15 after a year but realized I had made a big mistake. It is not a diet, it is a lifestyle change in eating.
After realizing that I maintain now, for the lat 7 years the 30 pound loss.

My blood is normal and my triglycerides are low once I learned to stay away from restaurant fried food and processed foods. I only fry my own with coconut oil. Eat fresh meat, green veggies, nut, and fruits in moderation, best choise berries: starwberries, blueberries etc. (if you are in induction fruits are not allowed for the first two weeks). Keep up the exercise.

If you have Dr. Atkins book you need to read it and follow it.

See link below for a great article about why Low-Fat diets are stupid and dangerous.

Good look and remember not to pay any mind to the anti-low carb crowd, they have been so fooled and they don't even know it.

Answer 2

Atkins works real well. It is great because you can eat as much as you want. If you go on atkins i recommend taking fiber so you can go to the bathroom. the only side affect is that when u get off the diet you will have huge cravings for carbs which can be a bad thing resulting in gaining the weight back.

Answer 3

Yes the Atkins diet does make you spill key tones, spilling key tones can be dangerous and if spilled for too long can make you very ill. The Southbeach diet is better because it does not take you to the level of spilling key tones. But you can go on a low carb diet of your own making (generally less expensive). The link below lists foods and how many carbs they have. Eating complex carbs (rice, potatoes, pasta, bread, etc.) in smaller portions and avoiding the junk food, will go a long way in helping you lose weight. Filling up foods with foods high in protein or low carb veggies and keeping the high carbs to a minimum will help keep you from being hungry. Exercising for at least 30 minutes (even just walking) everyday will also help and can be done in 3 10 min sessions if need, add more time when can.

Answer 4

I did Atkins, and for the first 2-3 days, I didn't feel so hot. But after that, I felt a lot better. I lost 10 pounds in those first 2 weeks (I was at about 140). Bad thing is that I started eating to many "bad" carbs when I got past the first 2 weeks. I did gain the weight back, but it took well over a year - and that's because I started eating crap like cookies, cake, etc.

I am going to do South Beach because they use a bit less high fat foods (like heavy cream used in some Atkins recipes). This eating plan does not hurt you because you are only reducing/eliminating carbs that have no nutritional value - white bread, rice, white noodles. you can eat the whole grain version of those things. People who say these plans eliminate carbs are dead wrong - they require you to eat salad and veggies the first 2 weeks.

Answer 5

First of all, Lose the diet. They don't work. Low carb diets rob your body of important vitamins and nutrients. Not to mention make you feel like a slug.

You need a good balance of protein, good carbs, and yes, fat. My suggestion, call your health care provider and make an appointment with a nutritionist. They will put you on a healthy path so that have the energy you need to take care of yourself and your family.

Sometimes, even if you do everything correctly, you do hit a plateau and will need to change your caloric intake and or your exercise regimen. Try adding more cardio and weight training.
Good luck

Answer 6

Yes, the atkins diet makes you very weak, and not feel very well. I don't think it helps the immune system too well either. I recommend excercising first thing in the morning before you eat with lots of water every day for 20 minutes. In a month, you WILL see results and you WILL have more energy. Try it. It's plain and simple.

Answer 7

try to know the calorie counts before ordering dishes on restaurant

Answer 8

replace a wrap with two low carb whole wheat slices of bread

Answer 9

3 healthy meals 2 healthy snacks

Answer 10

stand up and walk atleast 5 mins after evry 2 hours while working

Answer 11

get casual for 4 days a study shows that people take 491 more steps and burn 25 more calories on days they wear jeans to work