[Theresa]

I went on the Atkins diet and felt terrible. I just did not feel like myself. After 3 months I gave up and feasted on a huge peanut butter and jelly sandwich on two lovely slices of fresh seven grain bread plus a tall cold glass of milk. It was like medicine!!! I felt whole again!

I just have to have grains and milk. But thanks to Atkins I broke the habit of eating refined starches. When I eat carbs it is only the complex kind....whole wheat bread, beans and brown rice. My new food philosophy is to eat a varied diet of moderate amounts of whole, vitamin rich nutritious foods. I am happy with it.

[valkyrieanne]

went on the Atkins diet and felt terrible. I just did not feel like myself. After 3 months I gave up and feasted on a huge peanut butter and jelly sandwich on two lovely slices of fresh seven grain bread plus a tall cold glass of milk. It was like medicine!!! I felt whole again!

People differ in their metabolism. I don't do Atkins; I do something closer to Carbohydrate Addicts or The Zone. It includes some carbs but low-glycemic ones. The weight loss isn't as dramatic as with Atkins.

[dennisw]

Atkins is not universal,not for everyone. Don't be brainwashed.