Oh course now I am beyond defending this WOE but I had a phisical today at my primary doctors. She saw my weight lose and asked how I have done it. I said," I know you probably arnt going to like this but I have been doing the Atkins." she said, " No this is good!: The skinny beautiful doc said to me!" Its the best way to lose weight fast and keep it off!" Keep doing what you are doing and come back in six weeks to do more blood work!"
Well I was a little shocked because my sister went to the same practice(different doc) and when she was saying she was doing atkins her doc was like NO! Stop now, if you dont stop I want you eating fruits also. At least one whole apple a day and some other fruit or fruit juice. She said ok but hasnt done it. Her colesterol is up a very little and something with her thyroid but besdies that she is losing weight also.
I am just happy to be doing this woe for the rest of my life and glad that my doctor is behind me.
I just wanted people to know( I havent posted in a few) That I was still here and still on plan. This is a wonderful place it keeps me so motivated.

It's sooooo great your doctor is behind you (mine is too).

Could it be that the penny is finally dropping???

wohoooohooooo!!!!!

My MD supports me, too!

That's great news!

I've finally gotten my PCP to at least shut up about low-fat diets, as long as I'm still losing weight on Atkins, though he does keep slipping in hints about lap band surgery, grrr. I'll show him! hehe

Morgan

I wanted the lap band surgery but after I found I CAN lose weight on my own I am happy to be doing this instead! Its such an easy way out for most people...I am glad you are doing it this way also.

Just a note on the "lapband" sugery, my husband's aunt had that done and she doesn't look hardly different after 2-3 months - I think she had lost 11 pounds initially, but then stalled, and not much since - I heard she paid around $16,000 to have it done out of pocket, not certain if that is accurate, but I thought she would have had better results with the surgery, apparently not


Laurie0515 - I think it's wonderful that you have the support of your Doctor!! How cool is that

I'd love to know what she's eating. Milkshakes?

that's nuts!

I have issues with weight loss surgery, mainly because the post-op diet is HARDER to adhere to than Atkins.. so.. why on earth would I do that to myself? lol

I do like food! (It shows huh? lol)

On Atkins, I can eat some really great food and never be hungry.. without having anything weird altered surgically inside of my stomach. Works for me.

That being said, I met a girl the other day who had the surgery a few months ago. She lost 50 pounds so far and has 10 more to go. (Now.. any MD that would do a surgery for someone that only needed to lose 60 pounds.. well.. THAT is another issue altogether), but her sisters both also had the procedure and only lost a little weight and have already put it back on, and more.

Atkins is working, and working well. It's a diet I can adhere to and be happy with, so that's what I'm doing

As a member of the 'medical establishment' (Harvard MD married to Harvard Dietitian), I had always been 'taught' that Atkins was 'bad', though without any supporting evidence... Medical Students and residents receive almost zero training in nutrition during medical school or residency, so most of their 'knowledge' on the subject is picked up informally in conversations with colleagues, and therefore not really subject to the usual academic scrutiny. I was therefore shocked when my new personal physician recommended Atkins, but she handed me a ream of scientific studies to back up her recommendation (along with her personal experiences with hundreds of patients). After reading the materials I was totally convinced, and I'm thrilled with the decision to change to this WOE. In addition to the weight loss, my resting heart rate has gone from 85 to 57 and BP from 135/85 to 110/60 - pretty impressive changes!



The average cost for the lap-band surgery is $12,000 - $20,000, so $16,000 is right in the middle ofthe range... What most people do not realize is that the average sustained weight loss for that procedure is only 40lbs (in patients with >100 lbs. to lose). The lap-band only reduces the size of the gastric pouch, it does not change the 'plumbing' the way the traditional 'stapling' and diversion procedures do...

As someone noted, the post-op diet after bariatric surgery is so restrictive that if you followed it without having the surgery first, you'd almost certainly lose a great deal of weight anyway...

It's great to have you here Vineyarder!

Congratulations on your loss so far, it's great!

I tell people I"m on low carb, Atkins, and then I cringe waiting for the fallout. Mostly now people just go quiet. I'm sure thinking I'm killing myself. I've resigned myself to losing and getting healthy as my proof.

Hopefully, the media and the medical community with 'get it' soon.

I've had a few people advise me that Atkins is unhealthy.

My response is usually "How can cutting out refined sugar and flour, and trans fats be unhealthy? None of those things are good for you in the first place."

Many of those same people, after telling me that I'm killing myself with this diet, will turn around and say that cutting out sugar is a healthy thing to do.

DUH!

I haven't mentioned it to a doctor lately but I was at a restaurant the other day and when I declined both the bun and the crackers the waitress looked at me and said 'I thought Atkins had been banned?'

Uhhh ... nope! And I'd like to see the government try to ban it! hehehehe No idea what she was thinking!

banned???? how can a way of eating be banned?????




oh, that made me spit out my crystal lite... rocket scientist she's not.

hehehehe ... glad to make you laugh pennink! Now wipe off your screen! *hands you a napkin* I wondered the same thing but she was serious!

In all seriousness - the food police could probably ban the LC bars/shakes etc. But then - those aren't good for us anyway. They won't - but they could if they determined LC frankenfoods were unsafe.

Can you imagine? They'd have to 'ban' eggs, cheese, low g.i. veggies, all meats... it's just nuts!

Oh, they'd have to ban nuts too!