Atkins anyone?

Question

Has anyone here ever tried the atkins diet & if so how long and how much did you lose?

and did u keep it off?

Answer 1

I have been on Atkins for 2 1/2 years. It works because I changed my way of eating. This is a lifestyle for me not a diet. I will not stop Atkins because for the very first time in my whole life I can eat and not be worried about gaining.

I lost 50 pounds and my husband lost 80. And kept the pounds off. Basically I do not eat white things like, sugar, rice, potatoes, white flour etc. All foods have carbs except meat and low carb is not NO carbs just low carbs. It is not all FAT either but I never worry about fat anyway. I had my cholesterol checked and my levels are perfect. Our doctor loves that we are on Atkins.

Before Atkins my husband had sleep apnea and he doesn't snore at all anymore. Plus we both were popping anti-acids daily because of constant heartburn. With Atkins gone is the heartburn. Be both have so much energy and feel younger than we did 10 years ago. We will go out to eat and order a grilled chicken patty and a salad at Burger King for example. We are not deprived. In fact right this minute in the refrigerator is a low carb cheesecake made with walnuts for the crust and splenda for the sugar. Very low carb and legal. So I don't need the heavy carbs I just subsitute something else for them. I am happy and also no longer a bulemic! whooo-hooo!

Answer 2

Yes...from Sept to Dec of '05 I lost 35 lbs. After the 2 wks of induction I began adding in more variety of foods, as was allowed, but I kept my carb max at 20/day the entire time I was on the diet. I also kept my calories at no more than 1300/day, and I worked out for at leat 1 hour a day, at least 5 days a week.

Any time I see a pound or few creep back on, I go back in to "weight loss" mode and get it off. To maintain, if I continue to exercise regularly, I can eat some fun foods (without going crazy) and have a few margaritas...but I've cut way down or eliminated many of the high carb foods that used to be a staple of my diet (primarily potatos and bread).

I tried to lose weight by just cutting calories last year, as that had always worked before, and working out a bit...but it did nothing. A friend convinced me to try Atkins and it worked (it was SO very different than my normal eating) but I wouldn't stay on it indefinitely, you do need some good carbs in your diet for a good balance...and frankly, there are some things I dig too much to give them up forever. :)

Answer 3

Two friends claimed to and one lost some weight but got it back.

Atkins is a bad crutch. It does work, but it puts a heavy strain on the body, is unrealistic and it's easy to gain weight back.

Atkins has the potential to produce the Gout if done too long (from protien rich meats) and it starves the body (you need sugars to survive) and puts a strain on the pancrease (to produce artificial KEtose).

THe idea is to get the calorie content down, while giving the body some fast sugar carbs (fruits, smoothies) at lesat three times a day. This way instead of Ketose being produced the body will be coaxed into turning stored fat into glucose. This happens with Atkins, but only after 1 month to 6 weeks and at that point the body simply can't continue producing artificial Ketose. You squeezed the sponge dry. Not a good thing!

Eat less. Plain and simple.

For diets, the Glycermic diet is not bad, although they are opposed to beef. After that South Beach is far better than Atkins, more realistic at least.

40% proteits 50% Carbs and 10% good fats (Olive oil).

Remove all sucrose sugar permanently. I screwed up by getting adicted to Ice Tea with sugar. Bad move!

30 minutes of Areobic and strength exercises every day, which can include walking. Don't work out. Working out requires SUGAR or you will pass out and be eternally tired.

Drop caloires down to 1400 or 1500.

Wait until you reach the weight you want.

Up calories to 1900 or possibly 2000 and stay there.

Get ride of chicken skins, fried foods, limit bread and stick to greener carbs such as fruits, beans,peas, etc. Limit potatos, pasta adn all white or yellow carbs until you reach the weight you want.

Leach meats (run them in water and towel dry, then re-cook in a clean pan or on fresh foil for a short time).

Watch for hidden calories. I'm a coffee adict and I use creamer -- 10 calories per serving. 10 cups a day is 100 calories! I cut my serving to ever other cup.

After you gain or pass the weight you want to reach, you can work out to tone, but BE AWARE, you're weight can increase (although size won't) because MUSCLE weighs more than fat! If yo make larger abs you can increase your weight by 5 pounds easy.

Answer 4

I've been doing it for over a year. I've lost 35 lbs so far, plus I feel better and most of my aches and pains are gone (but if I eat too many carbs they come back right away).

I think it's a very healthy way to eat, I feel so much better, so I intend to keep doing it permanently, weight loss or no.

Atkins did not die of a heart attack, he died of complications from hitting his head on the sidewalk after slipping on ice. He was in a coma for over a week. If you're walking to work every day at 72 like he was I'll consider you to be in pretty good shape!

Answer 5

You know, the guy that invented the atkins diet died of heart failure. That ought to tell you how safe the diet is!! The weight always comes back if you slack off of the diet. The best diet is the basic one of use more calories than you take in. Exercise.

Answer 6

Yes. 40 lbs, but it came back because I am not disciplined enough to follow it forever.

Answer 7

I never recommend this diet, and neither do any of my trainer friends, it has too much fat and not enough carbs. Carbs give us energy, and we need them, we just eat too many. I don't know anyone who is still on this thing, it's goofy.