[WilliamWallace1999]

You are correct sir. I am a doc and was THE biggest skeptic about Atkins for years. Now my wife and I have lost thirty pounds each on the diet. The key is sticking to it. Many people have starting eating all the meat and fats again, but did not cut out the carbs. Atkin's has given them a pass to pig out on the meats without paying the price. Low carb works if you do it by the book. My cholesterol is down and so is my wife's. It's the cheaters that are giving Atkin's a bad name.

[dts32041]

Sounds like the pubbies, we are smaller government lower taxes and making you responsible for your life.

But hey we aren't going to control our spending, we are going to give you everything you want and hope you don't notice you are going to pay for it later, with higher taxes and a more intrusive gubermint.

Atkins diet is like that if you follow the basic tenets then you are going to lose weight, but if you pig out guess what you will pay for it in the end.

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Now my wife and I have lost thirty pounds each on the diet. The key is sticking to it.

That would be the case with any diet.

[Texan5]

"The key is sticking to it."

Thank you sir, for giving an expert opinion on that-too many people are still in denial about portions. I live on a lower fat/no processed food version of Atkins, and I go very heavy on the veggies in the meals I prepare. After I lost between 10 and 15 pounds 14 years ago (on Atkins) after a lumbar injury at work I have stayed 8-13 pounds below my "ideal" weight ever since. One of my best friends was morbidly obese for over 30 years, and no diet, pill, etc worked for him because he was always hungry and would binge. Just over a year ago, he realized his knee and ankle joints and feet were starting to break down, and went on the lower fat Atkins with help from a diet support group. He has lost over 125 pounds in that year, and is within 30 pounds of his goal weight. He has not been tempted to binge, has much more energy, and his knees and ankles no longer pain him. But he did still have to learn to push his chair away from the table, and not supersize his portions. Again, thank you for your logical statement on portion control.

[Texan5]

Oh, an interesting aside-the head dietician where my husband works weighs at least 300 pounds, and shrilly condemns the Atkins diet while she sits in the employee cafeteria eating mashed potatoes and gravy. She is also always trying to get the doctors there to give her diet pills, but she absolutely will not cut down her food intake or abandon the sugar.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The problem with Atkins dieters is that if they start cheating and eating carbs their body goes back to storing fat and burning carbs rather then burning fat.

A cheat once in a while is ok. But you cheat every couple of days and your weight will go up. And a lot of people cheat.

[gc4nra]

Ditto!

[WV Mountain Mama]

I am thinking about doing Atkins or South Beach. I LOVE bread, pasta, rice, etc. I am having trouble losing 15 lbs after 2 kids (second child is 6 months and now weaned) and was wondering if it will work? My problem is that I can't imagine giving up those foods. I run about an hour a day and am in masters swim when I am not pregnant or nursing. I am really impatient with this weight this time. What do ya think, Doc?