LasVegasFitGirl
Cathlete
So, I want to try the Atkins diet. I am not a big carb eater anyway. Is there one book that is better than the others? Do any of you have menu plans you follow regularly?
Atkins diet
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LauraMax
Cathlete
I've been doing Atkins for years. The original, Atkins for Life, is really good. It explains to you the chemistry & why the diet works so well. Also almost the entire second half of the book is recipes, which helps.
A typical day for me is a couple hardboiled eggs in the morning, a giant salad for lunch w/some kind of protein (usually leftovers from the night before), & some kind of broiled/roasted meat & steamed veggies for dinner. Tuna & chicken play a huge role in my life LOL. Snacks can be peanut butter, or some kind of low carb veggie (celery, carrots, etc) w/a cream cheese, salad dressing, guacamole etc. dip. Watch the salad dressings though--a lot of them have sugar.
Don't listen to the nay sayers who say it's not healthy. It's not healthy if you're eating 3 servings of bacon a day. But if you stick w/salads, veggies & white meat/fish it's very healthy & very effective. When I first went on the diet I lost almost 15 lbs the first month.
Oh & there's a very delicious thin sliced turkey bacon made by Butterball that you can eat 3 times a day. Cooks nice & crispy & tastes almost like the real thing.
A typical day for me is a couple hardboiled eggs in the morning, a giant salad for lunch w/some kind of protein (usually leftovers from the night before), & some kind of broiled/roasted meat & steamed veggies for dinner. Tuna & chicken play a huge role in my life LOL. Snacks can be peanut butter, or some kind of low carb veggie (celery, carrots, etc) w/a cream cheese, salad dressing, guacamole etc. dip. Watch the salad dressings though--a lot of them have sugar.
Don't listen to the nay sayers who say it's not healthy. It's not healthy if you're eating 3 servings of bacon a day. But if you stick w/salads, veggies & white meat/fish it's very healthy & very effective. When I first went on the diet I lost almost 15 lbs the first month.
Oh & there's a very delicious thin sliced turkey bacon made by Butterball that you can eat 3 times a day. Cooks nice & crispy & tastes almost like the real thing.
LasVegasFitGirl
Cathlete
Cool, thanks!!! That's the book I bought for $5 on Amazon today. I got interested in it from your posts years ago about Oxypowder you mentioned Atkins. I realized that I'm not a big protein eater. I eat pretty clean and I'm already not a huge carb person either. I don't want to sift through novels full of extraneous info just to get to the basics of the diet. What about fat? Protein/veggie/fat each meal? I eat a lot of turkey, chicken and sometimes tune.
LauraMax
Cathlete
I don't really pay attention to fat. Really the only fat I'm getting is in the meat & PB, & it's generally the "healthy" kind of fat. You're good w/the proteins you mentioned. The only thing I used to count is carbs, but by now I know what foods to eat to keep it around 50-75 carbs a day (I'm in maintenance mode now--if I gain a few lbs I go back to less than 20 a day). My diet is probably about 75-80% protein.
Oh & I should warn you--you will experience energy loss during the induction period, but it seems to level off after that first two weeks. I guess your body just gets used to it. So you might feel tired at first, but after a couple weeks you'll get your energy back.
Oh & I should warn you--you will experience energy loss during the induction period, but it seems to level off after that first two weeks. I guess your body just gets used to it. So you might feel tired at first, but after a couple weeks you'll get your energy back.
RapidBreath
Cathlete
Yeah, don't worry about the fat. Only trans-fats are really a problem. That old 'saturate fat is the devil' is as Jillian puts it, 'a dinosaur'.
My favorite fats are coconut oil and olive oil anyway. I love a homemade viniagrette with olive oil and balsamic.
My favorite fats are coconut oil and olive oil anyway. I love a homemade viniagrette with olive oil and balsamic.
LasVegasFitGirl
Cathlete
Awesome. i guess I'm on the right track. I'll use the book to fine tune my diet and figure out the carb stuff.