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There is a thread that was written on 4/2 on how a gentelman was quitting Atkins WOE because of kidney problems and a person he knows is in the hospital for kidney failure; and how others have told him it is not safe, or a healthy way of eating, etc..... There were many comments posted to this thread, all supporting the Atkins WOE. He was going to try WW. I tried WW a year ago. I thought it was ridiculous to pay to get weighed and I was ALWAYS hungry. I stopped after a month.
Here is what I have learned in my lengthy stay (2 weeks
) on Atkins.
I was very skeptical on doing Atkins. I too had heard that all you do is eat butter, bacon, cheesburgers, cream cheese......... but I couldn't ignore the fact that even if this WAS true, people were still losing weight on this plan. That made me curious. I researched the **** out of this plan and had read enough info that at least resolved me to buy the DANDR book. I was amazed at how scientific this plan was. Atkins theory (now fact) showed how the metabolism will work. The induction phase is strict but I realized that, that was what I thought the whole diet was! And that is what the non-believers think it is also! When I read the OWL section, I thought that was ingenious on how to determine your carb level. But the general public does NOT know this part. They only here or see about the Induction part. They assume that is the whole plan and it is NOT a balanced way of eating. They are right to some extent. But only in the beginning. That is why we take a multi vitamin.
I had an uncle say to me the other day that "wow, after two weeks you lost 11 pounds? You will never be able to eat like that for even a year". He is convinced that what I eat on Induction is what I have to do for the rest of my life. Even though I have explained to him about the ladder on OWL, he doesn't grasp it. Neither does the general public.
Reading the book is when it all makes sense.
Unfortunately the skeptics will not do that, so they stay mis-informed.
After only two weeks of Induction, most of my aches and pains I have had for years are gone. I feel "physically balanced".
They stay mis-informed...... Pity.
Here is what I have learned in my lengthy stay (2 weeks
) on Atkins.I was very skeptical on doing Atkins. I too had heard that all you do is eat butter, bacon, cheesburgers, cream cheese......... but I couldn't ignore the fact that even if this WAS true, people were still losing weight on this plan. That made me curious. I researched the **** out of this plan and had read enough info that at least resolved me to buy the DANDR book. I was amazed at how scientific this plan was. Atkins theory (now fact) showed how the metabolism will work. The induction phase is strict but I realized that, that was what I thought the whole diet was! And that is what the non-believers think it is also! When I read the OWL section, I thought that was ingenious on how to determine your carb level. But the general public does NOT know this part. They only here or see about the Induction part. They assume that is the whole plan and it is NOT a balanced way of eating. They are right to some extent. But only in the beginning. That is why we take a multi vitamin.
I had an uncle say to me the other day that "wow, after two weeks you lost 11 pounds? You will never be able to eat like that for even a year". He is convinced that what I eat on Induction is what I have to do for the rest of my life. Even though I have explained to him about the ladder on OWL, he doesn't grasp it. Neither does the general public.
Reading the book is when it all makes sense.
Unfortunately the skeptics will not do that, so they stay mis-informed.
After only two weeks of Induction, most of my aches and pains I have had for years are gone. I feel "physically balanced".
They stay mis-informed...... Pity.
Thanks for your thoughts.
...Was in HEAVEN -got to 150, for awhile, then got too busy, and gave in too much... and... OK holding pattern "keep it together..." 
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