Secret of Atkins diet revealed.

[Requia ☣]

1 pound smoked bacon 530 calories.

1 big mac 580 calories.

apparently the Atkins diet has nothing to do with carbs, but in making it impossible to eat as many calories as you can with junk food without throwing up.  (note for those about to embark on a bacon diet knowing this, the non smoked bacon, which is much fattier, clocks in at double the calories).

[Richter]

 , as if it didn't sound like an obscure form of self mutilation before!

Was that your actual consumption for the day?

[LMNO]

Wait...

Eating fewer calories helps you lose weight?

GENIUS!
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[Requia ☣]

, as if it didn't sound like an obscure form of self mutilation before!

Was that your actual consumption for the day?

Oh god no, that much bacon would make me throw up.

[Richter]

Another dark secret of Atkins.

[Elder Iptuous]

if you instead use the bacon to create a thermal lance, you could burn away a lot more fat....

[Jenne]

You also have to like a lot of eggs--and mayo, which IS eggs.  It's a disgusting diet--I watched my dad on it years ago and it made me gag to watch what he ate.  He did lose weight--about 30# give or take in a matter of weeks.  But of course once he was OFF the diet, he gained it all back and then some.

Scary thing was that he had been recently diagnosed as hypertensive before starting the diet.  Drove my husband nuts.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

So what would a diet like this do for your cholesterol?

[LMNO]

Atkins died of a heart attack. Draw your own conclusions.

[Suu]

I also did the Atkins Diet.

I avoided that much bacon and supplemented with a lot of vegetables. A LOT OF FUCKING FRESH SALAD.

People who go on that diet don't read the fucking book and think that it's A-OK to just eat steak, eggs, cheese, and bacon the whole time. Does it work? Yeah, kinda, but then you get totally bound up and irritable because of the inherit lack of fiber and citric acid in your diet.

A typical day's food for me looked like this:

Breakfast: Atkins breakfast bar and shake

Lunch: Cold cut rollups- Typically ham or turkey wrapped in swiss cheese. Only about 3-4 of these. Mixed green salad (no tomatoes or carrots) and ranch dressing. Measured out to serving size. Multivitamin and Chromium Picolinate (for metabolism.)

Dinner: Protein serving, typically a lean steak, porkchop, or chicken breast, always grilled and lightly seasoned. Side of green vegetables such as broccoli or asparagus. Sometimes I would melt cheese on EVERYTHING if it was too bland.

Snacks: Cheddar cheese and pepperoni (also great in salads), low-carb snack bar, or celery and peanut butter.

I also chewed a LOT of gum to fight the hunger for the first 2 weeks while I had to withdraw from carbohydrate intake and deal with not being as full. The first 2 weeks SUCK DICK, but if you can balance everything correctly (which I haven't been able to do since I stopped living with my parents and realize food is expensive) the weight does drop. I was also working out constantly between Tae Kwon Do and in the stock room at work. This was before my knee went though.

The most important thing to remember with any low-carb diet is to balance your fiber and protein, and watch your fat intake. Your body does need a bit of fat, or your brain will stop working (See also: ranch dressing and cheese), but aside from that, everything I ate was relatively lean. I went from a size 16 to a size 10 in 6 months and it stayed that way until last year when stress and unemployment made me balloon again, despite trying to juggle the diet. I think it did more harm than good, since I couldn't afford to stick with it easily.

Important notes about ANY diet:

- Always check with a doctor first
- Always work out a budget and do research into how much of a difference the cost of the new food plan will make in your life.
- FUCKING PORTION CONTROL
- Vitamins, good god, take vitamins

Atkins died of a heart attack. Draw your own conclusions.

He was also considered obese.

[LMNO]

Also, STOP DRINKING.

Srsly.  For the boozers out there, quitting drinking for a month is a guaranteed 7 pounds.

[Reginald Ret]

The simple way of losing weight is:
eat less.
move more.


there, done.

not drinking is harder for many heavy drinkers (if so, seek help or stop whining and accept the consequences) so maybe switch to vodka? (lowest calorie drink there is)

[Suu]

Also, STOP DRINKING.

Srsly.  For the boozers out there, quitting drinking for a month is a guaranteed 7 pounds.

THIS.

Alcohol is the fastest metabolized sugar. That shit packs on the pounds.

The simple way of losing weight is:
eat less.
move more.


there, done.

not drinking is harder for many heavy drinkers (if so, seek help or stop whining and accept the consequences) so maybe switch to vodka? (lowest calorie drink there is)

Not always true. I got fatter by working out and eating less because my body freaked out and started storing fat thinking I was starving. However, this is my metabolism, not yours.

The trick is to balance what you eat, when you eat, in controlled portions, and do a regular amount of exercise. And vitamins, because a loss of calories also equals a loss of vitamins. And you need those to function properly.

I also am a strong advocate of teas. Teas have no calories (unless you add sugar or dairy) and great benefits.

[Cainad (dec.)]

Atkins died of a heart attack. Draw your own conclusions.

No, he slipped on an icy sidewalk and smacked his head.

On April 8, 2003, at age 72, a day after a major snowstorm in New York, Dr. Atkins slipped on the ice while walking to work, hitting his head and causing bleeding around his brain. He lost consciousness on the way to the hospital, where he spent two weeks in intensive care. His death certificate states that the cause of death was "blunt impact injury of head with epidural hematoma".

I can't argue whether or not he was obese, though.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Also, STOP DRINKING.

Srsly.  For the boozers out there, quitting drinking for a month is a guaranteed 7 pounds.

THIS.

Alcohol is the fastest metabolized sugar. That shit packs on the pounds.

The simple way of losing weight is:
eat less.
move more.


there, done.

not drinking is harder for many heavy drinkers (if so, seek help or stop whining and accept the consequences) so maybe switch to vodka? (lowest calorie drink there is)

Not always true. I got fatter by working out and eating less because my body freaked out and started storing fat thinking I was starving. However, this is my metabolism, not yours.

The trick is to balance what you eat, when you eat, in controlled portions, and do a regular amount of exercise. And vitamins, because a loss of calories also equals a loss of vitamins. And you need those to function properly.

I also am a strong advocate of teas. Teas have no calories (unless you add sugar or dairy) and great benefits.

Were you eating breakfast?