Posted on 04/25/2002 5:50:29 AM PDT by MagnusMat
Just heard that Atkins had aheart attack this morning
Which, it should be pointed out, is true of all diets which are no longer being followed. No diet works when you just think about it.
I agree. When I take Creatine I make sure I drink LOTS of water, up to one gallon per day.
When I dehydrate myself before a contest, I never stop my water intake. First thing, I get off creatine two weeks prior to dehydration. And one week before the show, I begin upping my water intake to TWO gallons per day. I continue at two gallons for four days and the last two days I am sipping water, maybe drinking a quart per day.
This tricks the body into a habit of flushing the body of excess water. At the end, water is decreased buy the body keeps flushing fluids. If done properly, it gets the water out of the skin, giving you the ripped look.
The key [and I'm no expert] is to not cut out water totally, but only limit it at the end. Muslces need water to get a pump where they are full and hard looking. Vascularity can also suffer without enough water in the body. And cramping can be a problem if the muscles are too dehydrated.
I have never wrestled but I take my hat off to them. That is very hard work when there is little calories coming in for energy.
Sure sounds a lot like the Atkins diet to me, with the exceptions of the carbs and sugar.
Name a single diet where this DOESN'T happen. I know, you say eat healthy, & exercise, and you're absolutely right. But, whatever the diet, most people gain the weight back -- and more. Here's my biased opinion, at least for people who have had a weight problem ALL their lives. We have been told all our lives that it is psychological, we eat for comfort, etc. I bought that line of baloney (pardon the semi-pun) for many years. I no longer do. Something is biologically out-of-whack. And as you or someone suggested, there are things, drugs or supplements, that can help because otherwise the constant cravings for food (usually sweets and carbohydrates) will drive you insane. In my case (and ok everybody, flame away!!!!!!!!) what has worked is the evil prozac!!!!!!!
On it, I can actually think normally and not be obsessed with food 9/10's of the day. I also eat healthy, cut way back on carbs & sweets, and exercise. As one diabetic here said, there is very solid science behind the recommendation to cut out a lot of carbs (not necessarily as strict as Atkins, for example, there is one called "Sugar Busters.") Anyway, there are, of course, solid biological reasons why prozac works for some people, its serotonergic effects, so if there is anyone out there who is having problems, and is maybe depressed about being overweight, I throw myself on the funeral pyre of this site in the hopes that I might help someone.
My doctor convinced me that starches are the problem. He said he'd rather see someone eating a big steak than a pasta meal. He said to cut way back on 4 things, pasta, bread, potatoes, and rice, all the white foods. In addition, I cut out all the cheese I used to eat, and all the cream in my coffee. I lost 15 pounds slowly, and have kept most of it off.
Count me in!
You can also use the search engine on www.google.com. Go to their site and type in "pancreatic enzymes" for more information, including where to purchase.
You should only use the enzymes after checking with a "health professional" (which I am not). MD's not involved with treatment of cystic fibrosis have probably "never heard of them" - mainly because they are available without a prescription (no perks for the doctor).
I use Biotest supplements exclusively....I have for years...Love MD6. Grow...etc...
You mean they eat those little fifteen cents per pack Ramen noodles? I really like them, but I haven't thought about a career in Sumo wrestling yet.
Jogging while any weight is hell on your joints, especially if you're over 20 years old and you jog on anything but soft ground.
Look for our jogging-crazy baby-boomer generation to cost Medicare about fifty gazillion dollars in knee and hip replacements over the next thirty years.
Atkin's original formulation certainly did.
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