Well, lets see now... I can ingest 60-80 carbs (several salads(5-10 carbs per), several cups of vegetables(about 20g carbs), a baked potato(30g carbs)) a day and maintain about a 1 pound a week weight loss. 100-120 a day and I maintain current weight...
My daily menu (typical) Breakfast three eggs, fried in butter 2-3 sausage links 20-40oz water Lunch 2 ground beef patties with cheese small salad 20-40oz water Dinner 2 chicken breast halves, baked or broiled, cubed Put chicken on large salad with cheese and pine nuts, peppers, etc. 1 diet coke or sparkling water cup or so of mixed vegetables... Dessert 1/2 cup of pecans (mmmmmmm...pecans) One common misconception about the Atkins diet (and one that most opponents trot out as the most harmful part) is that you are stuck on an "ultra low-carb" regimen. Not so. The first two weeks of the diet, the induction phase requires a carb intake of less than 20g per day. That means that in addition to all the beef, chicken, pork or seafood I can eat I can also eat a large salad or about two cups of mixed vegetables. mmmm...cauliflower!! after the first two weeks (depending on your metabolsim you can lose anywhere from 5-15 pounds) you start adding carbs slowly back into your diet (5-10 per day per week - so 25-30/day in week 3, 35-40 in week 4 and so on) until you reach a point when you stop losing weight for a week. then you lower the carbs slightly (also by 5-10g per day per week) until you start to lose again (1-2 lbs a week, very healthy by anyone's standards). After you get to your goal weight (depending on how much you have to lose, it could take a while, hence my one year time frame to lose the last 40-50 pounds) you kick up your carb level to the no-weight-loss number and then you maintain. You monitor your intake (just like you should with any diet) and you exercise (something that *every* diet recommends). If you start to gain, you knock off a few carbs until you get back to your goal weight. then you maintain again. Things that Atkins recommends losing from your diet...Caffeine, sugar, artificial sweeteners. Caffeine because of the diuretic properties, sugar (well sugar is just plain bad for you right? I mean Atkins supporters don't go around saying that people who support "mainstream" recommendations support high intake of sugar do they?) and artificial sweeteners (here's a tricky one...officially, Atkins is on the fence about Phenylallanine, he doesn't really recommend one way or the other about whether its good or bad, he cites research on both sides and lets the reader decide. He encourages research. One thing he *does* say though is that it is not recommended that one replace all sugar intake with all artificial sweetener intake, that's just trading one bad habit for another). Ketosis does change the way your breath smells, however this can be controlled with regular tooth brushing (always a good idea) and/or sugar free breath mints/gum. Other benefits... My Total Cholesterol is down below 200 my HDL is high my LDL is low. everything seems to be in balance according to my doctor (also sceptical of my diet) This diet is not for everyone. Atkins even says that, multiple times in his book. My wife tried it and it didn't work for her, exercise and a "normal" diet (still watching what see eats) does. She cooks recipes out of Cooking Light and that works for her. Everybody is different. Research is the key...research and exercise...and perserverence...and vigilance HTH will ---- William H. Bowen Webmaster ALSTOM's T&D Energy Automation & Information Business "Your friendly neighborhood Webmaster!" [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.esca.com/ 425.739.3629 Voice 425.466.7016 Cell 425.739.3690 FAX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Smyth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 1:10 AM Subject: Adkins > How are you finding the adkins diet? > > there was a documentary about it over here basically saying it was very bad > for you > > But the weight loss was preety good, but i'm really not sure about the > ultrea low carb part > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > > Oh, and before anybody jumps on me 'cause of the "lazy worthless fat-ass" > thing, I used to weigh 320# and stand 6'0" tall. I took my own weight and my > own health into serious consideration and over the past two years I have > reduced my weight to 260# my goal is 220# and I am about a year away from it > (Atkins and exercise, baby!). > > And believe me, if *I* can do it *anyone* can! > > McDonalds *did not* make me fat. *I did.* (I don't like fast food...too much > salt) Or rather *my* actions (or lack of action) did... > > I'm sick and goddamned tired of these worthless morons. > > my $0.02 > > will > ---- > > William H. Bowen > Webmaster > > ALSTOM's T&D Energy Automation & Information Business > > "Your friendly neighborhood Webmaster!" > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.esca.com/ > > 425.739.3629 Voice > 425.466.7016 Cell > 425.739.3690 FAX > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Haley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 9:13 AM > Subject: omg - the lawsuits just got worse > > > > Now someone has a class action lawsuit against the golden arches ... his > argument ... "They're all fricken sheep" ... > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/11/21/fast.food.lawsuit.ap/ > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
