Posted on 08/23/2004 12:55:32 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick
FWIW, I fell off the wagon two weeks ago when I decided I couldn't look at another egg without puking.
Total weight loss after two months = zero
It's all about fiber
Try WeightWatchers, its a lifestyle you can live with.
Worked for me
I did Atkins and worked out at the local gym. It does work, it has to be a way of life. I refuse to give up candy bars. I have my own version I call pseudo-Atkins.
Gimmicks don't work, because the plain, simple, boring fact is that you lose when you consume fewer calories than you burn.
What has worked for me is Weight Watchers. Dull and the opposite of trendy, but it's worked for me -- for nearly 2 years! :)
I cannot accept the sanity of a diet that says that pork rinds are good for you.
I tried Atkins and I tried traditional (exercise and rabbit food). The results from traditional are better. Atkins is just too unrealistic a diet to keep to for very long.
And that's exactly what is was... a fad. And a scam.
South Beach. Day 14.
11 lbs.
When is the costof Bacon comming back down?
I think most people who had good success with Atkins end up living with a variant. Me, I look at bread and potatoes the way I used to look at icecream. I can have them, but I need to be aware it's naughty.
Atkins is nothing new. Our granparents knew starchy foods made you fat.
"What has worked for me is Weight Watchers. Dull and the opposite of trendy, but it's worked for me -- for nearly 2 years! :)"
Lucky you! I return to Weight Watchers every year (much like the swallows returning to Capistrano". All I lose is money.
Well, you actually have to *do* the program, not just pay each week. ;)
11 pounds.
The diet works, for a large number of people, and will remain reasonably popular even after the peak of the current "fad" surrounding it.
Unless you are severely obese, that's just too much weight to lose in a short period of time. At that rate, you'll be losing muscle and vital tissue before too long.
I guess that's why there continues to be thousands of low-fat products on the shelves to this day, including SnackWells.
The "craze" may end, but the concept is permanently burned into the public psyche. Low-carb products are here to stay.
You don't have to buy low-carb food to do a low-carb diet. Besides, alot of the low-carb stuff out there is gimmicky, not really low-carb at all, and most of all, EXPENSIVE!
It didn't take a Madison Avenue genius to see the trainwreck arriving, but in this era of three month business models I expect trainwrecks in many short sighted easy-bake numbers driven firms.
I'd bet plenty you weren't strictly on the diet.
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