Posted on 04/17/2007 2:03:10 PM PDT by freedomdefender
Eat less, excise more. Best diet plan there is.
It really bugs me when people criticize the Atkins diet but have never read through the whole thing. They stop at “butter, whole cream, and steaks” and have a figurative heart attack. If you follow the plan, you end up eating about a pound of vegetables a day, healthy fats, drinking lots of water, and getting plenty of protein. Because of the way it preserves muscle by burning off fat, you look leaner and lose inches. However, it is NOT a “diet” that you go on for a while and then go off. It is truly a way of eating that, once you reach your goal weight, should continue for the rest of your life.
Ornish is simply wrong about grains. Humans are not meant to eat a lot of grains. They are meant to eat vegetables, fruits (especially low sugar fruits like berries) and meat. Not juices, not grains, and not refined sugar at all. The present USDA food pyramid (a product of ag interests)is based on grains and is a recipe for diabetes. Atkins is the only diet I have ever used that is effective and I’ve been able to stick to.
Sit on my butt, eat nachos and watch TV is far easier even if it is less effective.
There’s GOT to be a better way!! ;o)
If it’s not too much trouble, could you give me an example of a day’s menu on the Atkins’ plan. I did not know that vegetables were a big part of the plan, for example. I thought it was just a meat-eating thing.
It’s less effective because that’s unbalanced.
You need to add ice cream or chocolate to hit all four ares.
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Worked out pretty healthy for me.
(How many posts before a clueless “Just don’t eat so much” post?)
Not long. See post 2.
I agree...the problem for me is getting back on it, once I’ve fallen off the wagon. :(
In Stage 1, you’re to eat 20 carbs per day with at least half of them from vegetables. That’s 10+ carbs. However, when you deduct the fiber you get from the veggies, you need to actually eat way more than the 10 carbs. That might be a spinach/cheese omelet in the morning, a large salad with a variety of veggies plus protein for lunch, and maybe a steak or other protein with a couple of side cooked veggies for dinner. Believe me, you’re never hungry!
The meat, eggs, salad is only for two weeks. That’s where everyone stops. They think that is the diet. Next phase is to add vegs. You can buy a carb counter. Men are allowed more carbs than women. After the two weeks you add carbs slowly but not going over the suggested carb count.
It works very well.
Thread over. You win.
Breakfast:
2 egg omelet with ham and cheese
1/2 c. strawberries
1c. low carb milk
Lunch:
2c. mixed greens
1/2 sliced med. cucumber
1/2 sliced med. bell pepper
4 oz. grilled chicken breast
1 Wasa bread cracker
Ranch Salad dressing
Dinner:
2c. mixed greens w/vinaigrette
(vinaigrette made with olive oil and your choice of vinegar)
6 spears steamed asparagus
6 oz. pan grilled sirloin
1/2 c. cubed cantaloupe
Snack:
1/2 c. smoked almonds
1/2 c. plain yogurt sweetened w/Splenda and vanilla extract
I like salads, so I eat at least one everyday. I usually have salads with both meals, and if I do brunch on a weekend I have a salad then.
“Sit on my butt, eat nachos and watch TV is far easier even if it is less effective.” KarlInOhio
At least KarlInOhio won’t be accused of having the latest “eating disorder” (overexercising).
http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Eating_Disorders/peacelovehope/exercise.asp
After my cardiologist demanded that I lose a ton and a dietitian's telling me that carbs were my problem,I started Atkins...the "strict" form (as described by the Atkins website).
Basically I ate beef,chicken,chicken salad,eggs and a few other things,and basically nothing else.I gave up many,many things that I was addicted to.Quickly,I discovered two things,1)the pounds were just falling off of me (I was "power-walking" religiously at the same time) and,2)how easy,*EASY* it was to stick to it...in spite of the fact that it was very restrictive and *very* boring.
My primary care doctor,who was trained at Harvard and whose practice was at one of the major Harvard hospitals,explained my success like this:
"Protein (in which Atkins is very rich) is more effective than any other kind of food in turning off the little switch in our brain that tells us we're hungry so those who follow it faithfully take in fewer calories and,thus,tend to lose weight and often find it easy to stick to the diet." (Of course,this isn't an exact quote)
“Eat less, exercise more.”
Yes, but you can make a lot of money leading people to believe that there’s another, “easier” way.
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