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Summary: Best Thing To Happen To Me In Years
Review: I read this book on February 14, 1999 and have completely changed the way I eat and think about food. I am a 29 year old male who is 5'11" and who weighed 270 pounds when I started this. I now weigh 213 pounds and have no doubt I will get down to 185 pounds by Y2K.I travel 3-4 days a week and staying on the Atkins plan was a challenge for the 1st two months, but now is second nature for me. I can't believe how well I eat and how much weight I have lost. People that come on here and say to eat and drink less have never had a weight problem and don't understand that we all have tried eating and drinking less with little, temporary successes. The Atkins Diet provides a way to lose weight without killing yourself in the gym and counting calories. Anyhow, If you are a skeptic, just try this for two weeks and find out if it will work for you. If it doesn't then you are no worse off than before. If it does then you have an opportunity to lose the weight you've always wanted to.
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Summary: Works but not a healthy diet
Review: I have use the diet and it worked for me. (I have lost 10 lbs in 10 days.) Unfortunately, it is NOT a healthy diet, so I wouldn't recommend it to anyone for a long period of time. If you are interested in a healthy diet, (or improving your health), I recommend that you read the book "Diet for a new America" from John Robbins, you won't regret it.
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Summary: Support for Atkin's Dieters!! + review of the book
Review: I've been reading the reviews and I've noticed that a lot of people are looking for others who are also doing the atkins diet. Sure we all have questions that can't be addressed within the 400 or so pages of this book.. so here's what you do: Folks.. there's a great newsgroup at alt.support.diet.low-carb -it's full of great people and you can get quick answers to your questions, recipes and more. I feel badly that so many of you don't know about this great resource. See you there :) Oh yeah.. my review.. this diet is wonderful. I've been on it for just over a week and I've lost 8 lbs. The book is easy to read .. easy to understand.. informative.. and a terrific guide to low-carb eating. Don't listen to the people who are slamming low-carb..they don't know what they are talking about. I too, am sick of hearing people who, like most of us at some point, have been brainwashed into thinking low-fat diets were the answer. I've done all the low fat diets.. i lost plenty of weight on them.. i gained it all back plus more EVERY TIME. Guys... this is a new way of eating that's healthy and tasty.. and as a bonus.. you lose weight quickly. Yes it's different but if you are considering this book.. then you've decided you *need* to try something different. Welcome aboard! For those of you who are posting your negative thoughts about this diet.. you haven't done your homework. Spend some time learning more about low-carb eating.. and spend even more time doing the diet yourself before you post your thoughts. This diet works!!!
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Summary: Don't take the Atkins steak-and-eggs bait! This diet is nuts
Review: Iam 38 years old and am about thirty pounds over my ideal weight. I tried the Atkins diet out of desperation after years of trying so many other diets. This sounded like the perfect diet for me. If I could eat meat and heavy cream and LOSE weight - COUNT ME IN! Maybe this diet works for those needing to lose 70lbs and more - but I LOST NO WEIGHT. I did not cheat at all. I followed the rules to the letter. Now I know Atkins says that there is a small percentage of people who will have this reaction, so I give him that. But the truth is, NO FAD DIETS WORK. If you want to read a good book - read Dr. Dean Edell's "EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY." That book is a real wake up call for all of us seesaw dieters. It is so great to read a book that tells the truth - FINALLY - about dieting, exercise, and so many other health related topics.
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Summary: lowest I've been since highschool
Review: This new way of eating is fantastic. Growing up on meat and potatoes made it easy for me to enjoy eating my favorite steaks and cheeseburgers. I'm now 20lbs lighter than when I started it. 5'5'' and 200lbs to 180lbs. College really hurt my weight gaining and I thought that I was destined to be overweight like the rest of my family forever but this way of eating has given me new light. The first 10lbs drained away quite quickly and seemed like I was at a standstill for a couple days to lose the next one. After a few days the pounds started to drop again. I'm feeling much more confident and have faith that I'll look wonderful for a friends' wedding in about a month. If only you readers could see what a HUGE grin I've got on my face right now from happiness. :0)
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Summary: Healthy, balanced individuals need not apply
Review: If you are a generally healthy, balanced person who regularly exercises and is just looking to lose those few extra pounds, don't get near this diet. As other readers have testified, your workouts will be terrible -- you need carbs to achieve athletic performance..boy did I find THAT out the hard way. Atkins never addresses this topic adequately in his book, which shows you how much he emphasizes exercise. The only good thing about this diet for us was the fact that it provided us with the impetus and excuse to finally quit caffeine, sugar, and alcohol consumption. However you certainly don't need the Atkins diet in order to quit addictive or harmful substances. In addition, Atkins' ideas about reducing or eliminating fruits and vegetables (not to mention grains, bad, evil carbo-mongers that they are) on a long-term basis are totally OUT THERE. Dr. Atkins has a few decent ideas, but they are buried in a pile of half-truths and questionable scientific analysis. Find a diet that includes a balance of Atkins' ideas but doesn't go to the extreme of removing carbs. Reducing carbs isn't necessarily a bad idea, but taking this too far will almost certainly have negative repercussions for you. Kill the sugar and caffience, limit the alcohol, and start exercising regularly doing something you look forward to.
