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I'm sorry, I tried it and without bread it was tough. Anything that takes away my pizza and beer is bad! A may stay alive longer, but I won't live!

My father said the same thing a couple of years ago! Well, at least about the bread - he's not a beer drinker. Last July, he went to the doctor and found out he weighed 333 pounds, and he said that, at that moment, he decided he could live without the bread. LOL!

Dad's lost almost 70 pounds since then, and he says it's the easiest thing he's ever done. He does allow himself a macadamia nut cookie from Starbucks once a week or so - but he's still losing steadily (like most men do - sigh).

My mother started low carbing two years after I did - and she's lost over 50 pounds so far.

Just FYI: Miller Lite has 3 carbs in 12 ounces, so it's okay for post-induction low carbers.

As for pizza, whenever I want some, there's something the low carbers at alt.support.diet.low-carb call a "meatza," which is a pizza with a ground beef or bulk sausage base. Some people make pizza using portabello mushrooms as a crust. Others take slices of pepperoni and put them on the bottom as the base. A few people just go ahead and order a pizza, but eat only the toppings.

Maven

The average bookstore in America has an entire section dedicated to books on diets and losing weight. Many of them are fad diets (not that I'm saying the Atkins Diet is a fad diet). However, most all of them will work if they are adhered to. So that is not the issue. The grapefruit diet will work if followed to the letter and people swear by it even though I do not think that is a very healthy way to eat.

So the question that must be asked is not whether or not the diet works but whether the diet is good for your overall health. It is quite possible to lose weight and yet develop medical problems on account of the way you eat (i.e. malnutrition, heart disease, etc.).

The Atkins diet works for many and good for them if they feel good and are indeed healthy. Personally, I think the diet is too heavy on red meats and other fatty foods and that the diet restricts foods that I believe are good for you (i.e. rice, pasta, corn). The Atkins Diet is also "hostile" towards beer and wine. I say hostile because while the diet in its maintenance phase allows for one glass a day of either, it's author (Atkins) is a teetolaer and recommends that alcoholic beverages not be consumed at all.

I prefer more of a Meditteranean Diet, which is heavy in fish, nuts, pasta, rice, olive oil and yes, beer and wine. My cholesterol is currently at 185 which shocks my doctor because high cholesterol and heart disease runs in my family and I am technically about 50 pounds overweight (if you are to go by those charts). I think it is the fish and olive oil because my father's cholesterol is over 300 and he won't eat fish of any kind or put olive oil in his food. Otherwise, our diets are very similar.

As for pizza, whenever I want some, there's something the low carbers at alt.support.diet.low-carb call a "meatza," which is a pizza with a ground beef or bulk sausage base. Some people make pizza using portabello mushrooms as a crust. Others take slices of pepperoni and put them on the bottom as the base. A few people just go ahead and order a pizza, but eat only the toppings.

Try tortillas from La Tortilla Factory as a crust. Tastes just like a thin crust pizza and the shells only have 3 net carbs each. :-)

Yummy!