You are right that I am not familiar with Atkins, I was simply mentioning things that have lots of fat (meaning, will generally add fat to your body). I am not purporting to be an expert, lol. If an obese person can become non-obese eating fried chicken, ranch dressing, mounds of cheese, more power to him/her but I doubt that applies to most people. On the same token, I doubt most people would gain weight by eating unadulterated vegetables, lean meats, and grains.
“On the same token, I doubt most people would gain weight by eating unadulterated vegetables, lean meats, and grains.”
Generally true, especially the ‘unadulterated’ part, but some people need more meat, and much less grains.
Well, here’s the Atkins Paradigm. It’s the carbs that make you fat. Burn off the carbs or eat fewer carbs. Fat is good, because it’s satisfying, you don’t get hungry as often if you don’t eat too many carbs.
Unfortunately, if you eat the fat in Atkins but the carbs we are surrounded with as well, you WILL get fatter! My husband cannot do a low carb diet because he doesn’t avoid the carbs!
And that’s the problem with Atkins (which I think is a very good diet, I’ve lost lots of weight with it in the past and had the BEST cholesterol numbers, etc). It is a very strict diet from the standpoint of you cannot cheat. And for most people it gets boring.