I don't disagree with you, Ieatmeat. I feel like Atkins works for me, but I'm not sure if it's because I manage to eat lower calories or what. When I'm eating high/regular carbs, I tend to overeat. I don't see it as any more mysterious than that. I definitely am not overeating now. Haven't lost much, but don't have much to lose. If left to my own devices, I'd probably put on 5 lbs. a year. I did low-carb years ago and lost weight I never put back on, but I must admit, after reading the book and all of the explanations as to why it worked, I was perplexed because I knew I was eating a heck of a lot less than I had before! Dr. Atkins was a fallable human being like all of us, and I think that there is nothing wrong in being critical and analytical, etc. I personally do not believe in silver bullets, and think that anything worthwhile takes WORK.
Today, I've had chicken sausage and a fruit salad for breakfast, and a green salad with pesto chicken, tomatoes, cucumber, mushrooms and walnuts for lunch. I'll have something like tuna steak tonight with a spinach salad. Some people might gob on the bacon fat and mayo, but not me. How could my particular diet lead to any bad effects? I think lots of people are making adjustments to low-carb. I'm using my own nutritional instinct on this one - good fresh foods that don't leave me wanting to barf. I don't think I need to do research to figure this out! The only thing I'm not having is white food - bread, pasta, rice, sugar. And brown food, I guess = chocolate. And as a little treat once in a while, I have a little bit of something yummy, like an ice cream cone or something. And damned if it doesn't taste better than it does when you eat that stuff all the time!
I also believe that low-carb won't work for everyone, just as low-fat won't. I couldn't stay on low-cal/low-fat because I was always completely ravenous. That's just me, though.
But I do think when people find something that works, they can't help but want to spread the word. And yes, it can seem a bit evangelical, but when I did the Zone, I spread the 'word' (sorry about this gospel pun) very enthusiastically, and it led to a good friend of mine, one who could never stay on a diet, losing 50 lbs. She's still slim! It just so happens that she did it via low-carb, but the amounts she was eating before would have kept the weight on, that's for sure. So whatever works, right!
BTW, I hated induction myself, but once I made it through the tunnel, I felt OK, meaning no better or worse than before. But I'll sure feel good if I can walk down the beach without my tummy jiggling along in front of me!
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