[mamelukesabre]

If you want to lose even faster, cut out the fat and just eat protein.

....and if that ain't fast enough for you, switch to sawdust, corn cobs, peanut shells, and pure distilled water!



Seriously, people can take these diets a little too far. You gotta use a little common sense.

[Mr. Mulliner]

If you ask me, there's tons of common sense behind Atkins. Good research too. Glad to see that those who scoffed at him are finally coming around.

[sinkspur]

Seriously, people can take these diets a little too far. You gotta use a little common sense.

Exactly. But cutting calories never worked for me. Never. I don't have the discipline for it.

I eat two hard-boiled eggs for breakfast, a chicken breast for lunch, some cheese in the afternoon for a snack, and a meat and a Caesar salad (with wine) for dinner.

Guess what? I actually eat fewer calories than I did when I was stuffing my face with bread and nachos.

Protein satisfies hunger much more than carbs do.

And your body is not worn out all the time by consuming and digesting all those carbs!

[Pharmboy]

If you want to lose even faster, cut out the fat and just eat protein.

But the problem then becomes hunger. The beauty of the Atkins approach is that you are nowhere NEAR as hungry as you used to be; that is, when you ate bread and potatoes and pizza and desserts (and don't forget those breakfast cereals).

[Trust but Verify]

Common sense and time. It takes time to lose the weight. I lost 110 pounds. It took a year and a half. It wasn't hard at all once I set about doing it. I ate low fat-low carb-low calorie diet. I have since moderated somewhat and have many days where I 'cheat'.

The other thing that is mandatory is exercise. I walk 8 miles a day, 5 days a week. It works, folks.

[Katie_Colic]

If you want to lose even faster, cut out the fat and just eat protein.

You will loose alright MUSCLE. You have to eat fat to be on Atkins

[Mid-MI Student]

....and if that ain't fast enough for you, switch to sawdust, corn cobs, peanut shells, and pure distilled water!

I read today (The Times(UK)) that eating a kind of South African cactus was all the rage among dieters, it even suppresses the need for water.