And..Remember. Normally thin people are not worried about protein or carb intact. It never crosses their thin minds.
I know. I used to be one of them. Until I was about 33, I never thought too much about what I was eating. If I binged on too much sugar or beer, I'd just work out an extra day. That all changed after an 8-year-long battle with insomnia. While I was working as a flight attendant, I couldn't sleep more than 3 hours at a time. About 5 years into that, I started packing on weight at an unbelievable rate. It's been a nightmare.
Remember that Atkins adds carbs gradually but the carbs added are only those LOW on the glycemic index. This is an important element. You can’t add potatoes, rice, bread until the very end.
I love Atkins and my doctor [who is a cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai] suggested I try it.
I love barbecued food so I grill twice a week. I barbecue meats plus asparagus, halved zucchini and red peppers.
Another issue is that we lose muscle as we age. So if you are the same weight at 60 as you are at 20, you have considerably more fat. Muscle mass is imperative to keeping weight off. A 20 year old and a 60 year old, weighing the same, lose at different rates because the older person has less muscle. As a result, exercising is more important. My fav is walking in the hills around my house.