[Always Right]

Shoot, they now even have low-carb bread starting to pop up in grocery stores.

[netmilsmom]

Geez, we need this is MI!!!!

[Ladysmith]

Ping the los-carbers! The plants are starting to root!

[T Minus Four]

Mmmmm, pie!

[Naspino]

Thank goodness for this. I have been trying to get/try Atkins delivery service for a year but its not available here and we hate to cook. Everything else is loaded with carbs...

[Mears]

Another fad diet that will be knocked aside in a few years replaced by another fad diet that will knocked------you get my point!!!

Eat less,exercise more ------simple!

[Savage Beast]

You know that pile of blue jeans you've kept in the closet just in case some day you can get in them again??? Well this morning I slipped into a pair--thanks to Dr. Atkins.

I'll be sure to drop in on Isaiah and Maureen next time I'm in St. Petersburg. We need more low carb restaurants.

[tiamat]

Today I did a mystery-shop at a Farmer Jack and noticed a brand new thing!

The shelves had little tags under various food items , announcing "Low Carb! " in big, bold letters. This was regular food, too, not just the Slim-Fast aisle, or the dietetic section . Dozens of items , all marked "Low-Carb! " And people were looking at the tags and buying the stuff.

Three days ago, I stopped at the local pub for a quick bite, and giggled as the man at the next table order, substituting salad for fries and asking for the bun on his sandwich on the side.
( Me? I am chowing down on a rueben with fries and a small beer)
So I smiled at the man, and said :" Oh I know what YOU'RE doing! " and asked him how he liked it.
( Not only do i have terrrible eating habits, I am also a Bad Girl in that I talk to strange men! LOL! )

Anyway, he proudly told me all about how he was still in the fairly early stages of Atkin's, but had lost 20 pounds in 3 weeks.

This Low-Carb stuff works and is a REAL good marketing opportunity. Everybody I know seems to be trying it.

Who knows. I may even give it a whirl myself.

Tia

[BJClinton]

Isaiah and Maureen Copeland plan to open Copeland's Low Carb Cuisine Saturday in St. Petersburg. The store will offer everything from microwavable pork rinds and candy bars to books and tortillas.

Isaiah and Maureen Copeland plan to open Copeland's Low Carb Cuisine Saturday in St. Petersburg. The store will offer everything from microwavable pork rinds and candy bars to books and tortillas

Could we see that one more time just to make sure we got it?

Seriously, that's great but we need one in Austin.

[hardhead]

I'm going to tell you my story, so listen up. I am of Italian descent and pasta and bread is my life! Not only that, my wife being of Hispanic heritage, the carbs are high there also. Some time ago we found out that she is diabetic and she has pretty well stayed on a 45-gram-per-meal low carbo diet and has lost weight and maintained her ideal. I never slowed down a bit in my chomping. I told her, hey, its you not me (I'm a big guy). She then told me, 'that is crude and if you love me, you'll get on my plan with me and lose weight.' Our doctor has been trying to get me to do it for about 3 years - rots of ruck. Finally, about 4 months ago I got the guts to try it - it wasn't easy. Sometimes I get so damn sick of eating burgers (w/o bread), bacon, steak, cheese, etc., etc. Something deep inside said 'stick with it big guy'. After a while I did not have the craving for unlimited carbs anymore and after about 4 months I have lost about 48 pounds. The toughest thing I do is to wander up and down the potato chip aisle at the store, but I have passed those delicious little tuber tidbits by. I cheat - I admit it. Every Sunday I have a high-carb beer. I'll pop a cracker or a Mary Jane every once in a while, but for the most part, the fat is still melting away. The reason I bare this lifetsyle is to show that I don't believe you have to go cold turkey with a no carb or extremely low carb diet. Just stay the course and it will leave you like an exorcised Hillary.

Now here's the big surprise. We just got the results of our bloodwork from the health fair and I have dropped my cholesterol 12 points since the same time last year (its now down to 204). The succulent, tasty, wonderful, glorious meat (extra sausage please) has not hurt me at all.

Screw you PETA!

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Thank you for the post, CW.

Also, Haslam's Book Store happens to be my favorite. I love it. I haven't been in beautiful St. Pete in about 4 years, so I am glad to get some news about Haslam's. It is a book store treasure. I could never leave there without buying a load of books to haul back to Panama.

Again, I'm glad to hear that Haslam's is continuing to do well.

[riri]

Someone explain the biology behind Atkins to me, if they could. Doesn't all food energy basically get broken down into saccharides anyway during digestion/metabolism? (cellular respiration)

Why would eating mostly protein cause one to lose weight which it apparently does ecause I have seen many people with fabulous results.

It just doesn't make sense to me, I tend to think it is because you are so limited in what you can eat that you are inclined to lose weight.

[jellybean]

Ping

[ETERNAL WARMING]

What am I doing wrong? I've been on it for 2 1/2 weeks and I've maybe lost 5 pounds. I eat meat, a couple of veggies...not huge amounts..mostly meat. I don't get it. Will someone please give me the first two weeks eating plan and then what to add after that?

[CathyRyan]

bump

[tubebender]

Bump for later...

[Grit]

Everyone is getting into the act. :)

Russel Stover Low Carb