Atkins my ass - I love bread!

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Why would you want to lose 10 more pounds? You're pretty damn skinny unless you have a body fat of like 30% or something.

Because I prefer the rockstar waif look. I was 6' 135 when I was running 10 miles 4 times a week and lifting weights for an hour three times a week. I did that for almost two years. I was like a frickin gazelle or something.

 

[skace]

Originally posted by: Chiropteran

Originally posted by: moshquerade
Atkins can kiss ass fo shizzle, because NO ONE can stay on that diet for life.
and if you can't - what is the point?

The point is to lose weight. Once you lose the weight you don't need to be on "the diet".

Not exactly, if someone was following the diet properly, it *ends* at a point where you are eating the optimal ammount of healthy carbs for your lifestyle. But most people do not understand this and continue thinking that they have to remain in ketosis for the next 70 years of their life. I'm sure we've gone over all this in the past, the fact is that most people have a made up image of what Atkins is and will forever refuse to read any information on it.

 

[PingSpike]

Bread makes me poop.

Whats not to like about the atkins diet? Its all meat. I love meat! If they could some how work beer into it I would be SET.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: skace

Originally posted by: Chiropteran

Originally posted by: moshquerade
Atkins can kiss ass fo shizzle, because NO ONE can stay on that diet for life.
and if you can't - what is the point?

The point is to lose weight. Once you lose the weight you don't need to be on "the diet".

Not exactly, if someone was following the diet properly, it *ends* at a point where you are eating the optimal ammount of healthy carbs for your lifestyle.

Which for lazy fatasses is no carbs which means staying on "the diet". Yeah, what you're suggesting will work for someone who's going to be active, but they wouldn't really need such a diet in the first place...they could just cut a few calories or salt.

 

[skace]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Which for lazy fatasses is no carbs which means staying on "the diet". Yeah, what you're suggesting will work for someone who's going to be active, but they wouldn't really need such a diet in the first place...they could just cut a few calories or salt.

If someone lacks energy from a very poor diet that consists of an unnaturaly large ammount of carbs, it is unlikely they will feel any better from cutting a few calories or salt. But, if Atkins allows them to get over their cravings and cleanse their system, they may be more likely to start working out. Especially if they feel more comfortable with their body after being on the diet.

Although, for the sake of argument, even if they don't start exercising after being on the diet, they still wouldn't be forced into a 0 carb diet for their lifetime. Even as a lazy fatass, you can eat a decent portion of _healthy_ carbs and be just fine. If they stuck to vegetables and whole wheat grains then they would maintain a reasonable weight while being able to eat a lot of what they once enjoyed. If they fell back into soda everyday, chocolates/ice creams, and bleeched starches, then their weight would climb back up.

 

[TekViper]

Some of you need to actually pick up the atkins book and read what he has to say. a lot of you know nothing about the atkins diet except what you see on tv in blurbs and marketing and these people don't know anything. All this low carb media has made people either do low carb completely wrong or gives them the impression that its just another fad diet with no real science behind it.

 

[BunLengthHotDog]

They are also completely re-working Atkins because of the sucess of South Beach. Alot less fat, and you can eat good carbs (veggies, whole grain products etc). South Beach has worked wonders for me, dropped 45 lbs so far.

 

[StageLeft]

All this low carb media has made people either do low carb completely wrong or gives them the impression that its just another fad diet with no real science behind it.

Oh, there's science behind it, but it's still a fad for most people who start it, because it's not what they're looking for; most people are looking for a way to lose weight quickly with little to no effort involved. Atkins doesn't fit the bill - in fact nothing that works fits the bill - so for these people Atkins is just as much of a fad as running an hour/day (if, by some grace of God, you actually enjoy that).

 

[hans007]

i love bread and rice.

i guess its a tradeoff, i enjoy my food, but i have to go to the gym.

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: SampSon
Fat people will do anything to continue their laziness and piss poor eating habits.

Don't you see the contradiction between the topic at hand (how hard it is to give up breads, pastas, and potatoes), and your post?

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
Atkins can kiss ass fo shizzle, because NO ONE can stay on that diet for life.
and if you can't - what is the point?

I've been on a low carb diet for almout 3 years now, and some of the low carb forums i go to there are many people who have been on it for 5+ years.

If you ever read anything on low carbing, or visit any low carb site/forum, you'll see the word WOL (way of life) used instead of diet, because that's how it should be. It's not something you do for 4-5 months until you lose the weight, then return back to your old habits... you'll just return back to your old state if you do.

People are so ignorant to what low carbing means. It is NOT no-carbing. The no-carb/trace-carbs are only during the induction phase, but eventually you'll be eating a maintenance amount of carbs. Instead of eating high starch pasta, you'll eat high fibre or low carb pastas. Instead of white bread, you'll eat multi-grain bread. Of course there's sacrifices, there's sacrifices in all eating methods, unless you don't care about being a fat ass. I eat pastas, bread, burritos, ice-cream, all the time... i just eat the low carb version. Even on my refeed days where i'm suppose to consume larger amount of carbs, i'll stead eat the low carb version if i can.

