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Re: So , why are we so tough at ADBB about following Atkins to the letter?
As you said in another post, Cleo, those of us who are on this board do so because we recognise that we have a problem with sugary carbohydrates - we are carbieholics (if there is such a word we are it!). Therefore we know and understand the constant temptation to eat rubbish and all the food items that others around us believe to be the right things to eat when WE believe that they are NOT the right things to eat.
Following DANDR properly is the only way we can live with this addiction and I for one am not ashamed to acknowledge that it is an addiction for me. At my office there are any number of confectionery machines selling high-sugar and high carbohydrate items for consumption. I think I've got something from those machines only once or twice this year when before Atkins I'd have been at that machine several times a day, every workday.
I find it much, much harder to resist temptation at the supermarket where I work at weekends. There's any amount of chocolate or cookies or general high-carb things for sale and having staff discount only makes everything that little bit cheaper. I'm more likely to give in at the store than I am at the office where I bring my breakfasts and lunches in with me.
But I also know that this is not just a fad diet. I get so much teasing and hassle from some of my office workmates who have read the articles that say that Atkins lowers heart energy or that it is generally bad for us or who will say that Dr Atkins himself died from his own diet and I have to correct them on all of those counts. So many people at my office are doing WW and in all honesty I've only seen a few of them lose any SIGNIFICANT amounts of weight. They are eating processed and ready-made meals on a daily basis so God alone knows what unnnatural chemicals they are putting into their bodies all in the name of 'low-fat'.
Coming here and reading posts from others who are also committed to low-carb as a lifestyle helps to keep me going, even on the days when I do buy the things I know I shouldn't.
Deborah
As you said in another post, Cleo, those of us who are on this board do so because we recognise that we have a problem with sugary carbohydrates - we are carbieholics (if there is such a word we are it!). Therefore we know and understand the constant temptation to eat rubbish and all the food items that others around us believe to be the right things to eat when WE believe that they are NOT the right things to eat.
Following DANDR properly is the only way we can live with this addiction and I for one am not ashamed to acknowledge that it is an addiction for me. At my office there are any number of confectionery machines selling high-sugar and high carbohydrate items for consumption. I think I've got something from those machines only once or twice this year when before Atkins I'd have been at that machine several times a day, every workday.
I find it much, much harder to resist temptation at the supermarket where I work at weekends. There's any amount of chocolate or cookies or general high-carb things for sale and having staff discount only makes everything that little bit cheaper. I'm more likely to give in at the store than I am at the office where I bring my breakfasts and lunches in with me.
But I also know that this is not just a fad diet. I get so much teasing and hassle from some of my office workmates who have read the articles that say that Atkins lowers heart energy or that it is generally bad for us or who will say that Dr Atkins himself died from his own diet and I have to correct them on all of those counts. So many people at my office are doing WW and in all honesty I've only seen a few of them lose any SIGNIFICANT amounts of weight. They are eating processed and ready-made meals on a daily basis so God alone knows what unnnatural chemicals they are putting into their bodies all in the name of 'low-fat'.
Coming here and reading posts from others who are also committed to low-carb as a lifestyle helps to keep me going, even on the days when I do buy the things I know I shouldn't.
Deborah
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Yes, I suppose we can be a bit **** like in our comittment to doing the program by the book. But, you know, it is because we care and truly want folks to succeed. Time and again those of us who've been around for a while have seen folks come here and do their own interpretation of the Atkins program. Invariably, they fail, and then proclaim that Atkins doesn't work. Well, we know that if done properly, Atkins not only will allow us to lose the weight, but improve our overall health in so many ways. I'm not exagerating when I say that Atkins has literally saved lives. We've learned the truth about refined sugar and other refined carbs, and want to share it with the world. 
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