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Atkins Induction
shardian:
Ok, I read the snopes thing. I was thinking Edema (fluid retention), and apparently that was what it was. 'normal' coma patients don't get Edema. Edema is linked to heart conditions though.
shardian:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on September 05, 2008, 01:06:41 pm ---I doubt, highly, that 60 pounds of fluid was pumped into him in a week.
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You've apparently never seen anyone with severe edema.
ark_ader:
Sounds like a conspiracy. I'll call Mel Gibson.
On that note I'm down half a stone. :woot
Back to where I was before I started the Taco Bell and M&M diet. ;D
I still have issues with drinking 8 pints of water a day though...glug..glug..glug..
Jdurg:
One thing the Atkins diet can do is provide control for obese folk who never had any before. It causes them to pay attention to what they are eating and keep track of how much they are eating. For an obese person who has had no control over what they ate, this can be a huge help. When they get off the diet, they'll learn how to count calories and the amounts of fat and whatnot from the techniques they learned while on the diet.
AtomSmasher:
--- Quote from: Jdurg on September 05, 2008, 11:09:40 pm ---One thing the Atkins diet can do is provide control for obese folk who never had any before. It causes them to pay attention to what they are eating and keep track of how much they are eating. For an obese person who has had no control over what they ate, this can be a huge help. When they get off the diet, they'll learn how to count calories and the amounts of fat and whatnot from the techniques they learned while on the diet.
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Atkins diet only has you counting carbs, and while they recommend to keep calories and fat down, they don't have you count them. And just for clarity, I'm not saying the Atkins diet is bad, in fact I actually like it and have done it in the past, I'm just saying it doesn't teach you to count calories.
Actually for me I had a pretty good milestone in the past 8-9 months. Pretty much my entire life I have been slowly gaining weight anytime I wasn't on a diet and exercise routine, but back in late January I decided to make a number of small changes to what I normally eat (mainly just smaller portions, less fast food, and more whole grains) and have been slowly losing weight ever since. I've lost about 15lbs since January, which isn't much, but just the fact that I managed to change my diet just enough so that I'm slowly losing weight instead of gaining it was pretty important to me.
Pretty soon I plan on doing a fairly major diet, either with Atkins or ultra low calories, or maybe something else, I haven't decided yet and will consult my sister before I do anything (who is a nutritionist), to try and lose the majority of the weight in a much faster timeframe. Now that I know how to eat a healthy normal diet, I'm confident that I'll be able to keep the weight off.
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