Anyone Tried The Atkins Diet?

I've on it since Sunday and it is quite easy.

However, I'm starting to miss eating the fuck out of a Raspberry Danish.

I've been pretty cut-up and nevvver ate right. However, in the last year I've gained 15 pounds due to injury, having a family and being fucking lazy.

This diet will get me back to square one since I've changed my regimen to that of old (working out). My plan is 2 weeks to lose the 15 lbs.

I eat protein (fish, lean beef, chicken) and vegetables.

I limit my carb intake to 30g a day (however I can be more liberal with that).

I swim twice a week and lift weights (power sets for time) everyday.

One thing is for sure. When I get back down to 185. I'm tearing some chocalate chip cookies the fuck up.

I can't even drink alcohol, soda, or juice right now ffs. It's all water, Propel, and sometimes drinks with Splenda.
Oh and I take a multi-vitamin (always have actually) everyday.

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Anyone tried Atkins or is thinking of it?

I have. It sucks and its not healthy. I suppose for a short term kick-boost you could do worse but watch when you come back to eating normally. Your body may have a hard time with carbohydrates and start storing the weight again so its a good idea to increase the amont of exersise you do when you start eating normally again. Eat as many green leafy things as you can for vitamins (multivit is no subsitute for fresh veg)
and don't forget vitamin C to process the iron in the green leafy things....
Coors or Miller do low carb beer....

Oh and don't stay on it too long. You'll start to smell weird!

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Originally Posted by Blythorama

I have. It sucks and its not healthy. I suppose for a short term kick-boost you could do worse but watch when you come back to eating normally. Your body may have a hard time with carbohydrates and start storing the weight again so its a good idea to increase the amont of exersise you do when you start eating normally again. Eat as many green leafy things as you can for vitamins (multivit is no subsitute for fresh veg)
and don't forget vitamin C to process the iron in the green leafy things....
Coors or Miller do low carb beer....

Oh and don't stay on it too long. You'll start to smell weird!

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Smell weird. :sick:

Nah it's only 2 weeks (maybe a month)

I don't drink beer that much; only hard liquor under certain situations (Vodka with Apple Pucker I love it).

Exercise is already stepped up and I eat spinach and greens alot.

I plan to ease into the carbs and not really on Day 1 off the diet "eat the fuck out of some chocalate chip cookies."

It won't work for just 2 weeks. You'll lose some weight, but it will mostly be water. Your body's cells are being starved, and they know it!

When you get back to eating carbs, your body will stock-pile, and convert as much to fat as possible, and you'll be back where you started.

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Originally Posted by Barbarossa

It won't work for just 2 weeks. You'll lose some weight, but it will mostly be water. Your body's cells are being starved, and they know it!

When you get back to eating carbs, your body will stock-pile, and convert as much to fat as possible, and you'll be back where you started.

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My mom lost fifteen pounds in 2 weeks. :ermm:

She doesn't limit herself to 20g like she did then but eats less carbs.

I think the diet encourages less sugar more than anything. Soda's and other foods with high fructose corn syrup (among other stuff) will be limited after I'm done with the diet.

I drink more water now than I ever did before and I think main difference with me is I exercise. I'm not using this diet to substitute as a daily permanent fat burner. I'll just be back to where I was.....a little over a year ago.

Besides that, after my surgery, I will be somewhat immobile. I want a good start and be in shape.

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Originally Posted by Busyman

Besides that, after my surgery, I will be somewhat immobile.

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You're finally having your head pulled from outta your arse?

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Originally Posted by manker

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Originally Posted by Busyman

Besides that, after my surgery, I will be somewhat immobile.

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You're finally having your head pulled from outta your arse?

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Uh uh. Knee surgery. Torn ACL. It's old.

I hate the fact I have to go under for that shit. My last surgery I was awake and watched them go into my knee on a monitor.

They told me I have to go under since THEY CAN'T NUMB BONE. :sick:

Well, I hope it goes well, I presume ACL is anterior cruciate ligament. Fairly common in soccer - a few Man Utd players have done it in recent years.

Two are back - one still isn't after two years. Rehabilitation from it is horrible - but then I doubt you'll be that interested in getting 90-100% dexterity again.

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Originally Posted by manker

Well, I hope it goes well, I presume ACL is anterior cruciate ligament. Fairly common in soccer - a few Man Utd players have done it in recent years.

Two are back - one still isn't after two years. Rehabilitation from it is horrible - but then I doubt you'll be that interested in getting 90-100% dexterity again.

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Thanks. I tore both of mine (my right 10 yrs ago, my left plus meniscus about 7). I only got surgery to repair my left meniscus. I continued to play b-ball with no ACLs. I was playing b-ball, drove on this fella, stopped and shot a 3-pointer, came down and my fucking left knee buckled and hasn't been right since. :angry: So I've been lazy but at least I've been schooling my little girl.

