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Summary: I lost 47 pounds and didn't miss a beat
Review: This diet is the best of the best. From the day I started, I had no cravings and felt great. I have been dieting now for 10 weeks and still have another 10 pounds to lose. I have tried lots of diets but could never stick to them. This is the first diet that works for me. Some other books help... 1. Optimal Thinking: How To Be Your Best Self stopped my self-sabotage and showed me how to be my best no matter how tough things get. 2. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People got me back in touch with my principles and being a good guy.
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Summary: VERY Educational and Enlightening
Review: I read this entire book with only 7 pounds to lose, (I realize Atkin's was written for the obese...but what the heck) that have plagued me for a year. I cannot find any help for how someone like me should be using Atkins, so I want to write this review for others. Low calorie diets work, but take me a month to lose 4 pounds safely and were so boring, and I would gain it back. I have been on this diet for 10 days and have lost my 5 pounds. I am following the rules except for a few changes I needed to make (Atkin's stresses being the expert and following your own body's exceptions). On the 5th day I couldn't even eat, I was losing too fast and was becoming anorexic and was faint. I increased my carbs to double what the early phase tells your to do (just for one day)and THEN got the promised energy burst. For the last five days I have felt terrific. I have energy all day and am sleeping much better. I eat 30 grams a day and not the 20 they say. I can see that Atkin's is a very intelligent way to think about food, or at least to combine that intelligence with other nutritional info. I think if I could gradually get up to the 60-90 a day they recommend for maintenance it would suit my usual eating patterns enough to be happy. And I wouldn't have the ups and downs of weight gain and dessert eating, and would feel more healthy. The information Atkin's provides gives a real balance to all the calorie info I had before. BUT and this is the hard part. I am so level, and have no cravings, in fact don't even have an appetite, that I MISS not having the excitement and other emotions connected with eating. Like the loss of some fun in my life. Also I work alot and don't have time to make the special flavorful recipes that make the diet more interesting. I bought their pancake and syrup combo and they tasted rubbery and not that great. So here I am on the 10th day, sick of tuna salad, and not hungry, and have no idea what to have for lunch. I have to think of something. A chicken thigh? UGH. I may not last on it, but I will incorporate the info in this book into my future eating patterns. (By the way, he does NOT recommend high fat)...But I sure do love getting up every morning and seeing the body getting prettier. It's a great book.
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Summary: Slow suicide
Review: On August 17th 2003 The Sunday Times reported the death of a 16 year old teenager in the USA on day 8 of an Atkins diet. Her death was attributed to an abnormal heart rhythm brought about by low levels of potassium and calcium in her blood. An American doctor also suffered severe chest pain and heart dysrythmia while on an Atkin diet. Potassium and calcium levels are vital for normal conductivity of electrical impulses which keep the heart beating. The popular high protein, low carbohydrate, Atkins Diet for losing weight has been criticized by leading nutritionist Dr Susan Jebb, of the Medical Research Council Centre for Human Nutrition Research in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Speaking at a briefing at the Royal Institution, London in August 2003, Dr. Jebb said that the diet is a fad and based on pseudo-science. She rejects as fundamentally unhealthy any diet which cuts out an entire food group (carbohydrates in this case). She says that the Atkin Diet could pose serious health problems and that it would be negligent to recommend the Atkins diet to anyone who was overweight. Dr. Jebb is the latest in a series of nutritionists who have criticised the Atkins Diet devised by Dr Robert Atkins in the 1960s. Atkins believed that excess carbohydrate intake results in overproduction of insulin which in turn stimulates hunger and weight gain. Dr Jane Ogden, from King's College says that most of the benefits of the Atkins diet were "in the mind" and that its simple format and allowance of tasty, high-fat food made it popular. The diet can be effective in the short term, like all low carbohydrate diets, but it is usually doomed to failure - "The moment the body starts losing weight, it lowers metabolic rate making it harder to shed further pounds. With any diet, about 60 per cent of people lose weight in the first few weeks but over the next few years 95-99 per cent regain all the weight they lose - and some put on even more. The reality of dieting is that you have to modify the behaviour that you have learned from being a baby, and that's extremely difficult." Nutritionists are also saying that a high protein diet like the Atkins results in excessive demands on the kidneys and increases calcium loss from the body with repercussions on bone development and structure. Carbohydrate foods can protect against heart disease and also are an important source of fibre which aids colon health and can reduce the risk of high cholesterol and cancer. Carbohydrate foods are also a key source of vitamins and antioxidants. High fat diets like the Atkins are a known risk for a variety of cancers. Dr. Jebb's criticism has been rejected by at least one fan of the Atkins Diet, who says in a letter to The Telegraph that the Atkins diet, whilst initially forbidding carbohydrates for the two induction weeks, then allows dieters to reintroduce carbohydrates. The point at which the dieter stops losing weight is that particular person's "level" and cutting back from this point will restart the weight loss. Everyone's ability to assimilate carbohydrates is different and it is finding this level which is the key to this way of eating and subsequent weight loss.
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Summary: Nonsense
Review: It's very interesting that any reviewer who spoke of the dangers of this diet had their review rated "unhelpful". I guess fatties hear what they want to hear just like they eat what they want to eat. If you want to lose weight stop stuffing your face. It's that simple. It's not genetic or any of that nonsense. It is simply being a glutton with no self respect or self control. Go ahead and lose weight on the Atkins diet. You'll also lose a kidney or your liver in a few years. Eat healthy=being healthy. No other way around it tubsters. Americans are the fattest nation on earth. Enough of the BS excuses. Take control of your life.
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Summary: The real thing.
