Help: I do not lose weight with Atkins diet.

"Aramanth Dawe" wrote in message
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On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 07:44:34 -0500, "revek"
wrote:

Aramanth Dawe generously shared with us this little ditty:

I only wish my results were as great as his!

Aramanth

Your results *are* impressive. You were on the verge of total,
permanent kidney failure. To have a complete turnaround in --what
was
it? SIX months? A year? Without drugs or surgery?--- wow. I
mean....WOW.

Just as not everything is measured by the scale, not everything is
measured by inches either.

Applause.

I know. By some measures, I've done well. But not well enough.

"I want it all. I want it all. I want it all....and I want it
NOW...."

Sorry. Queen flashback there.

I find myself bawling Bohemien Rapsody to myself in the car a lot
these days. Catharthic or something.

I'm finding it hard to cope with the fact that just as I got a
handle
on my condition, with better sleep leading to loss my sleep is all
screwed over again thanks to the Soap Opera that has been my life
the
last 2 months. Still, it's been a week since I last had some bad
news...

I'm crossing my toes. Just in case.

Ah well. Docs changed my antidepressant today from Valium (which
I'm
glad about since that one SCARED me and stopped working within a
week)
to Avanza which is one of the SSRI type and has recently been found
to
improve Sleep Apnoea situations which might help on two fronts. Of
course, there's that slight side effect that SSRI's often lead to
weight gain because they increase appetite but I can deal with that.

I just got some prozac for anxiety and depression (eventually I might
get back to resting when I close my eyes). Doc wanted to put me on
lo-something ending in x, but decided to go with the generic (cost to
me is more important these days than usual) and was mumbling to
himself about the weight gain being a problem with most antis but not
this one. So that's a plus, but taking 'the easy way' is depressing
all on its own. I finally caved and talked to the doc when I burst
into tears at the pharm when I was buying antibiotics for my youngest.
People were edging away from me-- especially after I got it under
control. I think that bugged them worse than the outburst.

Peace on you and your house. You need it.

revek

"Aramanth Dawe" wrote in message
news
On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 07:44:34 -0500, "revek"
wrote:

Aramanth Dawe generously shared with us this little ditty:

I only wish my results were as great as his!

Aramanth

Your results *are* impressive. You were on the verge of total,
permanent kidney failure. To have a complete turnaround in --what
was
it? SIX months? A year? Without drugs or surgery?--- wow. I
mean....WOW.

Just as not everything is measured by the scale, not everything is
measured by inches either.

Applause.

I know. By some measures, I've done well. But not well enough.

"I want it all. I want it all. I want it all....and I want it
NOW...."

Sorry. Queen flashback there.

I find myself bawling Bohemien Rapsody to myself in the car a lot
these days. Catharthic or something.

I'm finding it hard to cope with the fact that just as I got a
handle
on my condition, with better sleep leading to loss my sleep is all
screwed over again thanks to the Soap Opera that has been my life
the
last 2 months. Still, it's been a week since I last had some bad
news...

I'm crossing my toes. Just in case.

Ah well. Docs changed my antidepressant today from Valium (which
I'm
glad about since that one SCARED me and stopped working within a
week)
to Avanza which is one of the SSRI type and has recently been found
to
improve Sleep Apnoea situations which might help on two fronts. Of
course, there's that slight side effect that SSRI's often lead to
weight gain because they increase appetite but I can deal with that.

I just got some prozac for anxiety and depression (eventually I might
get back to resting when I close my eyes). Doc wanted to put me on
lo-something ending in x, but decided to go with the generic (cost to
me is more important these days than usual) and was mumbling to
himself about the weight gain being a problem with most antis but not
this one. So that's a plus, but taking 'the easy way' is depressing
all on its own. I finally caved and talked to the doc when I burst
into tears at the pharm when I was buying antibiotics for my youngest.
People were edging away from me-- especially after I got it under
control. I think that bugged them worse than the outburst.

Peace on you and your house. You need it.

revek

Doug Freyburger wrote:
Algarrobo wrote:
I am a man 55 years old, physician, and I am doing the Atkins diet
from 22 days ago, without having lose neither gained weight.
My height is 165 cm (5,41 foot) and my weight is 80 kg (176,37 pound).

This is why. You appear extremely close to your ideal weight.
Atkins does not trigger loss below ideal weight. If you are in
your last 10 pounds, 1 per month is the expected loss rate. If
you are at your ideal weight, 0 per year is the expected loss
rate.

176 doesn't sound that close to ideal weight for 5'5" unless he's
very large-boned.

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."