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Summary: The only diet the has ever worked for me!
Review: This diet has worked wonderfully for my husband and I. In the first month I lost 14 pounds and my husband lost almost 20! After 3 months I still eat a good deal of carbs, so I'm not really missing anything on this "diet" and we are still losing!! I have lost 25 pounds and my husband has lost 30. This book has changed our lives!! Any one who needs to lose weight should try this first. You will never look back.
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Summary: Not quite the perfect diet
Review: While this diet is good for losing weight it's far more restricting than meets the eye. By restricting your diet of carbohydrates you can feel listless, bloated, and can develope headaches. Also, when simply eating meats and low amounts of carbohydrates it's harder to make yourself eat. While this may seem good it's even worse then simply eating less food but still having a balanced level of carbs. I think the best means to lose weight is to eat healthy and excercise. Atkin's diet may be the best fad diet on the market (I believe 20 years and going) but it's far from perfect. If it suits you you'll lose weight- if it's doesn't you may feel terrible while on it.
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Summary: Did this exact diet back in college, it's the best
Review: Everybody's body is different, right. This diet works great for us, but maybe not for my sister-in-law, you know. We're all just chemistry, so to figure what makes you lose weight, can be a completely different set up from what assists me in losing weight. And this one works so well, we did the exact diet back in college, it was very effective, and now that we've gotten rather "out of shape" and lack in our exercise regimen, we've found this to be great inspiration and extremely healthy for us and helps us get back on track. Enjoy the cookbook's suggested menus as well, I find them a little overwhelming as far as how much you can eat, always full, and never hungry.
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Summary: Thank God for Dr. Atkins!
Review: Totally amazing diet. I went from 181 pounds to 148 in 65 days (33 pounds!). I'm averaging about 1/2 a pound loss every day. For "snacks" I just eat cold bacon, string cheese, sugar-free jello... in any quantity!Everyone says I don't look like the same person anymore. I haven't weighed this less since I was 21 (I'm 29 now). One fourth of the employees at my office are now on it (after they saw what it did to me)! I'm more physically attractive, I feel better, I don't have gas, body odor, or even snore anymore! The benefits are countless.
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Summary: Atkins Diet is unhealthy and expensive!!
Review: I bought this book last yaer and was so excited that I could eat all the fattening foods I had stayed away from. But the diet was hard to stick to: who wants to eat meat and cheese all the time? Granted, I did lose weight, but I gained I as soon as I stopped. Also, the "free" food all require preparation and are expensive to buy. I now spend less than $40 a week on groceries, but the Atkins diet had me spending upwards of $70 because meat, cheese and other fatty foods are costly. Besides, can a diet really be good for you if your breath stinks from ketosis, you have constipation and can't eat food grown from the earth? If you need to lose a quick 10 or 20 lbs for an event Atkins is okay, but other than that, this diet is worthless.
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Summary: here we go again
Review: When are the overweight folks out there going to realize that "tricking" your body into losing weight is unhealthy if not downright dangerous. I get a kick out of all those reviewers who gave five stars just because they managed to drop some poundage in a few days. Sure, you could do the same by having your left arm taken off too. Instead of looking for that quick fix and seeing the old numbers drop on the scale, why not just commit yourself to limiting calories, eating a balanced diet and getting off the old duff?
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Summary: this diet stinks!
Review: I followed Dr Atkins advice for two months. Nothing but meat, cheese, eggs etc. This may sound like some kind of nirvana until you realise you can't eat buns with your burger (or fries), no taco shell with your taco, no base for your pizza, no bread for your sandwich... I feel I was missing out more than ever on this diet. But worst of all my bad "ldl" cholestrol went up, i suffered from headaches and dizziness most days, my breath stank and i was always constipated. Oh yes i lost some weight. And now i know why most people lose weight- you can only eat so much protein. By cutting off an entire food catergory you will, of course, lose weight- that's obvious. But i can assure you there are much healthier and in the long term more effective ways of losing weight. This diet really does stink!!!
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Summary: Tried JC, WW,HL,NL, and numerous other diets-THIS ONE WORKS
Review: Easy to read, easy to follow program. In 7 days, I have lost 8lbs., my husband has lost 10. We are both certain that we arecarbo-addicts! I personally have tried many of the recent diet program regimens including the recent Xenical drug, but found I was unsatisfied, hungry, and very aware I was "dieting". On this program, so far, I feel none of that. After the 3rd day on program, my appetite is greatly diminished and I do not feel deprived or hungry. If you want to find out if you too are addicted to carbohydrates - try this one for even a week, you'll be amazed!
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Summary: Change of Life Style
Review: This diet represents a change in "life style" and a change in thinking for most Americans. I have successfully changed by life style and have lost 11 pounds in 2 weeks. I was instructed by my Doctor to 1) drink an extraordinary amount of water while on this diet, 2) take quality vitamin supplements, 3)continue to exercise, exercise, exercise... and 4) use this diet for 1 month, then use the maintenance phase for 1 month and if you need to lose additional weight, then go back onto the diet for another month. Apparently, the medical community is very concerned about people staying on the induction phase for an extended period of time. My Doctor admits that this change in diet works, however, he warns that if you return to your "old life style", you will find yourself right back on the diet yo-yo. He also recommeded that I read "Sugar Busters" to develop an eating life style which can be maintained over an individual's lifetime. The book needs an overhaul to make it flow better-the diet is very good.
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Summary: Easy to follow and understand
Review: Dr. Atkins has spelled out the method for achieving permanent weight loss. Both my husband and I have followed this diet according to the outline in the book and have made remarkable progress. Anyone entering the weight loss arena should read this book from cover to cover and not begin the diet based on heresay information. Thank you for making this book available!
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