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Ok I keep reading where people are saying they stalled out on Atkins and have gone to SB ..or they have found Atkins too high in bad tat and so they have "progressed" to South Beach...
COME ON!!!!!
Move on if you want there is no harm in shaking up your life!!! If you think changing diets is going to give you a boost or remotivate then do it !!! no harm ..but do not blame Atkins for the shift..because if you are not eating regular sized amounts of food, and have not added all the food groups ..then it is not the fault of the diet ..it is failure to progress on Atkins
I am on Atkins, I have eaten this way for a long time now and kept my weight down for over a year....I have read South Beach..in fact I started on it ...and I would never dis it ..it is very sound and very healthy and makes sense ..it is a good option ..but there is no reason someone has to "leave" Atkins for a lesser fat lifestyle.
As far as I read in the book the high fat eating was for induction only really.. as you added foods back you decreased the overall amt of fat you eat naturally by adding more food to your diet . so that things balance out. Dr Atkins ALWAYS encouraged whole fresh foods and eating until content.
I personally eat a very balanced diet with mostly the so called "good fats", but I eat butter for sure
whole grains, fruits and veggies
I really believe this is from any stand point a very healthy diet and that no matter who looked at it closely ..especially on the upper end of the ladder...they would not ever argue.
a few things I think are important to me and may help you is
I never buy anything labeled LOW CARB OR LOW FAT I do not think Dr Atkins intended his point to be us finding other processed food to eat when doing this..when he first started this....the fact is ..I avoid any processed food and would rather figure out and make my own food so I know what I am eating.
I do limit fat consumption but I limit all my consumption to just what I need to be content..for instance ..I do not need to eat 4 oz of cheese a day to be content 1 or 2 are fine... use cream in my coffee (a teaspoon) , cook with olive oil or butter but in tablespoons not cups, whole fat mayo is used in a regular serving size not as a dip, sour cream in Tblspoons not in cups...these kind of things are important..getting used to eating what your body needs in a large variety keeps you from consuming too much fat ...if I eat chicken or fish with spinach and put butter in the spinach I a over all not eating much fat ...the more foods you add ..on each rung does not mean making more room on the plate that is for sure!!! it is adding to what you are eating now but decreasing other amts and still only eating when you are hungry and stopping when you have had enough ..that is the keyl
here is an average Atkinsy day in the life of Heidi ...maintaining ...just to show you that you progress to differing levels in order to find balance if you are still eating TONS of anything while maintaining then you still have a problem with food ..and please do not blame this diet!
for breakfast
whole fat plain yogurt about 1/2 cup
berries 1 cup
home made unsweetened granola about 2 tbls
or I will have eggs with veggies and cheese
or fruit, nuts and cheese
Lunch
leftovers from dinner or
salads made with all kinds of veggies, some kind of meat or cheese or something like tuna, chicken or egg salad
I do not usually eat starchy veggies or grains at lunch it but I do at breakfast and dinner ..I have no idea why it just happens that way
Dinner
usually it is something like a curry or stir fry with all kinds of veggies
I eat whole grain tortillas, or brown rice, or lentils, yams, plantains ..something starchy/grainy every evening with my dinner .
I do not actually drink alcohol that often but when I do I eat a fatty high protein snack with it for sure or my resolve crumbles fast!
I try to avoid anything with sugars in it ..all sugars they are triggers for me and I never ever lost my taste for it!! ...I could go months with out anything sweet and then eat 1/4 a cake!!!
so that is out for me unless I am in a controlled setting and can not go for more I will not eat anything sugary. I also avoid white flour ..it is pointless there is not enough to me to make it worth the carbs. I use a great multi grain RobinHood flour Canada that bakes up light and is pretty low carb
anyway I am blabbing or ranting or whatever ..but I am just feeling the urge to say...Move on if it is to shake your life up because things are stale but do not blame Atkins for being a high fat diet ..it is only like that until you add foods back and that is because people do better with the first few weeks in ketosis while they decarb....
this is not a fact ...just my opinion and what I have used to succeed and retrain myself into a better eater ..seems to be doing a good job for me ...my weight is good, I feel good, cholesterol is perfect so is my blood pressure ...I have all my hair ...do not seem to be undernourished and I am a pretty average person to be honest....
just no matter what you do ..eat a wide variety of fresh foods, in season, as close to the source as possible .move your body, and drink lots of water....how can you go wrong? if you need to move to another diet ..do it for the fun of it ..but now because this diet failed you
OOOOXXXX
COME ON!!!!!
