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[not2late]

Sometimes there are folks who come here as a replacement to read the book or understand the diet---which is the wrong thing to do because the mods and old-timers are human and we might not remember what Dr. Atkins wrote in the fourth paragraph of Chapter 8.


soooo your not following atkins then
because you dont remember ? ensive

maybe you may need to read the book again then and study it so you do remember because if you dont remember then dont coment.

lol....

I think you are confusing people who forget with people who don't know anything to forget, maysea. The folks who forget info are best served re-reading it themselves. The folks who never even bothered to read it are best served reading it themselves.

Why don't you want people to be told to read the book? ensive

[maysea]

I see you've only been here a little over a month. Most of the people who give advice on this boards have been here for a year or more.

yep and the only advice they give is read the book

matawaguro so what if i have been here little over a month none of my posts chant read the book.

none of the other boards chant at almost every newby read the book maybe why they have a darn site more members because they get far better advice :wave

[not2late]

I see you've only been here a little over a month. Most of the people who give advice on this boards have been here for a year or more.

yep and the only advice they give is read the book

matawaguro so what if i have been here little over a month none of my posts chant read the book.

none of the other boards chant at almost every newby read the book maybe why they have a darn site more members because they get far better advice :wave

Again, why don't you like people to be told to read the book?

Are you sure they are giving "advice" or are they acting as substitutes for reading the book? Those issues are two completely different things.

[maysea]

like i said if your sooo sucsesful then why cant you help them isnt this the point of the board?

[not2late]

like i said if your sooo sucsesful then why cant you help them isnt this the point of the board?

How do you define "help" maysea?

[maysea]

How do you define "help" maysea?

as in help them understand by answering their quetions with something more than read the book

now if someone has read the book and come in this board asking foradvice because they didnt understand do they deserve the responce go and read the book over and over again
now i understand the book so i answer the questions i dont see the point of people telling some one else go read the book if they cant answer the question then surely they should go back and read it what a pointless paice of information

[not2late]

How do you define "help" maysea?

as in help them understand by answering their quetions with something more than read the book

Okay so if some posts "How do I do Atkins?" , then you would want us to recopy DANDR 2002 for them?

now if someone has read the book and come in this board asking foradvice because they didnt understand do they deserve the responce go and read the book over and over again
now i understand the book so i answer the questions i dont see the point of people telling some one else go read the book if they cant answer the question then surely they should go back and read it what a pointless paice of information

Okay, so how do we know that they've read the book? Many people don't post "I've read the Induction chapter, but I still don't understand the net carb thing." In fact, they abbreviate their posts with "What are net carbs?" So how are we supposed to know if they've read the book or not if they don't give us that information????


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[MontanaRebel]

I am a newbie here and although reading the book is an excellent idea in understanding the program and what you have to do, I still get confused over some of the stuff and need to ask a question to clarify it more or just to see others type the answer.

I think we have to all remember that we were all in the starting gate at one time and have asked questions that were pretty obvious if you read the book but maybe some of us are ignorant like I can be at times and need to see the answer from some of the veterans of the program.

If you don't want to answer the obvious question over and over again then don't reply to the post and let others do it....keep it simple!!

I am sure you will get sick of me after awhile asking alot of questions but I am on page 217 of the Atkins book and sure will refer to it time after time. Ok I am winded now....Johnny ha

[cleochatra]

I love to answer questions for people! Everyone here who's paying it forward has also had questions answered for them, too.

And I've been one of the worst and I've read the book a few times!

So, keep asking those questions.

At the same time who goes to Church and refuses to read the Bible? And if they do, and think it was about baseball because it began with "In the Big Inning..." then they're probably not going to make it past Genesis. *lol* Well, not without being very disappointed because Randy Johnson wasn't there...

I think there are times that people, however, expect Cliff Notes of the book and then when they fail they blame either Atkins or us for the failure.

[MontanaRebel]

In the Big Inning

That was good!!! I liked that! lol

You made my day and it is 8 pm here in Montana. :icondance

[cleochatra]

{{{Johnny}}} You're the snazzypants! :hug

[MontanaRebel]

{{{Johnny}}} You're the snazzypants!

Looks behind him to see if she is talking about another Johnny. :icondance

[divaindubai]

Dear Maysea,

The moderators on here are great and so are the members of this ADBB as well..but I think it is to our own benefit to read the Atkins book. One thing about this board that was mentioned in the "Thank you Atkins moderators" post, is that they are strict by the book, but that most of us appreciate their strictness, because we all want to be successful with our goal of losing weight first, then sticking to this WOE. A question like "Can I have potatoes is an obvious that one has not informed themselves enough about the Atkins way of eating.. I think if everyone did not read the book and just relied on the moderators to do the work, they would be much busier than they already are on here giving support and advice. just my two cents worth ! ha

[LilBit]

maysea, I didn't post to you last time for many reasons; mainly because you had me so irate that I knew that I'd probably get kicked off of this board for what I'd post to you.

A couple of weeks ago, you came to this board to ask opinions about the egg/meat fast. Many here answered you kindly and tried to help you as best as they could. What did you do in return?

You took their graciousness and stomped all over it by taking their answers to another board, twisting it all to **** and back, and then making fun of the kindness of the posters here. Don't deny it, because I read your posts on "the other board" and frankly, you were quite childish. You verbally bashed each and every poster here on this forum that responded to you and offered "their opinion"...which is exactly what you asked for - opinions.

And NOW, you come here and once again want to open threads to incite and berate people? What exactly is your game; what are you here for?
I don't think you're serious at all about this WOE, this forum, or wanting "serious help or advice." I think you're all about pot-stirring.

I appreciate every bit of help that I get here from the more seasoned Atkineers, their experience and knowledge. IMO, YOU, however, should be ashamed of your behavior.

I'll end this post now, because I can only feel my own blood pressure beginning to boil, again due to the mean and nasty things that I saw you post on the other board about this forum and its members. :anger

[maysea]

dont bust a blood vessel love everyone is entitled to their opinion