Atkins Diet

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Hello,

I was just wondering if anyone knows anything about the Atkins diet??? I have been hearing good things about it again, and I was thinking of trying it. I have never been on a diet before but, I cannot stand myself any longer and have to do something. After the holiday's of course LOL.

I work nights and I really have put on some weight these last two months. So, if anyone has some good advice I would appreciate it.

Y2KRN

I keep reading and I keep reading this thread to try and MOTIVATE my self in to LOOSING some of this fluff:)....i ahve a question to those of you who have lost 20plus pounds.. how does your skin respond ?? ?? I fear that i will loose the pounds..then my skin will slide..and I will end up looking sickly, or deseased?... HElP!!!!! keep posting . I gotta get in gear. I gotta FEEL better...OH and please adress the ketoacidosis that occures..Is this a dangerous state for my body to remain in over say..10 days? I realy do not wanna damage my kidneys either..??? ( can ya tell it seems I am throwing up mental roadblocks?) OHhhhh Geezzz. :rolleyes:

Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac.
Originally posted by baseline

Hey 3rd shift Guy!! Blueberries are an Atkins regular fruit! And strawberries, melons.......If you are doing well with what you are doing........that's great. My SO and a good friend of mine were strict vegetarians for a long time, but had to start eating more animal protein.

I figured that blueberries being moderate on the glycemic index were o.k. to eat for Adkins followers.

You know what I honestly think a major problem with Americans? (Besides being stressed and too busy to cook). Beside the carb and wrong kind of fat issues. It's that we as a society don't eat fruits and veggies.

I work with a guy who eats maybe one vegetable a day on a good day.

Or people choose wretched iceberg lettuce and call that a vegetable.

There are awesome antioxidants in fruits and veggies, to protect the heart, but also protect against cancer and boost the immune system, and keep weight off.

So whatever diet a person chooses should include lots of colors.

Anyway, off my soapbox now.

I've been lurking around this thread hesitant to post, but I'll bite. On the same day as quitting smoking I started working out at the gym (weights only at first, after a month added aerobic segment). I also really(REALLY) watch my carb intake. I don't go as far as atkins but do more than the Zone. I think the Zone excludes too much fat. I have so far in 2 months lost 10 pounds. I eat carbs, but mostly in the form of fruits and veges. I don't eat bacon, I stick with chicken,eggs and cheese...occasional steak and burgers without the bun or with one bun.

Now my own theory(NON-scientific or reseach based) is that if we starve our bodies of cholesterol(which is NECESSARY for hormone synthesis...) then our bodies say "HEY" and manufacture MORE cholesterol. You know, to acheive homeostasis or something. So maybe all these people on Zocor and Lipitor eating LOWfat no fat diets are creating more cholesterol. Just a thought!!! Stop yelling at me!!!! Thats it for me :chair:

Why would we yell at you? You are watching what you eat, excercising and you QUIT SMOKING!!!!! I don't think anyone will yell........... :-)

I'm feeling kind of green around the gills. Started the diet today. nausiated from the fatty food. Threw up.

Specializes in CVICU/SICU/CCU/HH/ADMIN.

Ha! Sharann, I love the little guy under the chair!

I agree with you, too. We just all have to decide what's best for us. Most of the time your body will make more cholesterol if you go on a low cholesterol diet, but that's another can of worms, isn't it?

Congratulations on being a nonsmoker now! I know it's really tough to quit.

Specializes in CVICU/SICU/CCU/HH/ADMIN.

What did you eat, Agnus? Fried bacon and eggs? I mean, yeah, they're allowed but it might be too much too soon. I know my body wasn't ready for a lot of fat (I'd eaten low fat for years), so I ate baked meat and vegetables for a while, along with salads, poached eggs, etc.

You know what? I post all the time on this LC site....there are goobs of girls and a few guys who have lost all kinds of weight on Adkins and various ways to LC...that's what we do over there..support each other..we are all like friends and welcome those who are truly interested...

http://pub96.ezboard.com/flowcarbbuddiesfrm1

This is a VERY friendly group....now you have been invited... read a low carb book.....grab a bottle of water and come to visit us!! You can also see before and after photos of us on our photo place.

Several of the members used to be vegeterians...but they are now low carb...and love it!

Several of the ladies have lost over 100 lbs. Come and talk to them!!

We also have lots of archived info that will help you... not to mention the RECIPES!!!!! I went hunting for places to snag free recipes..the food here is toooooo wonderful!! No adds either! Also a site that will tell you where to purchase all the things that we like at the VERY best prices!! (We are all tight wads!!)

There are oodles of nurses there too!!

Get that book and hop on over...Tell me if you think I look like I'm 60... Be sure to see my before picture in the Photo Place. My 1963 Nsg. graduation pic. is there too!

Oh, over there I am LoCarbDancer ....Callie, so you will know me!!! You need to know we are like this place...we do alot of chatting to each other.

And by th' way...I love this place!! :kiss

Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac.

There is another site. At the bottom of this article is a link to a message board, where people have lost 100 lbs. or more, some before and after pictures included, friendly supportive atmosphere.

There are people who used to eat meat but are now vegans.

http://www.vegsource.com/talk/weight/position_on_diets.htm

(Just being a smart ****, but that's why I'm so confused)(I lurk, but don't post much)

I add to add the fat and the meat more slowley too...Now I can eat antire 8 oz. package of Philly cream cheese in one sitting!! :lol

It's especially good with some of my raspberry chipotle sauce on it!! YUMM!! LC of course!!

By the way there a difference between ketoacidosis and ketosis. ;) :)

Specializes in ED, Trauma.

I am so thrilled to have found this topic!! I visited my parents over Thanksgiving and they are doing the Atkins Diet. They bought me the book since I was very interested in it but when I got home and started surfing the web for info most of what I found was very negative and scary. Thankfully I got my "nurse-zine" email and came to scan the boards and found this topic. Until reading it I was almost scared out of even trying the diet and was trying to figure out a politic way to talk my parents (read--stubborn people) out of this fad thing for fear of major health problems.

But get this...

My mother has been overweight since I was in elementary school. For at least the last five (probably more) years she has been watching her fat intake with absolutely no results (o.k. there were bad results such as fatigue and the shakes from low-blood sugar and irritablility occaisionally -- oh, and a mini-stroke). Yet on this diet I can already see many favorable and noticeable results other than just the considerable weight loss that she has experienced! She has a lot more energy than before--we went shopping on the day after Thanksgiving for the first time in my life and I think I was more tired that evening than she was (and I am only 31!!) She was not craving all of the sweets that I was dying to sample. She actually passed up a piece of pie and last month when down to my house, she didn't eat more than a sliver of my oldest child's birthday cake! And she didn't do it with great reluctance and regret (like I would :-) but in the same manner that I would if you asked me if I would like a piece of carrot and I was not hungry! I have been impressed!

The one thing that concerns me now is the cost of high protein/low carb dieting (if you read my profile I am an at-home mother of three studying to be an RN)

Can any of you compare for me the price differences that you have experienced over time doing the Low-Carb way??

Thanks!:) :cool:

Specializes in OB.

I haven't found it to be more expensive than my previous attempts to lose weight with lowfat/low cal. diets. I keep a lot of chicken ( stock up when it's on sale and cook a bunch at once), fish, cheese and eggs around the house. Occassionally I buy beef if it is cheap. Lots of different salad greens and veggies such as broccoli and cauliflower. I buy berries and melon according to what is on sale. My only expensive indulgence is macadamia nuts and I've found a place to buy them cheap in bulk at Sam's Club. The biggest saving is that I'm not spending lots of money on those expensive lowfat diet foods and frozen meals.

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