[HamiltonJay]

Sorry, tried the Low Carb thing, and for me it didn't do squat.

I've seen the science, but as Atkins and the Beach Body guys both admit, largely the key to the diet dispite all the "ketosis" marketing is that at the end of the day it reduces caloric intake.

What do the low cars require? Well lets see, they ban sugars ( a huge number of empty calories that most american's ead daily when they are not dieting, and it bans most white flour based products... another nutritionally void foodstuff with high calories)

It is despite the hype, in reality nothing more than a caloric restriction diet.. by banning empty calories, and focusing the eater or higher protien you not only cut empty calories out of the diet, but make them eat more filling foods (protiens are far far more filling per calorie consumed than nearly everything else out there) So you reduce cravings by having a more full and longer full sensation, and then ban empty calorie foods.

So, if the diet works for you, that is fine and dandy, but I guarantee you, if you count the calories you intook before you started and what you take on the diet, you will find a significant difference. If the "no carb" hook is what is needed to keep caloric intake restricted, that is fine... but at the end of the day these diets are no different at their core than any other, the restrict the caloric intake of the person on them.

The rest, while it makes the dieter feel good seeing that ketosis stick turn pink... someone following any diet that works will indeed get it to turn pink... after all when you take in less calories than you consume your body must burn fat to survive.. and its that process of burning the fat that creates the ketones.

I am glad if the diet works for you, but realise HOW it works is more to do with simple mathematics (less calories in than calories burns = weight loss, roughly 3500 calories need to be burned more than consumed to lose 1 lbs of weight.) I do agree in the first phases of the low carb thing you can see some dramatic water weight lose end of the day its simple caloric restriction.

[beezdotcom]

Sorry, neither the current research nor personal experience gives you the slam dunk you're looking for. You just have no idea how much I eat.

Sorry it didn't work for you, though. But I fail to see why so many people like yourself feel compelled to try to tell me I'm eating fewer calories, when they have no clue WHAT I'm eating. It would be amusing if it wasn't so frequent...

[Dr. Luv]

I am sorry this didn't work for you, perhaps you need to read ALL of the information about the way a low carb diet works. The reason it DOES work is that you can EAT LIKE A PIG. A sample day for me: Breakfast: five pieces of bacon, two eggs. Lunch: three hamburgers with melted cheddar cheese. Dinner: A steak the size of my head and a large spinach salad.

I cannot believe how much I'm eating and I've lost almost 20 pounds since the middle of October. Eat fat, don't get fat...

[vigilo]

You're missing the important facts about what carbs do to your body chemistry. It isn't just caloric restriction. You need to learn more. Do you think that 100 calories of sugar do the same thing to your body as 100 calories of steak?

[grimalkin]

So, if the diet works for you, that is fine and dandy, but I guarantee you, if you count the calories you intook before you started and what you take on the diet, you will find a significant difference.

You're right, I *did* see a significant difference:

Average calories per day pre-Atkins: 1200-1300
Average calories per day on Atkins 1+ years: 1500-2000

Pre-Atkins weight at 5'4", small frame: 140ish
Current Atkins Maintenance weight: 109-112 lbs (depending on water weight fluctuations, time of day, etc.)

No difference in activity level. Everything has been tracked in a custom spreadsheet.

[Nov3]

I am glad if the diet works for you, but realise HOW it works is more to do with simple mathematics (less calories in than calories burns = weight loss, roughly 3500 calories need to be burned more than consumed to lose 1 lbs of weight.) I do agree in the first phases of the low carb thing you can see some dramatic water weight lose end of the day its simple caloric restriction.

Ah you have fallen for the old a Calorie is a Calorie lie. It has befuddled millions of sheeple.