POLL: Have you been on Atkins long term successfully?

mflacy

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I did Atkins for 3 weeks at the end of college and I shed about 13 pounds. I was still all flab though.

TwoWiresThin is the best way to go. After 3 months, I'm down to 11.5% body fat from 22%, I can run 5 miles at a time, and I feel a lot healther now than I ever did with Atkins.
 

Gyrene

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I read a report in the Harvard Medical Journal (my fiance's father is a doctor, graduated from harvard, I don't just read this randomly), and they said that 68% of the people who had successfully followed Atkins for 8 months lost a good amount of weight, but after that 90% regained half the weight that they lost. Nothing beats less calories and physical exercise. Diets just don't cut it. That's my opinion at least.
 

RossMAN

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Originally posted by: mflacy

TwoWiresThin is the best way to go. After 3 months, I'm down to 11.5% body fat from 22%, I can run 5 miles at a time, and I feel a lot healther now than I ever did with Atkins.

WTF is TwoWiresThin? Got a link (yes I'm too lazy to search Google just be glad I didn't ask you for Cliffs Notes ;) ).
 

minendo

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Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Never tried it. Eating sensibly with exercise always worked great for me.
Agreed. I love potatoes, bread, pasta too much to even attempt Atkins.

 

RossMAN

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Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Never tried it. Eating sensibly with exercise always worked great for me.
Agreed. I love potatoes, bread, pasta too much to even attempt Atkins.

Damn I could never give up baked potatoes or pasta.
 

mflacy

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Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: mflacy

TwoWiresThin is the best way to go. After 3 months, I'm down to 11.5% body fat from 22%, I can run 5 miles at a time, and I feel a lot healther now than I ever did with Atkins.

WTF is TwoWiresThin? Got a link (yes I'm too lazy to search Google just be glad I didn't ask you for Cliffs Notes ;) ).

TwoWiresThin

There is a huge thread about it in the Off Topic archives. Search for "nerd"
 

conjur

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How about "I was on Atkins for four weeks, fell off for a week, but am back on now." option? :D
 

ITJunkie

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down 22 pounds and have another 8 to go.

Actually I am fine right now but want to drop a few more to gear up for the holidays :)

I do miss my potatoes though :frown:
 

RossMAN

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Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Never tried it. Eating sensibly with exercise always worked great for me.

Ahhh.. The aged voice of reason speaks!!

Listen up you pinheads!!

If he's the voice of reason then what are you?