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Stumbled across this website...looks like some really great recipes here...lots of soup recipes and I love soup! http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/recipes.html |
I've got a file with 1000 atkins recepies in it - if you want it - PM me your email address and I'll send it to you! There's even a bacon cheeseburger salad! :D |
Atkins Diet Vindicated? Here's part of a news article that came out after JAMA published a study done at Stanford: "Atkins diet vindicated? Well, maybeBy VIRGINIA ANDERSON Cox News Service ATLANTA - Dieters, don't throw out the bacon yet. But you might want to pitch the white bread and soft drinks. There's been a flurry of publicity in recent days about a study that indicates some of the method behind the much-maligned Atkins diet - which allows for an abundance of meat, fats and some vegetables but severely limits carbohydrate intake - may work best for some dieters. In an article published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers from Stanford University reported that the Atkins Diet resulted in more weight loss over a year than three other diets - the Zone Diet, Ornish Diet and LEARN Diet. But the study's lead author warns that the research does not mean dieters should go on the Atkins diet." There's more to the story though (http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/living/16857417.htm) -- like almost none of the participants sticking with the diet for the year of the study! Hmmmmm....... But it is good news for those following the low carb diets. I try to stay low carb but not to the point of Atkins. I am doing NS right now to get to goal and then will stay on a fairly low glycemic index diet on my own. |
Went for my 8 week weigh in today - lost 5lb this week. So my total is 2 stone 6 lb. :D |
That is great!!! I have lost one more pound...they are tight, but I can get back in my size 6 Nautica jeans! Yippee!!! I think 9 more pounds and I will be happy! |
I think that it is a good idea to go "low carb" but not adkins, or should I say not "high protien". If you do not consume any sugar or carbs your body will go into a state of ketosis that is when your body burns its own fat for energy. I think that for some people it is ok but it made me very sick. Also high amounts of protien is hard on your kidneys and liver. You can still be on a low carb diet without eating alot of meats or protiens. |
Ketosis is what the atkins is all about as it burns the body fat. Thats how Im still losing 4lb - 5lb a week. You do have to make sure your drinking enough water though - you need to make sure your drinking at least 3 litres of water a day. Ketosis is also what stops you feeling hungry too. |
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If the diet is followed correctly, ketosis takes about 4 days to get to. |
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Good going girl! |
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I'd love it! I'll pm you. Is there any certain ones in there that you've tried and liked? |
I would love to join you in the low carb diet but I need a break down of what carbs to stay away from or limit myself to. I also heard if you cut off all carbs after 6 pm that helps too. I had a c-section 8 months ago and I'm heavier now then I was when I was prego. I cant even fit into my my jeans i wore when I was prego except for 2 stretch type jeans. Well i've worn those so much that they are starting to wear thin. I'm thinking of dieting pills only to control my eating habits again because w/ my on going 2 yr battle of divorce and my soon to be ex hubby having my son because he convinced the mediator that my newborn sons health conditions maybe to extreme for me to handle in az ( i moved from cali ) at the moment. well not even a month after i moved here it was all settled. unfortuantly my sadness and emptyness has been comforted with food and chocolate. I was never a big eater so this is hard for me cause i'm wanting to eat all the time and i never ate a lot of chocolate on on occasion like once a month maybe and now i have bowls full of hershey kisses, reeses cups, whoppers, m&m's and mini m&m's, chocolate chip cookies, oreo klondic bar. See i need help i'm miserable. it also doesnt help that my relationship w/ my bf that i have my newborn with isnt going as well as it used to. The whole divorce battle thats should have been finalized a year ago has finally taken its toll. He goes out w/ the guys to weekend flings and leaves me home w/ the baby. i dont work cause my baby was a preemie and is behind in his milestones so now i have state approved therapist coming to my home to help me out with him to try to get him back on track so i cant work. All in all i'm miserable I guess. From the outside looking it its a great relationship and everyone thinks i'm so lucky and would love to be in my shoes, yeah great baby a house that my bf pays for and all the bills i get to stay home not work and take care of baby.. ya would be great if the relationship was great w/ it. there's more to vent on but i'm afraid i guess i gotten off track of the carb diet.. sorry... but its my reason why i'm eating so much and now disappointed in my appearence and looks. I dont like what i see in the mirror and everytime i try to control my eating i'm good one day then eating tons the next. :( HELP Quote:
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The rule of thumb I follow is no bread, no sugar, no potatoes, no pasta. You can eat all the meat you want. As far as veggies, the greener the veggie, the less the carbs. Most foods you buy, except fresh, have the carbs listed on the packaging. A menu for the day while in the induction phase of low carb eating might go something like this: Breakfast 3 slices of bacon or sausage 2 eggs, prepared however you like them Lunch Tuna salad prepared with mayo & dill relish on salad greens if you like Dinner Grilled Steak or Chicken breast Steamed broccoli salad with low carb dressing For the first two weeks or so, I kept my carbs under 20. This puts you into ketosis - that is where your body starts burning stored fat for energy because you are not consuming enough carbs for energy. If you do it right, you will see the pounds start to melt away. Oh and most important...DRINK LOTS OF WATER!!! This will cause the weight to drop off even faster! Good luck! Hope you can make this diet work for you! Read the whole thread...there are lots of good ideas in here! |
On ketosis - you need to make sure your drinking at least 3 litres of water!!! |
How are we all doing??? :D Anyone still hanging in there? I\'m down a total of 50 pounds now!:happyboun |
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