[Senator Pardek]

Atkins Diet - another dose of snake oil for the desperate, pushing the only real way for long term weight loss (aerobic and anaerobic exercise) into the backround.

Some people are so lazy, if given the choice between eating dog crap and exercise to lose weight, they'd chose the former...

[najida]

Erm,
Thanks for saying what I have been telling clients for years.

It is all about burnin' more than take in.

[right wing]

"Atkins Diet - another dose of snake oil for the desperate, pushing the only real way for long term weight loss (aerobic and anaerobic exercise) into the backround. Some people are so lazy, if given the choice between eating dog crap and exercise to lose weight, they'd chose the former...

I hate it when folks make these types of remarks. Atkins is not snake oil. It's a very healthy way of eating, one loses weight rapidly and every pea brain knows that exercise is a must.

[L,TOWM]

Opinions vary.

Take this one from someone married to woman that had the body of gymnist (5'0; 105lbs) which turned traitor on her after her first pregnancy; then watched a multiple year battle of dieting, MASSIVE EXERSISE (2-4 hours/daily), and the emotional impact of a war with her own body that she was losing, IMHO, your comment is a little arrogant towards some one that looks at this diet as a Godsend.

You put a wife in the hospital that fasted and exersised to the point of being barely able to move or speak coherently, while not dropping one pound, and then watch them cry in the hospital as they gained weight from the IV, you might have a different opinion of seeing that person drop weight by eliminating pasta, fruit, potatoes and bread while forcing herself to eat eggs, meats, cheeses and other food she hates.

For some, it is'nt activity or desire that is problem, it is metabolism and the fact that God did'nt make us to eat the way the food pyramid is set up--Same proportions of caloric sources as cattle fininshing feed. Big surprise we are turning into a nation of Heifers...

[Lanza]

Actually, Atkins latest book "Atkins for Life" strongly encourages if not insists you must exercise (both cardio and weights).

[MarkL]

Atkins Diet - another dose of snake oil for the desperate, pushing the only real way for long term weight loss (aerobic and anaerobic exercise) into the backround.

Some people are so lazy, if given the choice between eating dog crap and exercise to lose weight, they'd chose the former...

There are some of us who don't have any choice in the matter. I can not exercise regularly. I have to lose weight before I can begin exercising due to problems caused by crohns disease, and the medications I take to control the symptoms (presnisone for 18 years has lead to osteoporrosis). I break bones in my feet by doing much walking. And swimming or water aerobics is out, again, due to the crohns. The Drs say I need to lose at least 50 pounds in order to begin exercising on a regular basis, and I'm hoping to get there using Atkins. We'll see. The biggest problem is that presnisone and dieting don't go together well. Being hungry all the time and retaining water really sucks.

BTW, I've never minded exercise. I even enjoyed the 2 a day lacrosse practices in college, although some of the cardio work they had us do really sucked... like shovelling the snow off of the football field!

Mark