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Does the Adkins Diet work?
Does the Adkins Diet work?
My experiences with the Atkins diet. http://www.helium.com/tm/145238/alwa...re-chair-front |
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Does the Adkins Diet work?
On Feb 14, 5:07 pm, "Lister" wrote:
Does the Adkins Diet work? My experiences with the Atkins diet.http://www.helium.com/tm/145238/alwa...re-chair-front Yes, Atkins really works! I tried it before and i'm on Atkins now for 2 days. I saw that you said there "If you can eliminate sufficient amounts of bread, sweets, and other carb sources, it seems to work." Well.. the thing with Atkins is that you have to eliminate ALL bread and sweets for a start and reduce the carbs at maximum 20g/day. I write in my blog ( http://dietmotion.com/ ) about my menus, my progress and basic rules of the diet. Here ( http://dietmotion.com/the- atkins-diet-the-rules-of-induction.html) is the induction phase that I think you did it wrong and that's why you gained weight instead of losing. If I can be of any help, please ask! You all take care! Nessie |
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Does the Adkins Diet work?
"Lister" wrote:
Does the Adkins Diet work? Of course it works. If you actually follow the directions. My experiences with the Atkins diet. http://www.helium.com/tm/145238/alwa...re-chair-front What you describe is not consistant with what is written in the Atkins book. Please, if you never tried real Atkins don't claim you did. It's nice that you did well on a generic low carb plan that you designed for yourself so please call it that. |
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Does the Adkins Diet work?
Sure...Atkins works but living on it at least for me was not what I wished
to do...I lost on Atkins but again I found in the real world there are many wonderful and nutritious carbohydrates which I enjoy and which I believe to be very healthy for me...For me a diet of all foods in moderation and a consistent course of exercise has worked very well...The debate over Adkins will continue...The fad has passed and I'm sure something new is on the way...We each find our own way in life and it's really important to enjoy the journey...Good luck...GG "Nessie" wrote in message ups.com... On Feb 14, 5:07 pm, "Lister" wrote: Does the Adkins Diet work? My experiences with the Atkins diet.http://www.helium.com/tm/145238/alwa...re-chair-front Yes, Atkins really works! I tried it before and i'm on Atkins now for 2 days. I saw that you said there "If you can eliminate sufficient amounts of bread, sweets, and other carb sources, it seems to work." Well.. the thing with Atkins is that you have to eliminate ALL bread and sweets for a start and reduce the carbs at maximum 20g/day. I write in my blog ( http://dietmotion.com/ ) about my menus, my progress and basic rules of the diet. Here ( http://dietmotion.com/the- atkins-diet-the-rules-of-induction.html) is the induction phase that I think you did it wrong and that's why you gained weight instead of losing. If I can be of any help, please ask! You all take care! Nessie |
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Does the Adkins Diet work?
All diets work in the same way. If they restrict calories to a point
where you are burning more than you eat, you will lose weight. If the diet does this than it will work, if not you will fail. Whether or not a diet is healthy is separate from whether or not it will work. If you severely restrict calories to under 1200 per day, you will lose weight but going this route is very unhealthy so be careful when reading about these diets. Also beware of diets that limit you to one food. Even if you are taking in a good amount of calories, you won't be able to get all the vitamins, nutrients, fat, carbohydrates or protein from just one type of food. For more information on how to lose weight, visit http://straighthealth.com Guide to Dieting - http://straighthealth.com/pages/guides/dieting.html Diet/Fitness Forums - http://forums.straighthealth.com/ |
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Does the Adkins Diet work?
