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we are trying this diet and my hubby is losing while I am not....does this diet work differantly for women?

also.....can you lose weight simply by decreasing your carbs....say keep them below 100grams a day....and still lose weight, although slower?

I am not....does this diet work differantly for women?

Yes it does work differently. Women have a harder time losing initially. The republican Atkins diet is also sexist! My wife didn't lose anything for nearly 2 weeks. I had already lost 20 pounds! She caught up pretty quickly! Most women eat far more carbs than men. Your body has to become accustomed to burning fat. Early on you need to eat more fat than you would think. Your body is basically limited in the amount of fat it can mobilize. Later as your body becomes more efficient at mobilizing your own fat your can ease up.

If you absolutely refuse to lose any weight, read the section on the fat fast.

Plan your meals! Get some low carb snacks in the house! Don't let yourself get too hungry!

cherry...if women are taking hormone replacement therapy they tend to put on 5 pounds a year ,according to the late Dr. Atkins. Such was the case with me. After I heard him talk about these women being ketosis resistant, I quit taking my HRTs and began his diet.

Since Jan 24 I have lost 51 pounds.
My goal is another 25 pounds.
My acid reflux is gone!!!!!!!!I feel terrific. No more Prevacid. It's actually been easy.

"we are trying this diet and my hubby is losing while I am not....does this diet work differantly for women? also.....can you lose weight simply by decreasing your carbs....say keep them below 100grams a day....and still lose weight, although slower?"

Yes, it does. Yes. But keep total carbs below 70grams if you want to lose weight. Women lose slower because they have less muscle mass than men. More muscles/activity means more energy burned. Step up your activity level a little and you will see a change. It's not unusual to lose 3 pounds a week on a carefully-followed low-carb diet.

My questions for the ages: At what point in human history did a synthetic, processed, carb/chemical/filler-laden diet become more nutritious than the historical, natural, and wholesome unrefined diet of our ancestors? If the synthetic diets are so much better for us than the natural diet, how come so many more people are fat, diabetic, and sick than 100 years ago? And, finally, why do we let people who don't know anything about the biochemistry of human metabolism tell us that synthetic foods and the removal of natural, unrefined foods is healthful for us? Go HERE and learn the real truth about real nutrition.