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I was on this forum 7-8 years ago, but it looks a lot different now. I can say that Atkins provided me the only real dieting sucess in my life and I tried everything. Now with some determination and some romantic incentive, I am back on the wagon. Here is some history, January, 2000 I weighed 320 lbs. Thanks to the good doctor A, I dropped to 225 lbs by October, 2000. Naturally, I was estatic. I looked so good, I had to beat the women off with a stick.
The weight stayed off for three years and then gradually came back by 2004, I was up to 260 and more creeped on as the months went by. I would try Atkins, loosing a small amount, then fall off the wagon and gain back even more. Most times, I know i was in ketosis cause the strips turned purple.
Each of many times, I went through the initial headache and dizzyness then started to feel good and loose. Then something would happen to cause me to cheat and boom first thing I was piling on the bread, etc. I also tried South Beach, but following that plan just didn't give me enough to eat.
Of interest was how I remember my first experience. It was so easy, I laughed every time I got on the scale or pulled my belt in tighter. I also couldn't believe the amount of food I was eating and still loosing. Believe me, I like to eat!
So here I am at the feeding trough again, so to speak and wonder if my perceptions of the first experience hold true.
Some details. Age 62, height 6ft, current weight 310. I am not the most active person in the world either but neither was I in 2000. I am however 7 yrs older.
I am in my second week of inducton but may stay longer because I've had to take some prescription codiene cough syrup nightly so I can get some sleep, lest I cough my stomach muscles to bursting. There are also an occaional Halls mentholyptus which are full of sugar too.
How I remember the diet: To paraphrase Don Akroyd from a SNL skit I could consume great quanities of protien as I wanted and any dark green vegetable. Eggs, cheese and any kind of fat is permitted to with the concept that i can stuff myself with them. Other foods are permitted like nuts in limited quanities but not till past induction.
when I say "as much as I want", to me that means breakfast consisting of 4-5 strips of bacon, 3 greasy fried eggs and as much water as i want to wash it down. other breakfasts would substitute sausage, ham or even peperoni for the bacon. I might even add some cheese and make a meat/cheese omlet. No one could ever think I wasn't full after breakfast.
Lunch is usually a decent sized salad. Mostly with "American' lettus, I don't like those weed type greens. The salad might have some small tomatoes grated cheese, bacos and lots of full fat dressing. I liked blue cheese.
Dinner would const of some hunk of mean. It could be beef, pork, chicken or even fish. Hunk generally described what most people consider 2-3 helpings. with this, I'd have another salad which with dinner, i liked oil/vinegar sprinked with pamisan cheese. Another vegetable might be green beans, cooked spinach, or other dark green veg.
snacks in between meals consisted of a chuck of cheese, or a few pieces of peperoni. If there was a left over chicken in the fridge, i'd pick at it.
all of this was accompanied by as much water as i could stand. I took vitamens daily and a fiber pill so that i didn' have a repeat of a "little" problem back in 2000.
So without posting how may grams of this or that, can anybody tell me if I am on the right track or are my perceptions way off?
The weight stayed off for three years and then gradually came back by 2004, I was up to 260 and more creeped on as the months went by. I would try Atkins, loosing a small amount, then fall off the wagon and gain back even more. Most times, I know i was in ketosis cause the strips turned purple.
Each of many times, I went through the initial headache and dizzyness then started to feel good and loose. Then something would happen to cause me to cheat and boom first thing I was piling on the bread, etc. I also tried South Beach, but following that plan just didn't give me enough to eat.
Of interest was how I remember my first experience. It was so easy, I laughed every time I got on the scale or pulled my belt in tighter. I also couldn't believe the amount of food I was eating and still loosing. Believe me, I like to eat!
So here I am at the feeding trough again, so to speak and wonder if my perceptions of the first experience hold true.
Some details. Age 62, height 6ft, current weight 310. I am not the most active person in the world either but neither was I in 2000. I am however 7 yrs older.
I am in my second week of inducton but may stay longer because I've had to take some prescription codiene cough syrup nightly so I can get some sleep, lest I cough my stomach muscles to bursting. There are also an occaional Halls mentholyptus which are full of sugar too.
How I remember the diet: To paraphrase Don Akroyd from a SNL skit I could consume great quanities of protien as I wanted and any dark green vegetable. Eggs, cheese and any kind of fat is permitted to with the concept that i can stuff myself with them. Other foods are permitted like nuts in limited quanities but not till past induction.
when I say "as much as I want", to me that means breakfast consisting of 4-5 strips of bacon, 3 greasy fried eggs and as much water as i want to wash it down. other breakfasts would substitute sausage, ham or even peperoni for the bacon. I might even add some cheese and make a meat/cheese omlet. No one could ever think I wasn't full after breakfast.
Lunch is usually a decent sized salad. Mostly with "American' lettus, I don't like those weed type greens. The salad might have some small tomatoes grated cheese, bacos and lots of full fat dressing. I liked blue cheese.
Dinner would const of some hunk of mean. It could be beef, pork, chicken or even fish. Hunk generally described what most people consider 2-3 helpings. with this, I'd have another salad which with dinner, i liked oil/vinegar sprinked with pamisan cheese. Another vegetable might be green beans, cooked spinach, or other dark green veg.
snacks in between meals consisted of a chuck of cheese, or a few pieces of peperoni. If there was a left over chicken in the fridge, i'd pick at it.
all of this was accompanied by as much water as i could stand. I took vitamens daily and a fiber pill so that i didn' have a repeat of a "little" problem back in 2000.
So without posting how may grams of this or that, can anybody tell me if I am on the right track or are my perceptions way off?
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