On Feb 15, 1:46 pm, " wrote:
All diets work in the same way. If they restrict calories to a point where you are burning more than you eat, you will lose weight. If the diet does this than it will work, if not you will fail. Whether or not a diet is healthy is separate from whether or not it will work. If you severely restrict calories to under 1200 per day, you will lose weight but going this route is very unhealthy so be careful when reading about these diets. Also beware of diets that limit you to one food. Even if you are taking in a good amount of calories, you won't be able to get all the vitamins, nutrients, fat, carbohydrates or protein from just one type of food. For more information on how to lose weight, visithttp://straighthealth.com Guide to Dieting -http://straighthealth.com/pages/guides/dieting.html Diet/Fitness Forums -http://forums.straighthealth.com/ My physician today said that a 1000 calories a day was great for me! Actually, she was very encouraged by my weight loss in the last 6 weeks. She certainly doesn't see it as "severely" restricted. Yours truly, Caleb |
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Does the Adkins Diet work?
Well,...there is no question you will lose on 1000 calories a day but for
what end...Unless you begin to learn the proper way to eat and to exercise isn't it just another way of setting yourself up for failure...1000 calories a day will always leave you wanting...In fact I think any nutritionist would say that limiting your calories to 1000 a day is not in the long run healthy...I don't know you at all but it seems this method is doomed to failure...Have you been fighting this problem long?...GG "Caleb" wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 15, 1:46 pm, " wrote: All diets work in the same way. If they restrict calories to a point where you are burning more than you eat, you will lose weight. If the diet does this than it will work, if not you will fail. Whether or not a diet is healthy is separate from whether or not it will work. If you severely restrict calories to under 1200 per day, you will lose weight but going this route is very unhealthy so be careful when reading about these diets. Also beware of diets that limit you to one food. Even if you are taking in a good amount of calories, you won't be able to get all the vitamins, nutrients, fat, carbohydrates or protein from just one type of food. For more information on how to lose weight, visithttp://straighthealth.com Guide to Dieting -http://straighthealth.com/pages/guides/dieting.html Diet/Fitness Forums -http://forums.straighthealth.com/ My physician today said that a 1000 calories a day was great for me! Actually, she was very encouraged by my weight loss in the last 6 weeks. She certainly doesn't see it as "severely" restricted. Yours truly, Caleb |
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Does the Adkins Diet work?
On Feb 15, 4:53 pm, "Gary G" wrote:
Well,...there is no question you will lose on 1000 calories a day but for what end...Unless you begin to learn the proper way to eat and to exercise isn't it just another way of setting yourself up for failure...1000 calories a day will always leave you wanting...In fact I think any nutritionist would say that limiting your calories to 1000 a day is not in the long run healthy...I don't know you at all but it seems this method is doomed to failure...Have you been fighting this problem long?...GG"Caleb" wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 15, 1:46 pm, " wrote: All diets work in the same way. If they restrict calories to a point where you are burning more than you eat, you will lose weight. If the diet does this than it will work, if not you will fail. Whether or not a diet is healthy is separate from whether or not it will work. If you severely restrict calories to under 1200 per day, you will lose weight but going this route is very unhealthy so be careful when reading about these diets. Also beware of diets that limit you to one food. Even if you are taking in a good amount of calories, you won't be able to get all the vitamins, nutrients, fat, carbohydrates or protein from just one type of food. For more information on how to lose weight, visithttp://straighthealth.com Guide to Dieting -http://straighthealth.com/pages/guides/dieting.html Diet/Fitness Forums -http://forums.straighthealth.com/ My physician today said that a 1000 calories a day was great for me! Actually, she was very encouraged by my weight loss in the last 6 weeks. She certainly doesn't see it as "severely" restricted. Yours truly, Caleb Gary -- Well, at least weight can be lost with that. I've done that a number of times and this time I believe the weight will stay off. Again for me it's a matter of motivation. If I don't think that dieting is likely to work within a reasonable timeframe, I probably won't keep at it. This is true for many, many other people as well. Can some people lose weight at a quarter pound a week? Probably, but that rate of loss sure wouldn't cause my motivation to be high. I had cited some literature from Australia that suggested that faster weight loss was the way to go. I'm not going to disagree