Rating: 
Summary: This is the first and only diet that has worked for us!
Review: We are both fifty-eight years old. My husband needs to lose about 75 lbs+, and I need to lose 20 lbs. We started the diet two weeks ago; my husband has lost 14 lbs. and I have lost 10 lbs. We are never hungry, eat all the good stuff, have high energy levels, and have determined this diet is a miracle!
Rating:
Summary: I've been on the diet for a year and it works!
Review: I've been on the Atkins' diet for 1 year. I am 28 years old and 5 feet 9 inches in height. I weighed 210lbs at the start of the diet and had a 36 inch waist. After the first two weeks of the diet I lost 12lbs. After three months I had lost a total of 40lbs 170lbs and my waist size was down to a 33. Thru the winter I had gone on and off it and still maintained my weight at about 175lbs. I decided that I would start going to the gym, still staying on the diet. My body has never been this cut in all my life. I am now weighing in at 172lbs with a 32 inch waist. I didn't have a 32 inch waist in high school when I was at 165lbs..Go figure. My cholesterol is well below normal and I feel great and have never been this energized. The book is not the best piece of writing but his theories and studies work. I only take a multi-vitamin and the chromium on this diet and still drink on the weekends 7 and 7's. This diet may not work for everyone but it worked wonders for me. THANK YOU! DR. ATKINS!!!!
Rating: 
Summary: I'm doing this for triglycerides - and it's working!
Review: My doctor recommended this book to me as a way to lower my triglycerides (313 at the end of June). I followed the diet faithfully, and by the end of July I'd lost 10 pounds (something I'd despaired of ever doing) and the triglycerides were down to 238. The cholesterol is also coming down, and the LDL/HDL ratio is looking lots better, too. And - I was eating beef, cheese, whippped cream - go figure! The book has lots of good information, not only about how the diet works, but about ways to make different stages of the diet fit your life. I keep referring to the book and learn something new just about every time I pick it up. There's enough there to keep me going for the long haul.
Rating:
Summary: I read the entire book in one evening, it is a great book.
Review: Everything in this book described me and all diets I've ever been on. I have lost the same 20 lbs at least 5 times in the last 15 years, and keep gaining it back. I've drank the shakes, popped the pills, ate the grapefruit, and slurped the cabbage soup, and still have the weight to loose. My metabolism is so shot out I decided to give Dr Atkins a try, and it is working. After only 15 days I have lost 7 lbs and feel great. I am able to eat more now than I ever have been able to eat on any other diet. I highly recommend his program to anyone with at least 10 lbs to loose.
Rating: 
Summary: The Proof is in the "Pudding" -- the diet works.
Review: A year ago at age 70 after my gall bladder was removed, I was diagnosed with type II diabetes. In addition, my cholesterol and triglycerides were too high, and the "good" and "bad" cholesterol ratio was poor. The doctor's prescription was: lose weight, exercise, avoid sugar. He left it up to me to carry this out. At the urging of my librarian daughter I bought the Atkin's book. Now I'm a professional, having spent a lifetime doing basic research in the physical sciences for a large company. Suffice it to say,I know what it takes to carry out research to a provable conclusion. With this in mind, I set out to evaluate the Atkin's diet. Being a professional, I am also a skeptic, and if I had any pre-conceived biases - it was I initially viewed Atkins as one more money-grubbing "quack." After four months on the diet I went in for my blood tests. This was a "make it" or "break it" test as far as I was concerne! d. If the results were negative I was prepared to stop the diet. However, much to my surprise, my blood sugar was now normal; the cholesterol and triglycerides were normal; the "good" and "bad" cholesterol ratio was now reversed and normal; I had lost 30 pounds, and 2 inches off my waist. At present, I am on the "maintenance" phase of the diet. I monitor my weight,blood pressure, and blood sugar every Monday A.M. My conclusion: The diet works, but it is not as pleasant as depicted in the book. And I would suggest the book be revised down to less than 100 pages.
Rating: 
Summary: YUCK!
Review: I skimmed through the book once, to get the details, then carefully re-read it to try to gain a better level of understanding. The only reason I understood as much as I did is because I had read another book on a similar diet that went into much more detail. However, I very much disagree with the diet. I can say that, because I tried it and got violently ill (nausea, acid reflux, vomiting). I think that a balanced approach will, despite what Dr. Atkins says, gradually bring your body back into balance without making you sick. I think this is a dangerous diet because it's too limiting in what you eat. And Dr. Atkins' writing style leaves much to be desired.
Rating:
Summary: Ignore the establishment - Follow this book!!!
Review: I have lost 35 lbs in 3 months on this diet and NEVER FELT BETTER! Don't listen to the losers who didn't follow it CORRECTLY and couldn't do it. IT IS EASY! Never be hungry, and lose weight! I eat cheeseburgers, steaks, omeletes, sausage & bacon, chicken wings, and more! The Cookbook has some good recipes as well. The absolutely ONLY downside to this diet is it's kind of expensive. Think about it: You are buying lots of meat and vitamins, which ain't cheap. But if you are like me and struggled most of your life trying to lose weight - then the price is worth many times what I am paying at the grocery store!
Rating:
Summary: I WISH I'D FOUND THIS BOOK YEARS AGO!
Review: After trying multiple different diet's and reading countless different diet books, this diet has been a godsend. I've lost 52 pounds and my sister-in-law has lost 45 pounds in just a little over 2 months on the diet. It's easy to follow and you don't feel like your sacrificing. Just goes to show that some people just need a different diet to follow.
Rating:
Summary: Finally, I Can Eat Real Food
Review: Wow! I enjoyed this book because it confirms what I have always suspected. We need to eat "real" food...like meats, cheeses, eggs, etc... I have never had a serious weight problem, but in the past year, ever since I have been eating high-carb, low-fat, I've gained 13 pounds!!! Go figure! I've been on the diet for 11 days and have lost 3 pounds eating all the foods that my body naturally craves. I only have a few more to lose, but I plan to continue this way of eating to maintain my weight and my health. I'm planning to get some bloodwork done in the near future...I'll be curious to see houw that comes out!!!
Rating:
Summary: The only diet with lasting results
Review: I have tried many diets, with and without the aid of professionals, including nutritional counselors, diet clubs, 12-step support groups, and "fat farms" and have spent thousands of dollars, only to lose weight (very painfully)and regain all the lost weight plus more. The Atkins diet is allowing me to lose weight, feel energetic, and is giving me a new feeling of confidence and self esteem. I felt tired, weak, nauseous, and headachey the first three days of the diet because my body was adjusting to the radical changes it was experiencing. Something miraculous happend on the 4th and 5th days. All those symptoms disappeared and I have felt energetic, clear-headed and ALIVE ever since, for the first time in years. To the unbelievers, alarmists, and skeptics, I say "Go back to your carbs and enjoy them. Continue to be hungry and on the diet yo-yo. If you every get tired of that, try the Atkins diet for the full 14 days. That will convince you more tha! n anything I can say." I am 60 years old and getting ready to retire. I feel like 35 again!
|