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Summary: THIS DIET WORKS..plain & simple.
Review: I have been on this diet since March. I have lost 25 lbs and kept it off. 25 lbs was my goal, thats what I wanted to lose. This diet works! At this point, I do eat carbs, but I watch them. I eat much fewer carbs than I used to. I even have pasta once a week and an occasional bagel. I haven't gained a pound! For breakfast variety, I like the Atkins bars (found at GNC). For lunch I usually have chicken salad, taco salad, a burger or even a Caesar salad. I usually snack on string cheese, pepperoni, olives. Dinners will be some type of meat with vegetables. I just make sure that the majority of my diet is low-carb with an occasional high carb treat. It will be a way of life for me forever. I have tried every diet and this is the first one that has worked long term. I wish the best of luck to everyone!
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Summary: Just try it, you've got nothing to lose but fat!
Review: I was very skeptical about this diet because it just goes against everything that "everyone" says to do. But, if what everyone else says is so true about low fat diets, then how come we aren't all model size?! The first two weeks of the diet, I lost 18 pounds! I only wanted to lose 25 in total. It's incredible. I tried the low fat diets. All I did was gain weight and I was always hungry. This diet really works. Follow it to a "T" and keep re-reading the book. It helps to encourage you and keeps you on track. You also discover information that you missed the last time you read it. It's VERY encouraging when all else has failed you. My husband, who is a three time a day insulin dependent diabetic, also tried out the diet and lost 8 pounds in the first week, took less insulin, and felt better all over. I have bought atleast 4 of the books to give to friends and family who are absolutely amazed with it! Thanks a million Dr. Atkins!
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Summary: Update to 4-13 & 4-18 (terrific results)
Review: I have now been on this diet since March 3rd. My total weight lose is now 67 lbs. I am only 15 lbs from my goal. I stated that I had been on this "diet" since March, I should have said that I have learned a new way to eat starting March 3rd. The results are wonderful and I feel so much better. I have so many clothes that I put away many years ago in our attic. IT is really fun to go shopping in your attic. My doctor is the one who recommended that I try this. I had a complete physical when I stated and blood work done 6 weeks into the diet. My cholestral was the lowest that its beenin years, 181. I plan on calling this week to go in again to see where I am at now, but I can tell you, I feel better, have more energy amd look better. I now know that processed sugar is really poison to my system. About two weeks ago I had a some bread pudding and last weekend I had some ice cream, both times within 1/2 hour to 45 mins later I was so tired I couldn't hardly stay awake. The carbs and sugar were attacking my body. NEVER AGAIN....... I will stay away from them... I have added fruit which is a nature sugar and do not get the same results. I know that some people have had no sucess on this but for me it works and I have been trying everything that ever been out there. You must really want to lose when you start any new program even this one. You must stick to the rules of what you can or can't eat. Good luck to every one who starts and I hope that you all have the same good results that I am having.
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Summary: People, People, give it up and go bash Jenny Craig!
Review: I'm sick of seeing all these comments on "Its a fad diet" or "I got sick of eating just eggs, cheese, and meat so I'm giving it up." Its obvious that the bad commenters haven't read the book, as well as some of the people whom have lost weight on it and say its a 'short term' diet only. Diet comes from the Greek word "diaita" that means 'way of life' and this is exactly what this kind of a diet is. If you READ the book, and did the proper research on it, you would see that you can add things to your diet such as fruits, veggies, and other things like bread. You are not supposed to be on the induction for life, but add the things to your diet each week AS THE BOOK SAYS. My mother and father both went on this diet back in the 70's and lost weight in great amounts and STILL have kept it off, as I have. It's been 8 years next month that I have lost 70 pounds and MAINTAINED it. I eat breads, pizza, and baked potatoes! I just spend my carbohydrates WISELY. My husband has also lost a great amount (55 lbs) a year ago and hasn't gained an ounce back. READ READ people, and even search the internet. There are some super web sites out there that have hundreds of recipes and meal ideas. I suggest that the people making nasty comments against it do the proper research and READ the book cover to cover BEFORE making such observations! ANYONE that goes off a way of life eating and back to eating what made them fat in the first place of course will gain it back. It doesn't take a genius to figure that one out! You certainly are NOT wasting your money on this book!
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