[Otta B Sleepin]

I have done pre-gastric by-pass counseling and all of them have the 'Atkins Diet' on their list of failed weight loss plans. They all lost massive amounts of weight, but gained it back over the years.

It would be interesting to know how these people would have fared on any other kind of diet. Those who want the "quick fix" of a rapid weight loss without changing their long-term eating habits will inevitably regain much or most of their weight when they go back to eating indiscriminately. "Yo-yo" dieting is a way of life for many folks.

Mr. Otta has now been on Atkins for five months and has lost 30 pounds.

[najida]

It would be interesting to know how these people would have fared on any other kind of diet. Those who want the "quick fix" of a rapid weight loss without changing their long-term eating habits will inevitably regain much or most of their weight when they go back to eating indiscriminately. "Yo-yo" dieting is a way of life for many folks.
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The people I have known personally who had long term success have
a. Took up a permanent activity/exercise program.
b. Changed their eating habits (and these have varied pretty much from person to person).
c. Allowed themselves to eat most foods they enjoyed, just in moderation the 'bad' foods.

[Aquinasfan]

It would be interesting to know how these people would have fared on any other kind of diet. Those who want the "quick fix" of a rapid weight loss without changing their long-term eating habits will inevitably regain much or most of their weight when they go back to eating indiscriminately.

The data here must be very squishy. I'm guessing that the people being studied picked up prepared meals once a day. Considering that they were very overweight to begin with, they probably had worse-than-normal eating habits and "cheated" regularly. This would skew the results for both "sides" equally, however, still showing that Atkins is more effective than a low-fat diet. If these people had really done "induction" for six months, they all would have lost more than 50 lbs. easily.

Also, Atkins is very easy to stay on, especially in comparison to a low-fat diet. I can testify from personal experience. Atkins kills cravings.