Yes, it is better than eating just fruit and veg. Actually meat is a great source of protein a vitamins and it is excellent. If you have 8 oz of meat, chicken, etc., a serving of vegetables and a salad with olive oil, you will never gain weight and you will feel great. Now, no sweets, pasta, rice, pizza, etc. You can have low carb cheesecake which are excellent and you would not know the difference. Eating low carb is delicious. I think you are very young, but if you learn how to cook, you can make some very delicious meals that will not put an oz of fat in your body. Fat is stored as fat in the body only in the presence of carbs.

thank u so much ur such an amazing peerson to help me, i get so confused about what to eat and everything...thing is, is that i know i could be verging on the underweight side, but i want to maintain my weight or maybe just lose 1 or 2 more pounds, i dont know if atkins will work for me? because i heard it doesnt work if you dnont want to lose a drastic amount of weight...sorry if i seem annoying and alwyas askings!

No, Atkins is a healthy way of eating. I has 4 steps. You should not be doing the weight loss step but the maintenance step and you will be fine. It is a way of controlling overweight in people who can not process carbs well, not everyone has that problem, but if you follow the fourth step, you will do fine. Here is the link to Atkins lifetime maintenance http://atkins.com/howto/phase4.html

to Kat168

I live in a boarding house that serves only really fatty and high carb foods so when i was losing all that weight, for brekkie I ate about 150g Just right cold cereal with low fat milk, carrot, corn, lettuce, tomato for lunch and maybe 50g of vegie for dinner. I think why I lost so much weight is because I did a low fat/Atkins and ate no meat or fat. Yes I lost heaps of weight but I wouldn't suggest doing it this way at all, i was really lacking in vital nutrients (like calcium) i was pale and had weak hair/nails. The book really tells you how to do it properly.

thank you for all your advice- how are u getting along nowadays? hope your better now and atkins is helping you!

are you still doing a low fat version of the atkins, like without the mayo? hope your all okay, and thank you sadlady for all ur help, u have done so well so far!!- i was just looking at ur stats! well done!

wow! i am so glad i found this post. i just posted in daily low carb support about my eating disorder. i've been bulimic for about a year, and i am now using low carb as an alternative to purging. i really need a support group, i think we should start one

I'm in recovery from anorexia/bulimia and trying to lose my rebound weight - I agree LC has helped me lose me fear of eating regularly and I feel in control again. It's wonderful not to be hungry all the time. I don;t think i coudl ger underweight LC-ing either so i feel safe allowing myself to be on a diet again without getting sick. (I was hospitalised for anorexia at about 35kgs). let me know if you want my e-mail/msn for support chats etc

Blair

I have binge eating disorder.

You know...about 5000-6000 calories a day and not sleeping because my stomach hurts. Insomniac as a result. Did this for a month. Went from 110 to 125 lbs.

And I'm failing in school because eating has taken over my life. I just want to stop myself before I put on another 100 lbs.

It's not too late, it's not too late.

It isn't too late. Sometimes with binge eating we feel so guilty about the binge we try not to eat then get really hungry and another binge happens - Atkins helps that because you eat regularly and become less hungry. As for the emotional side keeping a diary of what you are feeling pre a binge helps identify your triggers so you can learn to make choices as to how you resond to them and learn alternative ways of meeting your emotional needs. Again if you want to chat get in touch as I have been through a lot of this in therapy - used to binge eat during my college days.

Love Blair

omg cha cha girl i am exaclty the same as u, i just keep on eating and eating and because i eat so much i give up and think, i might aswell keep on eating today, and start the diet again tomorrow or osemthing...
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i eat so much my stomach feels like its going to b urst and i can't breathe, is that how u feel? how do other people manage to stick to the diet, and also to tell thsemlves enough is enough...?

also blair, is it okay if i have ur msn? i used to be just like u, and it would be amazing to talk thank u!

Blair-GirlZombie~hotmail.co.uk

I don't use it as e-mail but I'm on MSN

kat168,

like, SERIOUSLY, I eat until I can't breathe. During EVERYONE of my classes, I'll eat a huge scone or muffin, then have fast food, and a BIG dinner. And I don't even do it when I'm with my friends. I eat like a normal "big-eater" with them, but once I'm at home, I'll finish a whole brand new pack of oreos before bedtime...then I can't sleep cuz I think I'm going burst or die of high levels of sugar. I know it hurts...I just don't understand how people do it as well. When I was in highschool, I got to 98 lbs before...that was my lightest.

Blair,

Thanks for your support. What kind of therapy did you get? I'm in college, and I tried to talk to a counselor, but she just sent me to the hospital on campus, had me talk to a specialist, who diagnosed me with depression. That was a shattering day.

Maybe I should download MSN...heheh it might affect my studying though...

I've seen counsellors which didn't do much for me. What helped was CBT. It's a very practical problem solving sort of therapy. You break down your problem and address it through stages of small managable goals.
I've eaten till I can't breath before. What helps is to find what triggers the binge, maybe by keeping a diary of your mood and whats going on before hand, then you can look at dealing with the triggers in alternative ways.

omg, I am so glad I found this thread! I've been bulimic for years and I'm finally ready to quit...soooo we'll see how this shebang goes. Keep up the good work everyone!

How is everyone doing?
After starving for so long I can't believe I can eat this much and lose. I have to laugh at the irony of what I put myself through for no reason at all.

Hope you are all good.

Blair