with that, nor am I going to say that this is THE single way to lose weight, nor that this is appropriate for everyone. But I'm not the kind of guy who flosses after every meal. Most people are simply unable to lose significant amounts of weight on their own. If they take it off, they have a better chance of achieving health. (And also as I have said, in a ten year period, if one is overweight and hypertensive for 3 years then that is 7 years when the person is healthier. That's not a bad goal -- not the best goal, certainly, but not the worst goal possible.) Yours, Caleb Here is the article again: Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2006;15 Suppl:49-54. Links State of the science: VLED (Very Low Energy Diet) for obesity. * Delbridge E, * Proietto J. University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine(AH/NH), Repatriation Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria 3081, Australia, . It is often stated, "the faster you lose weight, the faster it is regained ". A review of existing literature does not support such a statement--indeed if anything the reverse is true. The origins of this erroneous view are the misconceptions that weight regain is a simple matter of bad dietary and social habits and that it takes time to change these, that physiological adaptations to rapid weight loss are different to those of gradual weight loss and that weight regain is simply due to a return to old habits. Indeed there are many advantages to rapid weight loss achieved with the use of a modern very low energy diet, including the fact that rapid weight loss is a motivating factor, that the mild ketosis that occurs not only suppresses hunger, but also slows protein loss and that adherence is easier with a structured dietary regime. VLEDs are dietary preparations that provide all nutritional requirements together with between 1845 and 3280 KJ (450 and 800 Kcal) per day. An individual takes this meal replacement three times daily as a substitute for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In addition, a bowl of non-starchy vegetables once daily provides some fibre and helps to satisfy the social aspect of eating. A teaspoon of oil on the vegetables contracts the gall bladder to minimise the risk of gall stone formation. Since weight loss, at whatever rate, results in physiological adaptations leading to weight regain, careful attention must be paid to the period after the VLED regime is completed. Lifestyle modification, diet and exercise are instituted optimally with behaviour modification. If, despite the subject's best efforts, weight regain occurs, an appetite suppressant is advisable to help control the drive to eat. PMID: 16928661 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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I understand what your saying,...but losing in my mind is not the real
challenge...The challenge is keeping it off...I lost 100's of pounds over the years...Whatever I was doing became boring or was no longer as satisfying...My weight loss had slowed or plateau...Then back I went...The motivation in my mind must be a new way of eating...Something I can live with forever...Do you think you can continue on 1000 calories a day for life?...Weight loss doesn't happen overnight and losing takes a lot of time as well...If you want to lose more a little quicker than exercise makes it happen...I don't claim to know what works for anyone other than myself but "diets" just never worked for me...GG "Caleb" wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 15, 4:53 pm, "Gary G" wrote: Well,...there is no question you will lose on 1000 calories a day but for what end...Unless you begin to learn the proper way to eat and to exercise isn't it just another way of setting yourself up for failure...1000 calories a day will always leave you wanting...In fact I think any nutritionist would say that limiting your calories to 1000 a day is not in the long run healthy...I don't know you at all but it seems this method is doomed to failure...Have you been fighting this problem long?...GG"Caleb" wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 15, 1:46 pm, " wrote: All diets work in the same way. If they restrict calories to a point where you are burning more than you eat, you will lose weight. If the diet does this than it will work, if not you will fail. Whether or not a diet is healthy is separate from whether or not it will work. If you severely restrict calories to under 1200 per day, you will lose weight but going this route is very unhealthy so be careful when reading about these diets. Also beware of diets that limit you to one food. Even if you are taking in a good amount of calories, you won't be able to get all the vitamins, nutrients, fat, carbohydrates or protein from just one type of food. For more information on how to lose weight, visithttp://straighthealth.com Guide to Dieting -http://straighthealth.com/pages/guides/dieting.html Diet/Fitness Forums -http://forums.straighthealth.com/ My physician today said that a 1000 calories a day was great for me! Actually, she was very encouraged by my weight loss in the last 6 weeks. She