Only planning to do this for two weeks

[hatti]

Re: Only planning to do this for two weeks

there's alot of fanatics on this site - think the important thing to remember is IT'S YOUR BODY and neither the late Dr A nor anyone else can tell you what to put into it, they can make suggestions which you can try for yourself and see how you feel.

Good luck with your way, and even if only doing it for a short time you might find something interesting out about what you usually eat and why. Have fun with it !

[Georgiana]

Re: Only planning to do this for two weeks

there's alot of fanatics on this site

So you think that telling someone, on an Atkins bulletin board, that following Atkins for only two weeks is not the correct way to do Atkins means one is a "fanatic"???

[hatti]

Re: Only planning to do this for two weeks

I do as it goes, when done aggressively and with extensive use of quotes from the DANDR 2002 text. It's a health manual, not a religious doctrine....

[lml1014]

Re: Only planning to do this for two weeks

I say let him do his own type of diet. If it works... good for you! Maybe you'll be the next one to have a book and your own bulletin board Good Luck!

[2big4mysize]

Re: Only planning to do this for two weeks

there's alot of fanatics on this site - think the important thing to remember is IT'S YOUR BODY and neither the late Dr A nor anyone else can tell you what to put into it, they can make suggestions which you can try for yourself and see how you feel.

Good luck with your way, and even if only doing it for a short time you might find something interesting out about what you usually eat and why. Have fun with it !

I think that sums it up your way not atkins.

if you cut your cals from the high amount you are currently eating AND the new lower amount is below your current caloric burn from all sources you will lose weight even if you ate icecream for every cal consumed.

if you are looking for atkins initial rapid weight loss eating 50 grams of carbs isn't going to get it because 50 grams of carbs can be maintenance carb levels for many folk and premaitnenace for the rest who are not the lucky few so you are looking at eating carbs at a level most eat to lose 5-10 pounds over a 6 month span or eat to stop losing weight.

Good luck with your lower carb 2 week eating and then high carb cal restricted diet.

[mission to lose]

Re: Only planning to do this for two weeks

I think the point some of us are trying to make is that if someone comes here asking about some eating plan that they made up themselves (that is not Atkins), the Mods can not possibly answer the question as to will he gain weight back and approximately how much.

No one is telling him what to do, but if he is asking for advice here on the Atkins Forum, the Mods give advice based on the 2002 Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution, not advice on the "Do it Yourself Weight Loss Plan."

Of course he can do what he wants, but the mods should not be called fanatics or be criticized because they are telling me he is not following Atkins. If he were following Atkins DANDR 2002, the Mods will be glad to assist and answer any and all related questions. So please don't beat up on the mods,
Look at the original poster's question. It does not relate to DANDR 2002, which is the purpose of this forum.

[susan423]

Re: Only planning to do this for two weeks

What I'm worried about is he's going to do his own diet, call it Atkins, and then spread the word about what he's doing and more rumors about Atkins is formed.

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Only planning to do this for two weeks

I'm sure he will!

And he won't be the last person who does that.

[thefemalegreenday]

Re: Only planning to do this for two weeks

I don't really see what the difference is between LC and atkins..
In Matience we're pretty much the same.. So.. Isn't he basically just going on matience for 2 weeks?

Two weeks isn't long but my Dads just the same..

[Georgiana]

Re: Only planning to do this for two weeks

I don't really see what the difference is between LC and atkins..

Atkins is a controlled carbohydrate plan, but low carb is not necessarily Atkins.

In Matience we're pretty much the same.. So.. Isn't he basically just going on matience for 2 weeks?

No. He wants to lose weight, not to maintain.

No one knows if he'll gain, lose or maintain eating 50 g of carbohydrate (net or not).

As for the difference between doing Atkins correctly and reaching Maintenance, and doing your own diet for two weeks... by the time you reach Maintenance doing Atkins correctly, you will have learned some things along the journey, such as what foods you can eat without gaining weight, without messing up your blood sugar levels, without going over your CCLM, etc.

Two weeks isn't long but my Dads just the same..

Is anyone supposed to find comfort in the fact that your Dad is the same?

Did your Dad lose weight while following Atkins and maintain his weight loss?

Is he aware of how yo-yoing affects his health aside from the number on the scale?

[Peytonn]

Re: Only planning to do this for two weeks

6 months ago, my parents were warning me constantly about the freshman 15, and I was ignoring them. Now, it's March 21, and I'm thinking about renaming it "the freshman 30." That's right. I'm a 5'9 guy who went from 160 pounds to 190 pounds.

I gained this much weight by eating about 3500-4000 calories a day. Now, I'm going to do a low-carb diet (50 carbs a day, 2500 calories a day), but I'm only going to do it for two weeks. I'm going to switch to a normal diet with the normal number of carbs (200 or 300 a day) and 2000 calories a day after the two weeks are over. What I'm wondering is this: if I switch back to normal carbs after two weeks, will I automatically gain back some of the weight I've lost?

honestly... I think you should get the book (2002 version.. dirt cheap on ebay).... and try it the 'right' way... then you'll never have to worry about gaining that weight back.......

50 grams carbs for the first 2 weeks isn't atkins...

and in my experience of losing in the past, then going off for various reasons (once I had food poisoning so bad I was dr. ordered to eat applesauce and saltines for 2 weeks)... and I gained weight even on that... so I have found in my experience that returning to 'high' carbs does pack on weight faster.......

it's certainly your right to experiment with whatever diet options you choose.... but it's a good thing to have a guide (the 2002 dandr book) and support (the board here)... if you choose to do this plan......

either way... good luck with your journey

[ania]

Re: Only planning to do this for two weeks

I do not think you will lose a lot of weight in 2 weeks. This is not Atkins and not low calorie plan either. Try to do induction (under 20 g of Carb). You can lose some weight this way, but probably will gain 5 pound right away(water), when you start eating on the lower calorie plan. It is not easy to lose 30 pound so fast. If it was, will we all be here?

[thefemalegreenday]

Re: Only planning to do this for two weeks

No I'm just saying... =P
Some guys are just looking for a quick fix.

Like my Dad will lose weight, look great, then pig out on junk and start all over.
He just doesn't care.

I think he should give it go, its properly healthier than his normal eating habits, he might even like it and stay longer.
There is other fourms he can go to though Active Low-Carber Forums - Atkins Diet & Low Carb Support Message Boards this ones awesome, and theres loads of friendly LCer's.

[Carne!]

Re: Only planning to do this for two weeks

Yeah dude, some of us gave you good advice....so please don't say you're doing ATKINS. That'd be messed up, as it is specifically NOT Atkins.

say you're doing Lower Carb. Please.

And to the ppl scared of that...we can always be good examples (THIN examples) to show people that Atkins is doable, maintainable, and HEALTHY (even by conventional standards).

[grey74]

Re: Only planning to do this for two weeks

It's a diet that can be started and stopped at the user's will. What I mentioned in my first post is exactly how it'll be done by me, unless someone who isn't intending to waste my time comes along and provides well-thought out reasons to do it some other way.

If you stop and start this diet at your will it will never work. As Atkins says in the book, you will put the weight back on and then some if you resume old eating patterns.