Some people are fortunate and were born with good genetics, so their body partitioning of fat is better (it doesn't store fat as easily as others). But some people aren't. Those people who want to lose that weight, and maintain a healthy weight level, have some choices. Atkins is just one of many different methods, so why should it concern you if somebody wants to do low carb? Does everybody who does low carbing stay on it? Absolutely not. But that's like anything else. There isn't anything out there that has a 100% success rate or 100% conformity rate. Low fat diet? Slimfast? Even aerobic exercisers or other fitness exercises. None of them have a 100% success rate. Does that mean people shouldn't be trying them? Or try finding one they can stick to?

Really, these are basic common sense and reasoning. Are you people really that lacking in it that you need this to be explained over and over?

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: Hardcore
I've been on a low carb diet for almout 3 years now, and some of the low carb forums i go to there are many people who have been on it for 5+ years.

If you ever read anything on low carbing, or visit any low carb site/forum, you'll see the word WOL (way of life) used instead of diet, because that's how it should be. It's not something you do for 4-5 months until you lose the weight, then return back to your old habits... you'll just return back to your old state if you do.

People are so ignorant to what low carbing means. It is NOT no-carbing. The no-carb/trace-carbs are only during the induction phase, but eventually you'll be eating a maintenance amount of carbs. Instead of eating high starch pasta, you'll eat high fibre or low carb pastas. Instead of white bread, you'll eat multi-grain bread. Of course there's sacrifices, there's sacrifices in all eating methods, unless you don't care about being a fat ass. I eat pastas, bread, burritos, ice-cream, all the time... i just eat the low carb version. Even on my refeed days where i'm suppose to consume larger amount of carbs, i'll stead eat the low carb version if i can.

Some people are fortunate and were born with good genetics, so their body partitioning of fat is better (it doesn't store fat as easily as others). But some people aren't. Those people who want to lose that weight, and maintain a healthy weight level, have some choices. Atkins is just one of many different methods, so why should it concern you if somebody wants to do low carb? Does everybody who does low carbing stay on it? Absolutely not. But that's like anything else. There isn't anything out there that has a 100% success rate or 100% conformity rate. Low fat diet? Slimfast? Even aerobic exercisers or other fitness exercises. None of them have a 100% success rate. Does that mean people shouldn't be trying them? Or try finding one they can stick to?

Really, these are basic common sense and reasoning. Are you people really that lacking in it that you need this to be explained over and over?

Well said. 🙂

 

[GrumpyMan]

Originally posted by: Wingznut

Originally posted by: Hardcore
I've been on a low carb diet for almout 3 years now, and some of the low carb forums i go to there are many people who have been on it for 5+ years.

If you ever read anything on low carbing, or visit any low carb site/forum, you'll see the word WOL (way of life) used instead of diet, because that's how it should be. It's not something you do for 4-5 months until you lose the weight, then return back to your old habits... you'll just return back to your old state if you do.

People are so ignorant to what low carbing means. It is NOT no-carbing. The no-carb/trace-carbs are only during the induction phase, but eventually you'll be eating a maintenance amount of carbs. Instead of eating high starch pasta, you'll eat high fibre or low carb pastas. Instead of white bread, you'll eat multi-grain bread. Of course there's sacrifices, there's sacrifices in all eating methods, unless you don't care about being a fat ass. I eat pastas, bread, burritos, ice-cream, all the time... i just eat the low carb version. Even on my refeed days where i'm suppose to consume larger amount of carbs, i'll stead eat the low carb version if i can.

Some people are fortunate and were born with good genetics, so their body partitioning of fat is better (it doesn't store fat as easily as others). But some people aren't. Those people who want to lose that weight, and maintain a healthy weight level, have some choices. Atkins is just one of many different methods, so why should it concern you if somebody wants to do low carb? Does everybody who does low carbing stay on it? Absolutely not. But that's like anything else. There isn't anything out there that has a 100% success rate or 100% conformity rate. Low fat diet? Slimfast? Even aerobic exercisers or other fitness exercises. None of them have a 100% success rate. Does that mean people shouldn't be trying them? Or try finding one they can stick to?

Really, these are basic common sense and reasoning. Are you people really that lacking in it that you need this to be explained over and over?

Well said. 🙂

There is one 100% fool proof method of losing weight that is permanent that works on every single person on this planet. And that method is death. It has been proven that if you die correctly every single person can lose weight permenantly.

😀

 

[Riprorin]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
How can anyone possibly do an Atkins-variant diet?

I cannot give up breads, pasta, rice or potatoes. I mean, a breadless sandwich is just meat and cheese. 😕

That is all.

Depends on what your goals. I'm an impatient person and I like to see results fast. For me that meant no bread, pasta, or rice while I was getting down to my ideal weight. I reached my goal (lost 20 lbs) in about 7 weeks by modifying my diet and working my butt off.

Now I eat those food occasionally and I don't feel any worse for it as I like a wide variety of foods.

Personally, I don't see how anyone can live on a low-fat diet. Yuck! That's a lot worse in my opinion.