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Atkins Induction
shardian:
I need to lose weight badly too, but Atkins and other fad diets are not the answer. Frequent dieting is never the answer - the rapid swings in metabolism and dietary changes screw with your body very, very badly.
We have a family friend who used to gain weight in the winter and then hardcore diet in the spring/summer to take it off. She now is in her late 40's and is now having major health issues. The gall bladder thing happened to her, as well as diabetes, and several other health issues.
Fad dieting also trains your body to hoard fats and calories. When you come off the diet, your metabolism will plummet, because your body will literally 'freak out' and prepare for another possible stretch of no food.
Slow and steady life changes is the only way to lose weight and be more healthy overall.
FrizzleFried:
There is so much BS in this thread about low carb diets. Diabetic? Hahaha. I'm not diabetic and I low carbed it. Hell, my doctors were ENCOURAGING me to stick with my diet as it was working. As for vitamins and minerals, ever heard of supplements? And no, you don't eat JUST meat.
Those who have ZERO CLUE about what a low carb diet is all about...your ignorance is apparent...
ChadTower:
It really doesn't matter in the end. People who go on short term diets will end up struggling long term to keep the weight off. Shardian was right - the old wisdom is the right wisdom. Want to be lower bodyfat? Clean food and lots of exercise as life habits. Best way is to pick up a sport or hobby that makes the exercise something you actually want to do. We're not gerbils - a treadmill is not satisfying.
shardian:
Being skinny is not equal to healthy living.
I'm sure you've read about Michael Phelps eating habits, right? Have you also read about Mark Spitz later life health problems? The dude's cholesterol is thru the roof.
Those fad diets catch up with you later in life. They confuse your body, and lead to mid-life health problems. Fluctuating your weight by considerable amounts is worse than just being overweight.
ChadTower:
People keep talking about Phelps' "eating habits" based on one story. Those aren't his eating habits. That is what he eats in the middle of the Olympics.
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