Atkins Diet

liney

Fair enough, the diet must have been modified; does it now resemble 'The South Beach diet'?

When my father was on this plan he was living on meat, and cheese. No fruit or veg. I was very concerned.

cobbingstones

My husband and I did this this diet and both of us lost lots of weight. Sorry can't think of how you could do this cheaply. Would do it again, but we both suffered big time with consipation :-/

good luck
MM

Mrs_Pepperpot_2

My husband and i both did this diet. We both lost weight but he felt great and I felt terrible - guess it doesn't suit everyone

chocolatefish

Another Atkins fan here, the OH and I lost around 4-5 stones between us and compeltely changed our eating habits as a result. We now eat a modified version of Atkins / low carb / low GI that is a bit more LBYM. We tend to focus on filling up with veggies and salad rather than large amounts of meat. Tinned fish is a cheaper way of getting protein, as are less fashionable fish like mackerel (smoked mackerel salad - yum!). We also now eat a fair amount of beans / grains - chickpeas, lentils and the like are good alternative filler-uppers. I think our current diet is more low GI than Atkins - but unlike Atkins you do have to keep an eye on portion sizes when you introduce more carbs in. Certainly the appetite reducing qualities of protein and fats help reduce the cost when you see the portion sizes shrink!

It seems crazy that eating food that is not processed, that is good quality and that is basically straightforward un-mucked around food should be so expensive compared to highly processed crap and cheap carby fillers.

EthelBloggs

I lost about 8 stone on Atkins ish a few years ago, I sort of modified it to suit my own lifestyle and found it great.

Another site you might find useful is

http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/eatfat.html

Surf around on there, there's a lot of info

There's also a low carb in the uk group on yahoo.. I think it's got - between each word, that was a great source of support for me at the time

hth

sheryldoc

I have 4 stone to lose!

Im very lazy when it come to preparing food.. but I kno that im getting beyond a joke.. so im going to try this.

I have some ebook type things on my comp ill happily send them to anyone who would like a look, Its things like recipes, tips, excercises all based on Atkins.

cobbingstones

Good luck Sheryl - you can do it!!

MM

sheryldoc

sheryldoc wrote:

I have 4 stone to lose!

Im very lazy when it come to preparing food.. but I kno that im getting beyond a joke.. so im going to try this.

I have some ebook type things on my comp ill happily send them to anyone who would like a look.

Aww thanx.. that was an unexpected little boost much appreciated!

Im going food shopping tomoz so im goni have a nosey and see whats best to buy..x

carol9uk

i did this diet last year and lost weight. i used to have 20g of carb a day not 40.
i used to eat a lot so chicken, tuna, salad, courttes, cabbage. i used to get a lot of sliced meat that i saw in the reduced part in the supermarket. i also used the pills and found that i was not that hungery all the time. yhou cant have too much cheese and dont forget to buy full fat mayo. cheese, milk as they all contain less carbs.

sheryldoc

This mite sound disgusting to some but so LoL

I need ketchup with everything!.. curries, grave, cheese..

I dont think I can cut this out!!!.. but it seems its full of carbs!..

Whats are the pills carol?