The Atkins Diet Really Works

I just came back from having lunch with a friend of mine who I haven't seen since Thanksgiving. All I can say is WOW!!!! She has lost 104 lbs on the Atkins Diet and she looks amazing. She started in May of 2002 and has only 10 more pounds to lose to reach her goal weight. She has gone from a size 22 to a size 9 and looks like a completely different person. She had to have her engagnement ring and her wedding ring made smaller because they were falling off her finger. Even her doctor was amazed because he did not want her to do Atkins. But she recently had full bloodwork done and her cholesterol went down, not up. So I guess it really does work.

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Thats the one that tells you to cut out carbs and eat all protein,right?

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Yep...that's the one where you VERY little carbs and high protein.

I've had friends who went on it and lost weight! The problem though is that once they went back to normal eating they gained.

But that's fantastic!

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That's the one. She even modified it for herself and gave herself more carbs per day than the diet actually allows, but it made it easier for her to stick to. She has slowly added more carbs back in, but not the amount she used to eat and she is still losing.

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Wow does she have will power...that diet is SO hard!!

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FH is trying it now and he is realizing that once you eat a small portion of carbs, you feel tired again and feel bloated. I think it is hard to come off of it.

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At my old job, the big boss did that to lose weight and wow did he ever. He lost so much weight. We couldn't believe it and he's kept it off for about a year.

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Atkins is not a diet- it is a way of life- I have always known that the science behind this way of eating proves that it works- I think the problem is we've been trained to eat the wrong way... I am a HUGE fan of eating this way.

If you go on a diet- it implies you will go back to eating the very same way that got you fat to begin with... so if you go on a 'diet' and lose weight-- great.. but if you start to eat the same way you did before and gain the weight back, is it the fault of the diet- or the way you ate before????

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Thanks to one of the LIW girls I met at the last GTG, I started ATkins and lost 6 ponds since last Tuesday. I am eating more than ever ate during the day, and I feel great. I am hoping to lose a total of 20lbs, so I have 14 to go. My wedding gown is a 10 and it fit perfectly when I bought the sample, but over the year, I gained about 10 pounds. At this rate, I won't have to worry.

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Sassy you're 100% right. I think the way Wendy's friend did it makes sense...she molded it to a way that fits her lifestyle and she'll probably keep it off!

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I don't think that you can ever go back to eating normal. That is what causes people to regain weight on any diet. She has changed her whole way of eating and she will never eat the way that she used to. She loves the way she looks so much that I cannot imagine her gaining it back. She is gorgeous.

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I am really glad you posted this- I am so inspired right now- I did Atkins before the wedding and lost 12 pounds- I felt so GREAT.. I have been very, very careless lately and just recommitted myself to eating this way yesterday- I am very happy you posted this to confirm my commitment.

FYI- for those of you who need to lose 20 or so pounds- do not expect the weight to come off as quiclky.. those who need to lose more lose it quicker....

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I tried this and because I do not have the will power did not lose that much weight.
But I can say that its true about losing the bloated and tired feeling all the time. Once I went back to eating all the carbs I wanted, I felt terrible.

...as I sit at my desk falling asleep eating bagel chips...


(PS- Sassy's a great coach and knows her stuff!)

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Kate- you are making me blush... You wanna start up again with me????

(says enthusiastically as she drinks her 80th glass of water to get the nasty carb toxins out of her body)...

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Sass
I'd love to, but you sound so committed and will do great! I'll go off making all sorts of bad choices, eat my bananna's and stuff ( ) and this won't motivate you at all! LOL

I noticed in another post you are having Wasa bread, my friend just turned me on to these, I love it! Problem is I want like 4-5 boards with lunch and it seems to come out to the same carbs as 2 slices of reg bread..

I think I need a modified version...

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Sassy I am glad that my friend has inspired you. She inspired me too, but since I was so jealous of how good she looked I came home and ate a bag of microwave popcorn (94% fat free..but oh boy the carbs in that!! ). Atkins is the only eating plan that I have not tried, so I am hoping it will be the one that works for me. I will have to find the right balance. Now let's see..when is Monday? I need to get in my last spaghetti meal.

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Oh NO! KATE- I CAN HELP YOU.. I have so many new choices- you don't need to eat a banana!!!! And as for the Wasa you just have to pack it for lunch- I only bring 1 or 2 the most.. but believe me I eat like a CHUNK... so much food...

And I make CRAP choices all the time- last week I had 2 french fry binges

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You will get so used to it- the one thing I never EVEN CRAVED was Pasta- this coming out of the mouth of an Italian...

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What are some of the things you can eat and can't eat on the Atkins diet? I don't know if I can give up my morning bowl of oatmeal with mandarin oranges!

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Sassy, how do you survive the mornings!!! I can't eat oatmeal everyday!!! My usual is low fat muffin/2 slices of bread or a bagel!!!