certainly doesn't see it as "severely" restricted. Yours truly, Caleb Gary -- Well, at least weight can be lost with that. I've done that a number of times and this time I believe the weight will stay off. Again for me it's a matter of motivation. If I don't think that dieting is likely to work within a reasonable timeframe, I probably won't keep at it. This is true for many, many other people as well. Can some people lose weight at a quarter pound a week? Probably, but that rate of loss sure wouldn't cause my motivation to be high. I had cited some literature from Australia that suggested that faster weight loss was the way to go. I'm not going to disagree with that, nor am I going to say that this is THE single way to lose weight, nor that this is appropriate for everyone. But I'm not the kind of guy who flosses after every meal. Most people are simply unable to lose significant amounts of weight on their own. If they take it off, they have a better chance of achieving health. (And also as I have said, in a ten year period, if one is overweight and hypertensive for 3 years then that is 7 years when the person is healthier. That's not a bad goal -- not the best goal, certainly, but not the worst goal possible.) Yours, Caleb Here is the article again: Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2006;15 Suppl:49-54. Links State of the science: VLED (Very Low Energy Diet) for obesity. * Delbridge E, * Proietto J. University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine(AH/NH), Repatriation Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria 3081, Australia, . It is often stated, "the faster you lose weight, the faster it is regained ". A review of existing literature does not support such a statement--indeed if anything the reverse is true. The origins of this erroneous view are the misconceptions that weight regain is a simple matter of bad dietary and social habits and that it takes time to change these, that physiological adaptations to rapid weight loss are different to those of gradual weight loss and that weight regain is simply due to a return to old habits. Indeed there are many advantages to rapid weight loss achieved with the use of a modern very low energy diet, including the fact that rapid weight loss is a motivating factor, that the mild ketosis that occurs not only suppresses hunger, but also slows protein loss and that adherence is easier with a structured dietary regime. VLEDs are dietary preparations that provide all nutritional requirements together with between 1845 and 3280 KJ (450 and 800 Kcal) per day. An individual takes this meal replacement three times daily as a substitute for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In addition, a bowl of non-starchy vegetables once daily provides some fibre and helps to satisfy the social aspect of eating. A teaspoon of oil on the vegetables contracts the gall bladder to minimise the risk of gall stone formation. Since weight loss, at whatever rate, results in physiological adaptations leading to weight regain, careful attention must be paid to the period after the VLED regime is completed. Lifestyle modification, diet and exercise are instituted optimally with behaviour modification. If, despite the subject's best efforts, weight regain occurs, an appetite suppressant is advisable to help control the drive to eat. PMID: 16928661 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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On Feb 16, 6:41 am, "Gary G" wrote:
I understand what your saying,...but losing in my mind is not the real challenge...The challenge is keeping it off...I lost 100's of pounds over the years...Whatever I was doing became boring or was no longer as satisfying...My weight loss had slowed or plateau...Then back I went...The motivation in my mind must be a new way of eating...Something I can live with forever...Do you think you can continue on 1000 calories a day for life?...Weight loss doesn't happen overnight and losing takes a lot of time as well...If you want to lose more a little quicker than exercise makes it happen...I don't claim to know what works for anyone other than myself but "diets" just never worked for me...GG"Caleb" wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 15, 4:53 pm, "Gary G" wrote: Well,...there is no question you will lose on 1000 calories a day but for what end...Unless you begin to learn the proper way to eat and to exercise isn't it just another way of setting yourself up for failure...1000 calories a day will always leave you wanting...In fact I think any nutritionist would say that limiting your calories to 1000 a day is not in the long run healthy...I don't know you at all but it seems this method is doomed to failure...Have you been fighting this problem long?...GG"Caleb" wrote in message groups.com... On Feb 15, 1:46 pm, " wrote: All diets work in the same way. If they restrict calories to a point where you are burning more than you eat, you will lose weight. If the diet does this than it will work, if not you will fail. Whether or not a diet is healthy is separate from whether or not it will work. If you severely restrict calories to