Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution

Rating:
Summary: Atkins Diet-Will it Work?
Review: I read the Atkins Diet over the weekend and found it to be very interesting. I have to admit, I've only been on the diet for two days. I am already feeling sluggish and have a headache.. I need feedback from anyone who has been on this diet.

Rating:
Summary: What Atkins can do for you...
Review: I started this diet on June 29, 1997. I weighed in excess of 425 pounds, and I'm 5' 7" tall. Today, March 28, 1998, I weigh 262 pounds. I started this diet witha 66 inch waist, now it's 46". My sport coat size went from 62 to 50. I eat when I'm hungry, eat foods I like, and don't have a problem sticking to the diet. I found that I'm not tempted to breads or other starches, they really don't smell or taste that good anymore. My doctor was very against this diet, but since he's seen ho much weight I've lost, it's hard to deny the fact that it works. I take multvitimins to offset the unbalanced nature of the diet, but do not find that I'm overly tired. I really don't see a problem with changing my eating habits to make this work. It sure works better than any other diet that I've tried. The current low fat, high carbo diet that AMA endorses just isn't for me. I can't say enough good things about it! If you anyone want's to exchange receipes email me!

Rating:
Summary: Something far from other diet plans ,this one works
Review: My best-friend's mother has been on this diet for a while now and the results show. She is now so confident about herself. She's losing wait naturally. I recomend this book to anyone who has real thoughts about losing weight.

Rating:
Summary: The best diet I've seen.
Review: This is the only diet that has ever worked for me. I have never been grossly overweight, but always wanted to lose that extra thirty pounds that was on my hips. The Adkins diet works and you will notice your not hungry anymore! Try it!

Rating:
Summary: It is worth the sacrifice to lose the weight. Why be fat?
Review: I did notice that the diet made me feel a little sluggish. You get over it. Before the diet I would suffer several daily attacks of low blood sugar and need to eat more carbs to keep me from fainting. It's like a drug addiction. You feed the cravings and that creates just more cravings. I have lost 25 lbs in the first month and even though I feel a little sluggish, it sure feels a lot better than I did carrying around 25 extra pounds. I still have another 60 lbs to go and I don't expect it to take longer than 6 months if I keep losing weight so fast. Be sure to see your doctor to monitor your cholesterol and LDL/HDL levels. Once you see the results, you will have proof that this is the right diet.

Rating:
Summary: Good example of how to make a diet change.
Review: The way the terms are explained really help the pacient with no medical studies to understand the effects of the food he or she intakes and how to achieve control of it. I highly recommend this bood for people with overweight problems.

Rating:
Summary: Only diet I have been able to stick to
Review: I am always hearing people say that any diet works if you stick to it. Considering that many scientists, not just Dr. Atkins, have come to consider overeating as analogous to a drug addiction, how much sense would it make for someone to say "this drug rehab program works as long as people don't use drugs"? I think that part of saying that a diet works is how likely people are to stick to it. If a treatment, whatever it is, has a very high drop-out rate, is it really any good? No, because it suggests that the side effects are too awful. This has been my experience with every other diet I have tried - I starved! I even felt depressed.
I gained about 30 lbs. during college and all along I tried to lose them (even as they piled up). I tried lean cuisine, slimfast, and all other sorts of low-fat diets and only gained weight, not to mention I couldn't stick to them because I craved food all day. Anyone who saw the movie "Supersize Me" will remember that the guy developed an addiction to McDonald's and also got depressed. I'm convinced this has more to do with the carbs than with the fat. I felt the same way on a low-fat diet.
Furthermore, I'm eating healthier than ever. All my calories are coming from foods rich in nutrients: meat, zucchini, eggplant, peppers, berries, nuts, etc. I have even developed a taste for some of these vegetables and even tofu. Three months ago (when I started the diet), I couldn't conceive of not eating rice or potatoes with every meal. Now I just see them as empty calories.
I have never eaten nor felt this great in my life. My food is delicious (even my fiance who is not technically on the diet loves it), and I no longer snack 10 times a day.
How much weight have I lost? About 10 lbs, meaning I have reached my healthy weight (I was very skinny when I started college). Most importantly, I lost this weight early on and have not put it back.

Rating:
Summary: This book may help you get weight loss results...
Review: ...but as a health care proffesional I can tell you the only way it does so is by traumatising your body and making you ill!
It may be of some use to the extremely obese under medical supervision, but otherwise I believe it is dangerous and silly, even for those with severe weight problems I think it is dodgy.
My main objection is that not only does it fake illness symptoms to make you STARVE the weight off but all that fat it asks you to consume must be storing many problems for your future health, artery blockages, gall stones, liver problems, bowel problems and the list could go on.
It's misguided and dodgy to say the least, just like a million fad diets before it. The hard fact is you have to cut the fat, increase the fruit and vegatables and do some working out, it's the only safe way to lose weight and improve your health.
And to anyone who thinks it has no side effects the most immediate is the worse! It makes your breathe smell like you diet consists of dog do! Just dont do it!!

Rating:
Summary: DIET TO DEATH
Review: This diet is completely useless. Follow this diet and you can follow robert. Where you might ask? To his death bed. I am usually pretty balanced and open minded but I have my limits. This book exceeded my limits...I am god damn angry I paid for this book. What a waste of my money...if I had kept my money and invested it...it would be worth 200K in 50 years. They say that being happy makes you healthy, well I am god damn upset...so good job Robert!

Rating:
Summary: Read the ENTIRE book...
Review: before judging! The inductions phase CAN be high fat, but it doesn't have to be. This plan helped me to lose 62 pounds, give up stress and emotional eating, and get pregnant. Have you ever downed an entire bag of Doritos and still felt hungry? Have you eaten an entire 1/2 gallon of ice cream and gone back for more? I'm not saying that this diet is for everyone -- I just love those people who complain about losing 10 pounds! I'm just saying that my total cholestoral was 224. I weighed 201 pounds at the age of 29. I was only 5'4'' tall, for heaven's sake! I was taking medication for high blood pressure. I was infertile and taking medicine for insulin resistance. After reading the book twice (yes, I was a hard sell), and following the plan for 9 months, I lost 63 pounds and was FINALLY able to get pregnant. I have a beautiful, healthy 22 month old little girl, my cholestoral is down to 162, and I lost all of the baby weight after breast feeding. This plan has literally changed my life. I actually feel full after a meal, and my cravings are gone. I must admit that the first week was tough, but there is so much support out there if you need it. After the first week, things just became a routine. I have now included some research into lower or 'better' fat choices (i.e. Hampton's and South Beach), but we'll just have to see the results in a few months. Good luck in what ever weight management system you choose! This book is truly a gift to share with others.[...]