[cupcakes]

BINGO! The more moderate freeper dieters have been saying this all along. The best diet is a balanced one free of processed foods. I know this disturbs some freepers, but you don't need Atkins anymore than you need any other diet guru. Cut out the pop, cut out the sweets, cut out eating processed foods several times a day, drink water, and exercise and you will lose weight unless you have some other underlying medical condition. I'm sure Atkins(the wife now) appreciates you lining her pockets though and defending her business while you throw your commen sense to the wind.

[jjm2111]

Also, neither my dad or I sent the man a dime. BTW, I agree w/ the moderated diet + exercise type way of doing things. My "atkins diet" certainly isn't 100% bacon, 100% of the time.

[bvw]

drink water

That's arguable.

[ClintonBeGone]

I'm sure Atkins(the wife now) appreciates you lining her pockets though and defending her business while you throw your commen sense to the wind.

What a silly thing to say! The only money I've put in their pocket was the $6.99 I paid for his paperback. Thats the beauty of this diet, you don't have to buy special food. Unless he's got an interest in the butcher shop I go to, Atkins doesn't make anything on the ribeyes, eggs or butter I purchase.

[adam_az]

Cut out the pop, cut out the sweets, cut out eating processed foods several times a day, drink water, and exercise and you will lose weight unless you have some other underlying medical condition.

And then you rule two groups likelyt to be fat: People who gain weight easily (metabolic resistance, high efficiency, whatever you want to call it), and people who can't exercise for whatever reason - work full time and go to school, broken bones, medical conditions, very long work days, or people who are so fat that it would be dangerous for them to exercise.

But hey, why should folks follow a plan that has been shown in study after study to work safely and effectively, when there's a harder way available that works for less people, and works slower when it works at all?

[DallasMike]

Cut out the pop, cut out the sweets, cut out eating processed foods several times a day, drink water, and exercise and you will lose weight unless you have some other underlying medical condition.

What you describe is actually pretty close to the Atkins diet.