under 1200 per day, you will lose weight but going this route is very unhealthy so be careful when reading about these diets. Also beware of diets that limit you to one food. Even if you are taking in a good amount of calories, you won't be able to get all the vitamins, nutrients, fat, carbohydrates or protein from just one type of food. For more information on how to lose weight, visithttp://straighthealth.com Guide to Dieting -http://straighthealth.com/pages/guides/dieting.html Diet/Fitness Forums -http://forums.straighthealth.com/ My physician today said that a 1000 calories a day was great for me! Actually, she was very encouraged by my weight loss in the last 6 weeks. She certainly doesn't see it as "severely" restricted. Yours truly, Caleb Gary -- Well, at least weight can be lost with that. I've done that a number of times and this time I believe the weight will stay off. Again for me it's a matter of motivation. If I don't think that dieting is likely to work within a reasonable timeframe, I probably won't keep at it. This is true for many, many other people as well. Can some people lose weight at a quarter pound a week? Probably, but that rate of loss sure wouldn't cause my motivation to be high. I had cited some literature from Australia that suggested that faster weight loss was the way to go. I'm not going to disagree with that, nor am I going to say that this is THE single way to lose weight, nor that this is appropriate for everyone. But I'm not the kind of guy who flosses after every meal. Most people are simply unable to lose significant amounts of weight on their own. If they take it off, they have a better chance of achieving health. (And also as I have said, in a ten year period, if one is overweight and hypertensive for 3 years then that is 7 years when the person is healthier. That's not a bad goal -- not the best goal, certainly, but not the worst goal possible.) Yours, Caleb Here is the article again: Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2006;15 Suppl:49-54. Links State of the science: VLED (Very Low Energy Diet) for obesity. * Delbridge E, * Proietto J. University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine(AH/NH), Repatriation Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria 3081, Australia, . It is often stated, "the faster you lose weight, the faster it is regained ". A review of existing literature does not support such a statement--indeed if anything the reverse is true. The origins of this erroneous view are the misconceptions that weight regain is a simple matter of bad dietary and social habits and that it takes time to change these, that physiological adaptations to rapid weight loss are different to those of gradual weight loss and that weight regain is simply due to a return to old habits. Indeed there are many advantages to rapid weight loss achieved with the use of a modern very low energy diet, including the fact that rapid weight loss is a motivating factor, that the mild ketosis that occurs not only suppresses hunger, but also slows protein loss and that adherence is easier with a structured dietary regime. VLEDs are dietary preparations that provide all nutritional requirements together with between 1845 and 3280 KJ (450 and 800 Kcal) per day. An individual takes this meal replacement three times daily as a substitute for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In addition, a bowl of non-starchy vegetables once daily provides some fibre and helps to satisfy the social aspect of eating. A teaspoon of oil on the vegetables contracts the gall bladder to minimise the risk of gall stone formation. Since weight loss, at whatever rate, results in physiological adaptations leading to weight regain, careful attention must be paid to the period after the VLED regime is completed. Lifestyle modification, diet and exercise are instituted optimally with behaviour modification. If, despite the subject's best efforts, weight regain occurs, an appetite suppressant is advisable to help control the drive to eat. PMID: 16928661 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Gary -- Different strokes! A lousy analogy just came to me right now -- if you want to clean a house, first you have to open the door. I think weight loss allows you to open the door and, at the same time, allows you the possibility of making improvements. 1000 calories a day (or a bit more) will be my goal for the next several months or so. In part I think this toughens my skin a bit and I am aware that if I miss a meal or two -- or even a day of eating -- it's not going to hurt me one bit. (I grew up in rocky soil and we didn't wear shoes in a little town called Olaa south of Hilo, Hawaii. Now it's called Keau. Our feet got to be pretty darned tough. But after many years of wearing shoes, the calluses have gone away. We Americans have very few calluses when it comes to denying ourselves calories.) And again, certainly this should not be the goal of anyone else -- but it sure doesn't seem an unhealthy goal for people, especially if their PCP (who knows their condition) says to go for it! Yours, Caleb |
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