[MaryFromMichigan]

As I see it... ;-)

Eat what you want, just watch the portions.
And get some form of exercise.

Don't go a diet that doesn't let you eat the foods you like or crave because when you go off the diet (and 99% of people do) the weight will come right back. (Although I have read alot of good things about the low carb diet.)

Have a between meal snack so you don't get too hungry because your Mom was right, eating a snack before a dinner will ruin your appetite!

If you skip meals or cut down calories down too far- you'll probably overeat later.

We're over thinking this whole diet thing.

[Mamzelle]

re: Don't go a diet that doesn't let you eat the foods you like or crave because when you go off the diet (and 99% of people do) the weight will come right back. (Although I have read alot of good things about the low carb diet.) )))

Well....no one loved bread and tators more than I. I was a pretzel and Premium Saltine nut. I ate toast without butter because I thought that would help knock out the calories...and exercise was only the most tangental of help.

Now most of my sweet and starch tooth is completely gone. I'll have a nibble of someone else's dessert and it has a sharp, nasty, almost painful bite. But a pile of broccoli with butter is newly sweet. For a treat, I'll make some potato soup with lots of cauliflower and ham--I still like the mealy texture of potatoes.

I started my locarb eating when there were few commercial substitutes, at a time when my appetite was simply ravenous--

I ate huge breakfasts when I started out on locarb, lots of meat and salad--big platefuls. Now, I couldn't begin to eat that amount. But Atkins is designed to work with that carb-driven hunger, and gradually it disappears.

But I don't go trying to sell everyone on it, because I still love to bake conventional goodies--that I might taste, but never eat.

[adam_az]

"Eat what you want, just watch the portions. And get some form of exercise."

Nice of you to think of people who for medical reasons are unable to do much exercise.

How caring for your one size fits all advice which doesn't take into account people who have very busy schedules and no time to exercise, such as interns, surgeons, people who work full time and go to school.

Nice of you to take into account diabetics, and people who are metabolically resistant to losing weight, no matter how much they exercise and how little they eat. Some people are cursed with efficiency. In prehistoric times this would have been a survival characteristic. Today it's not.

Can you think of a good reason for people NOT to follow this plan, if it's easier to stay on and works faster than the one you suggested?

[BSunday]

Your common sense is not wanted here!! (off sarcasm)

I totally agree with your post, and I'm surprized it took until #49 for someone to flame you.

[carlo3b]

As I see it... ;-)Eat what you want, just watch the portions... And get some form of exercise.

You won't get a fight from me on about 70% of what you articulated.. but for the rest of us, this is the better alternative.. but your opinion is welcome here.. got any fabulous recipes you would like to share, Low Carb or otherwise.. we're still alive and normal too.. LOLOL.. :)

[Proud_texan]

I'm glad when people find a diet that works for them. Personally I've had great luck with the Amish diet.