Posted on 07/14/2004 4:23:35 PM PDT by Nachum
A month ago, I went to the dentist for a cleaning. The hygienist takes your BP before working (A CYA move?). She told me she wouldn't work on me because my BP was very high and to get to the doctor right away.
My doctor had an opening that day and checked me out. Everyting was fine except for my weight and bp and I felt fine. I work out 5 days a week and hike on the weekends, but I was about 75 lbs overweight.
He put me on medicine and told me to go on the Atkins diet. My BP is close to normal (130/85) now and I have lost 18 lbs in a month. If you follow it, it tells you to eat reasonable amounts of food, not overeat on meat like some people do.
I was eating those frozen dinners almost exclusively, but now have a lot of fresh meat and vegetables in my diet.
The only diet that works: Eat less, exercise more.
...and if you don't want to exercise then just don't swallow when you eat.
Yep! Also, don't eat while watching TV, and don't eat until you feel full.
On the contrary, the Zone is not a low-carb diet. It recommends plenty of carbs, almost too much to eat, but they are low-glycemic carbs like fruit and veggies, rather than high-glycemic carbs like pasta and bread. The Zone is an excellent balanced diet that works.
It is surprising that 10% or more of the population is on a diet at any given time let alone the same kind of diet. People need to get away from fad diets especially ones as counter intuitive as Atkins and ever low carb diets. If the gurus are saying eat less bleached flour, sugar, and other obviously poor quality calories that is fine. However, to convince people that whole grains, fruits, and baked potatoes are some sort of poison is awful. There is also a great amount of common sense that would advocate moderation and balance in food intake and exercise.
Another one:
Edge and C2 are lower carb, not low-carb.
Exhibit one for why people are frustrated. This "low carb" cola is packed with sugar! It has half of what is in a coke, which is just another way of saying it has about four days worth of carbs in it. And this is the case of a lot of "low carb" products, which are certainly not fit for a real low carb plan. So people think they can eat low carb pizza and cookies and wash them down with a low carb coke and are shocked when the pounds dont slide off! Go figure...
NOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooo!
I see Mike is wearing "slimming" black. Is he getting fatter or is it just me?
Moving to Idaho and 9-11-2001 took away the 5 mile paved loop of asphalt where I could skate. A section of that path crosses the dam over Miramar reservoir in San Diego. Now I follow Atkins and lift weights M-W-F. I can do that in my basement year 'round. My wife prefers the Nordic Track treadmill. I programmed that using shareware call I2Workout for a 45 minute walk at inclines of 2.5% to 10% and speeds of 2.5 MPH to 4.2 MPH. She lifts some weights too. We run off to Yellowstone National Park about every other week. Hiking at 7,500 to 8,500 above MSL gets your heart rate up a bit too.
Oh I am shocked. NOT! These things are still loaded with sugar. If you are doing Atkins, South Beach or Sugar Busters they are still no nos. On Atkins especially because they are sweetened with HFCS which is 100% a no no even in phase four.
It was a dumb idea.
It is all part of the left wing vegan meat eaters suck agenda rammed down our throats by the AP. Eleven percent and now down below ten. Wow, huge drop, really newsworthy. AGENDA.
I agree with this. I have been on Atkins several years. I'm not going to ever get off of it.
The worst part of this is, because so many people jumped into the diet without knowing or needing to, now that alot of them are going to quit, the diet will get a bad reputation. This is a shame, because it works, and for some people, it might be the only thing that helps them. I am NOT a big fan of low-carb, but it SHOULD remain an option for those who have problems losing weight. But those on it should be smart about it, I am afraid that most of the newbees are just jumping into it without knowing what they are doing.
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