Variety

[ana_banana]

So I was talking to a friend and right away he noticed a "change" in my face. I told him I was on Atkins and he immediately started telling me about all the "studies" on the internet about the dangers, health hazards, etc. of such a restrictive diet.
My response was to ask him if he had read the book because the diet really was not a restrictive diet. Before I could finish he interupted by saying that the Atkins diet was NOT a way of life but a FAD and that it offered NO VARIETY.
So - I asked him what he typically ate and it went like this:
I always have a egg white scrambled with oatmeal for breakfast.
For lunch I have fast food from either McDonald's or a hot dog joint.
I'm not hungry at dinner unless I eat out because I munch on chex and potato chips and candy during the day.

AND HE SAYS ATKINS IS RESTRICTIVE AND LACKS VARIETY!!!! I haven't had the same breakfast twice in the last 5 days.

ANyways - he said he MIGHT give Atkins a TRY but refuses to go out and buy the book because he ALREADY knows what the diet entails.

People are so dense!!!!!

Ana

[Moochiecat]

If people start telling you about studies that they've seen or read, ask them to send you the link, or let you know where they read it, because you'd like to read it. Make them accountable for what they are saying and tell them that you would need to read what they've read, just the same as they need to read DANDR before you can have a proper discussion about the whole thing.

ANyways - he said he MIGHT give Atkins a TRY but refuses to go out and buy the book because he ALREADY knows what the diet entails.

I think I might give brain surgery a try, because I've seen it on TV and I already pretty much know what it entails. :yes

(ok, well...maybe not brain surgery, but you get the point...lol)

[ana_banana]

Moochie - you said, "I think I might give brain surgery a try, because I've seen it on TV and I already pretty much know what it entails. "

Totally! LOL! Some people are so dense - AT some point during the convo he said he was already low carbing. I was like "WHAT!?" The man eats oatmeal and french fries every day! I bet he doesn't know what a carb is? LOL! He would not hear anything I was saying so I just changed the subject.

Anyways - I am finding a great deal of variety in the foods I am eating since I started. Considering I have been eating the same sugar laden crap day in and day out the last 3 or so years this is a nice change.

Have a good one-
Ana

[Isabeau]

Just wait until you get to OWL if you think you have variety now! Besides, I don't think a woe that's been around for over thirty years is a fad but maybe that's just me.