Low Carb Diet

[Chrono]

After two weeks of being on the atkins and losing 8 lbs, I've concluded that this diet is pretty damn expensive.
Being a college student, it is difficult to use so much money on purchasing low carb items. I've concluded that the alternative method, which is, count calories + exercise to increase metabolism is way more cost effective and you don't have to alter your life that much. Low carb diets are an experience, but it is simply not possible for those without much $.
The amount of energy and time used to prepare low carb meals is quite a bit too.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Chrono
After two weeks of being on the atkins and losing 8 lbs, I've concluded that this diet is pretty damn expensive.
Being a college student, it is difficult to use so much money on purchasing low carb items. I've concluded that the alternative method, which is, count calories + exercise to increase metabolism is way more cost effective and you don't have to alter your life that much. Low carb diets are an experience, but it is simply not possible for those without much $.

Definitely. That, and they are not necessary as most can lose weight by eating less and working out.

 

Besides, :beer: is good.

 

[gogeeta13]

its not for everyone...

I myself am down from 200 to 182 in about 3 weeks so far....


pretty darn good if you ask me, plus I can eat lots of protein and such and I am not hungry or anything alll the time.

Plus, name another diet where I can go to all-you-can-eat quaker steak and lube wing night, and wake up the next day having lost a pound?

Atkins rules.

 

[Chrono]

I got kind of sick/disgusted eating so much protein. The menu selection was rather limited as well.

 

[Red Dawn]

Being young I bet if you were just to eat healthy and exercise more you would drop the weight. Hit the Campus Gym and cut back on beer nights, maybe sign up for some intermural sports. Basketball is great for burning calories

 

[mastertech01]

I got in my best shape after I rejoined the Army at the age of 32. I had been a Nissan technician for the previous 10 years and had lived a laxed life for most of those years. When I went in I was 219 lbs, couldnt do 20 military correct pushups in 2 minutes, or more than 35 situps in 2 minutes and ran 2 miles in 18 minutes. After 6 months of a good diet and rigorous physical training I dropped down to 175, could do 55 military pushups in 2 minutes, and 65 situps in 2 minutes, and ran the 2 mile run in a little better than 14 minutes. A healthy diet and physical training can make all the diff in the world. Being near half my age then you should do MUCH better than that, considering I smoked a pack of cigarettes a day. I was able to maintain that until I hit about 40 years old and left the military back to the slacker civilian world.

 

[GermyBoy]

Originally posted by: Chrono
After two weeks of being on the atkins and losing 8 lbs, I've concluded that this diet is pretty damn expensive. Being a college student, it is difficult to use so much money on purchasing low carb items. I've concluded that the alternative method, which is, count calories + exercise to increase metabolism is way more cost effective and you don't have to alter your life that much. Low carb diets are an experience, but it is simply not possible for those without much $. The amount of energy and time used to prepare low carb meals is quite a bit too.

Why don't you just buy ground beef? I survived this summer on JUST ground beef and a george foreman, lost a lot of weight, felt better, and my summer food costs were $50 total.

 

[eakers]

NO MORE ATKINS THREADS.

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: eakers
NO MORE ATKINS THREADS.

lol,just say no to Atkins

 

[JEDI]

Chrono,

Then i guess this THREAD isn't for you

 

[Riprorin]

Originally posted by: Geekbabe

Originally posted by: eakers
NO MORE ATKINS THREADS.

lol,just say no to Atkins

Still curious about what your idea of a "normal" diet is.

 

[moshquerade]

nobody can stay on the Atkin's diet indefinitely so what is the point?

 

[Riprorin]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
nobody can stay on the Atkin's diet indefinitely so what is the point?

Why not? I've been doing it since April and it's a piece of cake.

 

[GermyBoy]

Originally posted by: Chrono
After two weeks of being on the atkins and losing 8 lbs, I've concluded that this diet is pretty damn expensive. Being a college student, it is difficult to use so much money on purchasing low carb items. I've concluded that the alternative method, which is, count calories + exercise to increase metabolism is way more cost effective and you don't have to alter your life that much. Low carb diets are an experience, but it is simply not possible for those without much $. The amount of energy and time used to prepare low carb meals is quite a bit too.

Oh, by the way, you must've been cheating too much, or just have extreme metabolic resistance. Go to chapter 20, page 259 and look at other options.

 

[GermyBoy]

Originally posted by: Riprorin

Originally posted by: moshquerade nobody can stay on the Atkin's diet indefinitely so what is the point?

Why not? I've been doing it since April and it's a piece of cake.

Why not? It's a pretty easy way to go, and it's cheap if you don't care what you eat. Meat tastes gooood.

 

[Babbles]

Remember, people that have never done or tried Atkins can make blanket statements like that. Always, it is an ATOT rule of thumb

 

[moshquerade]

i guarantee none of you will stay on the Atkin's diet for the rest of your life. mark my word.

 

[Riprorin]

Why would I want to go back to being overweight, feeling lousy, and having diarhea and heart burn all of the time?

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Riprorin
Why would I want to go back to being overweight, feeling lousy, and having diarhea and heart burn all of the time?

i'm not saying the diet is doing good by you. i am just saying when you are 70 you won't be on it.
if you make it to 70 with all the cholesterol you are eating.

 

[Riprorin]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Riprorin
Why would I want to go back to being overweight, feeling lousy, and having diarhea and heart burn all of the time?

i'm not saying the diet is doing good by you. i am just saying when you are 70 you won't be on it.
if you make it to 70 with all the cholesterol you are eating.

Oh, really.

My HDL went from 35 -> 74
My LDL went from 162 -> 125
My triglycerides went from 250 ->34

My total cholesterol went from 245 - 206.

 

[moshquerade]

so the numbers don't show it. you are still eating tons of fat and that is a known plaque builder.

 

[Riprorin]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
so the numbers don't show it. you are still eating tons of fat and that is a known plaque builder.

I'll take my chances.

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
so the numbers don't show it. you are still eating tons of fat and that is a known plaque builder.

That isn't how atkins works. You burn the fat in the food, instead of carbohydrates, so it doesn't sit in your arteries. By every measurable health standard that we have, people on Atkins are just as healthy as people on low fat/low cholesterol diets. This has been shown in many studies over the years. Atkins isn't a new phenomena, it was developed something like 20 years ago or so.

 

[Riprorin]

I believe that about 80% of your blood cholestrol is produced by your own liver. I'm not too worried about dietary cholesterol. Why would you say I'm eating tons of fat? I don't avoid fat, except for trans fats, but I don't gorge on it either. My consumption of trans fat, the fat that is really bad for you has gone to zero as I don't eat processed foods.