Our Memorial to Doctor Atkins

5/24/03 | chicagolady

[chicagolady]

Well, Some of us Freepers are going to give the Atkins Diet the good ole college try! Now that several articles have been posted on the Atkins diet.. a truly good proven way to lose weight we invite all you folks who are serious to come and join in our comments and suggestions. Since staying positive adds to the joy on the journey, I invite you to stay POSITIVE. Let us know what works for you and what doesn't. I would like to suggest that we "freep mail" each other through out the week for support. Also Let's comment on the different low-carb products on the market, so some of us do not waste our money on stuff that tastes funkie!

[chicagolady]

I am thrilled that so many Freepers asked to be on the ping for Atkins. Let us know when you are going to start and we can have a new "weekly" thread besides freep mailing each other through the week. Welcome newbies and old Atkins retreads! If you fall off.. get up and try again!!

[chicagolady]

Here We go! And a big thanks to Dr. Atkins for all his hard work! He hung in there when everyone was against him!

My first trade secret Some of the best low carb condiments are made by Jok'n'Al.... they have Barbque sauce that is out of this world! only 2 carbs per 1TBSP
It gives a constant diet of meat a little pizzaz

[chicagolady]

Ping!

[chicagolady]

Ping!

[chicagolady]

Come on down!

[gopheraj]

Yahoo. LOL We're still on the diet. Hubby has lost 40 lbs since February. I have no idea how much weight I have lost (since I tend to get discouraged easily) but do know I've dropped 4 dress sizes. Atkins is a diet you can stay on. Even going out to eat is no problem. Went to Red Lobster and ordered rib eye steak, caesar salad and grilled asparagus. Told waiter if he brought bread he'd die a horrible death.

[CathyRyan]

Just found out that two of the meds I am on will keep me from losing weight :(

Will see if my doctor will let me off them. I never thought about it but I started really gaining weight after I started taking them in the first place.

[jellybean]

Good morning, chicagolady!

Here's an important article I think everyone should read...What if it's all been a Big Fat Lie?.

[Moonmad27]

What a good idea for a thread! Please add me to the ping list for Atkins. Knowing that there are other Freepers low-carbing is definitely a motivator for me. I'm grateful that while he was still alive, Dr. Atkins saw his work acknowledged by scientific studies and appreciated by the general public at last. The Atkins diet works - and after the induction phase it's much less strict than people think.

[CathyRyan]

I loved that article and have E-mailed it to friends.

[jellybean]

I've also sent it to several friends as well as printed it out and given it to others.

Nice to 'see' you again!

[CathyRyan]

Lunch...

steak and egg salad

steak
boiled egg
lettuce
cabbage
cheddar cheese

Marie's Blue Chesse Dressing (zero carbs in this dressing) (2 tablespoons at 170 cals).

I feel like any minute a revival preacher is go to tell me I am going to h*ll for eating this way.

If this doesn't work I had a good meal anyway. :)

[CathyRyan]

Hi, It has been awhile. My computer died and I decided to take a break from the cyber world. How have you been?

[.38sw]

Please add me to your ping list! I bought Atkins New Diet Revolution and the cookbook a couple of weeks ago, and am getting started. Having a tough time yesterday and today because I got some kind of gastro-intestinal bug, and my stomach is all roiled up. I want bland food. I had a poached egg on a slice of light bread (5 carbs) this morning, and that went down OK. When I think bland though, I think Cream of Wheat, mashed potatoes, chicken noodle soup. eeeeeh.

[jellybean]

I've been doing great!! I wondered what happened to you. Hope all is well with you.

[El Sordo]

http://www.latortillafactory.com/

[sharktrager]

I have been on Atkins for about a month, and lost 12 lbs. A few tips.

1) If you are on any meds, check with your doc. I had one that was keeping me from losing at first, even though I was in ketosis.

2) Get metabostix, hat show you are metabolising fat. They help keep you motivated.

3) Check out Atkins Endulge after you are done with induction. They are awesome. Get them at WalMart where they are less than $1 each. Also, Hershey and Brachs make sugar free candy.

4) Learn about net carbs from the Atkins Site. Lots of foods have either fiber or sugar alcohols in their carb counts, neither of which affect blood sugar. Atkins used to focus much more on total carbs, which wasn't nearly as easy to follow.

5) You can buy low carb bread at the store. It is better and cheaper than Atkins bread. I use one at 5g net carbs a slice, so you still have to eat very little.

6) Atkins makes a chocolate, raspberry or vanilla syrup that you can use to make tasty drinks. If you use heavy cream and seltzer with them you get a nice drink w/ no carbs.

Good luck folks.

[Lil'freeper]

Oh yeah- those tortillas are the best!

[sharktrager]

I forgot...

1) Remember that Atkins isn't really an eat all you want diet.You should eat when you're hungry. Compulsive eating will still make weight loss hard.

2) Yahoo and Atkins both have online ways to track progress and set goals. It's cool seeing a graph showing your weight dropping. Both are free.

This is my second time on Atkins, and I am finding it much easier now that I learned stuff beyond just his first book.

[TruthNtegrity]

There are some of us who never went into Ketosis when dieting. I am one of them. That isn't to say that the program didn't work for me. It did. But now that I am in permanent maintenance, I just don't worry about Ketosis.

One thing to remember though. If you are in Ketosis, keep some breath mints around. People will like talking to you more. Ketosis really affects the air we exhale. Or use some sugar-free gum.