Fucking pre-schools don't give homework.......so I do it. :angry:

I still won't have a right ACL btw. My doctor told me that 10% of the population can do fine without them. He surprised I still played ball without them but now my chickens have come home to roost...at least my left chicken has. :ermm:

...and I do want my 100% dexterity back. :sadwalk:

Waaaahhhhhhhhhh!!

I had four friends try going on Atkins. They all gave it up. For three it did absolutely nothing to make them drop weight, and for one it worked "a little" but she wasn't feeling healthy on it.

Regardless, the laundry list of what their complaints were:

-Too difficult to cook family/kid-friendly meals for
-Expensive
-Constipation
-Bad breath/body odour
-General feelings of nausea and exhaustion
-Headches/trigged migraines in one of them
-Difficulty sleeping
-Interfered with periods/increased PMS (not an issue for you, I'd imagine, but hey..it's a side effect :P)

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Why the feck do people even bother with diets,just eat properly and take exercise and your body takes care of itself,t'is just vanity I tells ya.

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Originally Posted by MagicNakor

I had four friends try going on Atkins. They all gave it up. For three it did absolutely nothing to make them drop weight, and for one it worked "a little" but she wasn't feeling healthy on it.

Regardless, the laundry list of what their complaints were:

-Too difficult to cook family/kid-friendly meals for
-Expensive
-Constipation
-Bad breath/body odour
-General feelings of nausea and exhaustion
-Headches/trigged migraines in one of them
-Difficulty sleeping
-Interfered with periods/increased PMS (not an issue for you, I'd imagine, but hey..it's a side effect :P)

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How long did they stay on it?

So far I can say I don't go to sleep late like I used to. In fact much earlier. However, my energy level is the same and furthermore.....people should use their brains for any diet and adjust it adjust it accordingly.

Maybe some folks decrease their sugar intake instead of cutting it out. I been out going on 5 days. My mother and uncle have already done it....successfully.

The logic behind it sound.

The way I look at it...unused complex sugars store as fat. Cut that down (as in have less topload) and your body goes to your fat stores for energy.

The only thing that I cut out that was part of a normal healthy diet is starch, fruit, and milk (bread, pasta, corn, bananas, oranges, etc).

Everything else was soda, cookies, danishes, Snapple, Hawaiian Punch and the like which I ate too much of anyway.

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Originally Posted by gripper103.2

Why the feck do people even bother with diets,just eat properly and take exercise and your body takes care of itself,t'is just vanity I tells ya.

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No shit. That and being healthy.

A diet is how you eat, even if it's bad.

Mm, it varied between three weeks and four or five months.

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I thougbt it had been proven to be more bad for you than good?

most people end up dead or seriously ill.do all the research you want. but thats the cold hard truth. but then again if you;re willing to risk it and go ahead perhaps trying to get an ED is the way to go...wait a minute those people are stupid or something right...kindda like what your doing right now....

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most people end up dead or seriously ill.do all the research you want. but thats the cold hard truth. but then again if you;re willing to risk it and go ahead perhaps trying to get an ED is the way to go...wait a minute those people are stupid or something right...kindda like what your doing right now....

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Cutting crappy carbs is stupid? I'll admit that cutting too much starch and fruit for too long is risky but everything is crap anyway.

How do I get an eating disorder anyway?

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Originally Posted by MagicNakor

Mm, it varied between three weeks and four or five months.

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I might go 1 month at the most but more than that is crazy. I always thought it was a short term diet anyway.

I look at it this way..If you stay on it you'll fuck yourself up. In order to keep the weight off you must increase your activity level.

Maybe the way I'm using it as a stepping stone and not a cruch.

The Atkins diet is a really bad idea Busy.

However given what you have said, you are not really on it. You are eating a healthy, carbohydrate controlled diet and cutting out eating crap.

Which is a really good idea.

Another one is not to eat anything after 20:00 hours.

Just stick to the five miles runs with your good lady wife. :naughty:

And avoid the vending machines at all costs. :D

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Originally Posted by JPaul

The Atkins diet is a really bad idea Busy.

However given what you have said, you are not really on it. You are eating a healthy, carbohydrate controlled diet and cutting out eating crap.

Which is a really good idea.

Another one is not to eat anything after 20:00 hours.

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That's something I've alllllways done. I'll eat 10pm or 2am. It never mattered to me.

...especially after going clubbing (j'polism). We'd all go to the IHOP for breakfast at 3am. That was awhile ago though.

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Originally Posted by enoughfakefiles

Just stick to the five miles runs with your good lady wife. :naughty:

And avoid the vending machines at all costs. :D

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Unfortunately my vending machine was at home. :(

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Originally Posted by Busyman

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Originally Posted by JPaul

The Atkins diet is a really bad idea Busy.

However given what you have said, you are not really on it. You are eating a healthy, carbohydrate controlled diet and cutting out eating crap.

Which is a really good idea.

Another one is not to eat anything after 20:00 hours.

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That's something I've alllllways done. I'll eat 10pm or 2am. It never mattered to me.

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You've always done it, that's OK then.