Move on if you want there is no harm in shaking up your life!!! If you think changing diets is going to give you a boost or remotivate then do it !!! no harm ..but do not blame Atkins for the shift..because if you are not eating regular sized amounts of food, and have not added all the food groups ..then it is not the fault of the diet ..it is failure to progress on Atkins
I am on Atkins, I have eaten this way for a long time now and kept my weight down for over a year....I have read South Beach..in fact I started on it ...and I would never dis it ..it is very sound and very healthy and makes sense ..it is a good option ..but there is no reason someone has to "leave" Atkins for a lesser fat lifestyle.
As far as I read in the book the high fat eating was for induction only really.. as you added foods back you decreased the overall amt of fat you eat naturally by adding more food to your diet . so that things balance out. Dr Atkins ALWAYS encouraged whole fresh foods and eating until content.
I personally eat a very balanced diet with mostly the so called "good fats", but I eat butter for sure
whole grains, fruits and veggies I really believe this is from any stand point a very healthy diet and that no matter who looked at it closely ..especially on the upper end of the ladder...they would not ever argue.
a few things I think are important to me and may help you is
I never buy anything labeled LOW CARB OR LOW FAT I do not think Dr Atkins intended his point to be us finding other processed food to eat when doing this..when he first started this....the fact is ..I avoid any processed food and would rather figure out and make my own food so I know what I am eating.
I do limit fat consumption but I limit all my consumption to just what I need to be content..for instance ..I do not need to eat 4 oz of cheese a day to be content 1 or 2 are fine... use cream in my coffee (a teaspoon) , cook with olive oil or butter but in tablespoons not cups, whole fat mayo is used in a regular serving size not as a dip, sour cream in Tblspoons not in cups...these kind of things are important..getting used to eating what your body needs in a large variety keeps you from consuming too much fat ...if I eat chicken or fish with spinach and put butter in the spinach I a over all not eating much fat ...the more foods you add ..on each rung does not mean making more room on the plate that is for sure!!! it is adding to what you are eating now but decreasing other amts and still only eating when you are hungry and stopping when you have had enough ..that is the keyl
here is an average Atkinsy day in the life of Heidi ...maintaining ...just to show you that you progress to differing levels in order to find balance if you are still eating TONS of anything while maintaining then you still have a problem with food ..and please do not blame this diet!
for breakfast
whole fat plain yogurt about 1/2 cup
berries 1 cup
home made unsweetened granola about 2 tbls
or I will have eggs with veggies and cheese
or fruit, nuts and cheese
Lunch
leftovers from dinner or
salads made with all kinds of veggies, some kind of meat or cheese or something like tuna, chicken or egg salad
I do not usually eat starchy veggies or grains at lunch it but I do at breakfast and dinner ..I have no idea why it just happens that way
Dinner
usually it is something like a curry or stir fry with all kinds of veggies
I eat whole grain tortillas, or brown rice, or lentils, yams, plantains ..something starchy/grainy every evening with my dinner .
I do not actually drink alcohol that often but when I do I eat a fatty high protein snack with it for sure or my resolve crumbles fast!
I try to avoid anything with sugars in it ..all sugars they are triggers for me and I never ever lost my taste for it!! ...I could go months with out anything sweet and then eat 1/4 a cake!!!
so that is out for me unless I am in a controlled setting and can not go for more I will not eat anything sugary. I also avoid white flour ..it is pointless there is not enough to me to make it worth the carbs. I use a great multi grain RobinHood flour Canada that bakes up light and is pretty low carb
anyway I am blabbing or ranting or whatever ..but I am just feeling the urge to say...Move on if it is to shake your life up because things are stale but do not blame Atkins for being a high fat diet ..it is only like that until you add foods back and that is because people do better with the first few weeks in ketosis while they decarb....
this is not a fact ...just my opinion and what I have used to succeed and retrain myself into a better eater ..seems to be doing a good job for me ...my weight is good, I feel good, cholesterol is perfect so is my blood pressure ...I have all my hair ...do not seem to be undernourished and I am a pretty average person to be honest....
just no matter what you do ..eat a wide variety of fresh foods, in season, as close to the source as possible .move your body, and drink lots of water....how can you go wrong? if you need to move to another diet ..do it for the fun of it ..but now because this diet failed you
OOOOXXXX
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*Melinda*
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