Review: Prior to tearing my achilles tendon I weighed 220, after 4 months of rehab I was 250 even. I decided to go with Atkins' since it is the original diet plan, the diet which started the revolution. I'm only a week into the plan and have lost 15 pounds in 7 days. Like most of you I read the reviews online listing several complaints of the pain and agony of this diet. To date I have had none of these symptoms. As an athlete I know that physical success comes with a price, this diet may not be for everyone but it definitely works.
Again, 15 pounds in seven days without any physical exercise, just a change in foods.
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Summary: You'll Lose Weight Without Deprivation
Review: I have been on Atkins for 3 months and have lost 27 lbs. The diet requires that you cut your carbohydrate intake drastically. There are 3 steps to the program: Induction, Ongoing Weight Loss (OWL) and Lifetime Maintenance. Induction is the hardest and strictest. It lasts 2 weeks and requires that you eat no more than 20 grams of carbs per day. You are allowed 3 cups of salad or 2 cups or salad and 1 cup veggies (i.e. mushrooms, broccoli, etc.) per day. I have remained on Induction for these past 3 months because I have a lot of weight to lose (60 lbs more to go!) I am a carb addict. I love sweets. I used to be able to eat chocolate for breakfast. So, the first 2 weeks are the hardest because your body is adjusting. However, once you get the hang of it, your cravings for carbs practically disappears. But you need to make sure your cupboards, fridge and freezer are stocked w/high protein, low carb foods and treats. This will make your life SO much easier. I have discovered low-carb breads, bagels (only 2.5 grams of carbs per bagel..wow!), low-carb ice cream, etc. I never feel deprived which makes this diet easy (albeit expensive at times). Go to www.atkins.com to get recipes, a free online journal, and articles. The website also tells you how to do the diet...all for free! The book is a good resource to go along with the website. But if you're new to the diet, or just considering it, go to the website first before you spend money on the book. Look at the before and after pics, read the motivational articles and learn what the diet is all about and why it works. With any diet, you have to *want* to lose weight. Ask yourself, is this bagel worth gaining weight over? (and now you don't have to ask that question...you just buy the low-carb version!) Good luck with your weight loss! :)
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Summary: Great Book
Review: "The doctors' philosophy in his book "Dr Atkins
New Diet Revolution", sounds very reasonable.
The recipes are good and easy to make. I
believe in being health conscious, and this
book seems to be a serious book on presenting
the concept of health and weight maintenance. Diana: Author of: "Inpirational Wisdom For Love,
Beauty, And Richness"; "You Hold The Key To Riches
And Happiness"; (and) Sure Fire Ways To Make More
Money And Get A Better Job".
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Summary: Diet Works But Hard to Stick To
Review: The Atkins diet definitely works. You can lose 10 pounds in a couple of weeks, although your weight loss will slow down after a while. You lose your appetite and have lots of energy. The problem is that if you've eaten carbs for decades, let's say 30 years, it's really hard to not cheat on the diet and not eat carbs. Believe me, you just get carb and sugar cravings. And once you start cheating on the diet and eating carbs, the pounds come rushing back. I'm thinking of trying the South Beach or Zone diets, so I can include even more carbs. If you don't really care about carbs or don't have a sweet tooth, this diet would be perfect for you. If you stick to it, the weight will come off pretty fast and you'll never feel hungry and you'll have tons of energy. It's all true.
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Summary: ANOTHER BOGUS DIET
Review: SORRY ATKINS, but someone can lose more weight exercising and eating healthy over doing your diet. if your looking for a quick fix go on atkins but you can get the same result in the same timelength if you exercise for an hour a day or at least 5 days a week and eat a well balanced diet. ((carbohydrates)) are not bad - i lost about 18 pounds in a month and 14 days eating all the food groups and exercising. atkins leaves out some foods that are very good for you and allows you to eat the junk that isnt that healthy for you. i doubt atkins diet keeps the weight off long term - but eating healthy- ( eating all the food groups ) and exercising and getting used to eating that way and only having treats once in a while is more effective than atkins diet.
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Summary: Sound approach, but not magic.
Review: I wanted to rate the book a five, but I'm saving that for the diet that works by itself!! This diet, like many others, works if you follow it. I think your success will depend on the type of eater you are before starting the diet. For me, carbohydrates were not a significant part of my diet. Therefore, following this approach was easier for me. This book is well researched and the assertions/recommendations are supported with medical references. I think the research is what makes this diet different. More recently, we are seeing well respected medical journals publishing articles on low carb diets and supporting this approach to weight control. The key for me in using this book is remembering that even Atkins refers to the approach as an "advantage". There is no magic here. The advantage for me was that the reduction of carbs drastically reduced my cravings and (supposed) hunger. What I was left with was only my bad habits. The Atkins Advantage allowed me to address these bad habits (eating at night in front of the TV) and correct them. The advantage eliminates the highs (bursts of energy) and lows (needing a nap) that I used to experience throughout the day. Now, I feel steady, calm and my energy is constant throughout the day. People can take anything and make it bad. That applies to this diet. If you think you're going to eat bacon and fatty meats all day, every day, you're not getting it. Making sound food choices is still required. By selecting lean proteins and not over-doing the fat intake, I was able to lose weight. My carbs come from veggies and berries and I discovered that I enjoy eating healthy (although it is more expensive, of course). Atkins' approach is sound, but it is not magic. If bad habits are what make you overweight (which is my case), then this book can only clear the fog so you can see the real issue. I think this book is a great resource. The diet is not for everyone, but why not try and see if carbs are your problem. Everyone I know who has tried this approach, or similar approach (South Beach diet) does lose weight (how could you not). For me, like many others, keeping it off is the real challenge. I can't write on that phase of the book as I am in the Ongoing Weight Loss Phase. I'll write again when I'm on maintenance. Good luck.
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