I've had many doubts about all these horseshit "shock and awe" diets that basically nutritionally fuck you up inside to make your body splurge out some fatty goo (and a lot more).
The pinnacle of this insanity was when a fairly coherent co-worker said to me today, "Oh, I miss orange juice the most. But it's got way too many carbs, so it's a no-no."
What the fuck is with society that it's now going to consider orange juice as fucking unhealthy? Not to mention the fact that Dr. Atkins was plenty overweight when he died...and now every single food company has its own "New! Healthy, Atkins-Approved Low-carb!" option (loaded with saturated and trans fats).
Low-Carb diets == CRAP.
Diet: Atkins
2I remember going to a fast food drive-thru and ordering a hamburger and telling them to "hold the bun" as a stupid joke. Go figure.
I can't wait until people realize that you can also lose weight by abstaining from water. That'll be a fun diet fad to watch.
I can't wait until people realize that you can also lose weight by abstaining from water. That'll be a fun diet fad to watch.
Diet: Atkins
3The woman here in my office likes to order bacon double cheesburgers without the top bun. Yeah, that should help.
Diet: Atkins
4diets in general are stupid. why the fuck can't people just eat in moderation? jesus christ. or, if you're going to eat a lot of food, at least have the sense to keep yourself in shape somehow.
Diet: Atkins
5I like how most people are undereducated on how this works. its a pretty good idea. most diets work to a certain degree, but the total lack of willpower and laziness makes people carry around their fat asses.
people give up sooooo easy. its like people who quit smoking 30 times. what is harder to do? quit once and never go back or quitting five times a year. I quit smoking and the quitting process sucked.
I digress-
I like how subway advertises low-carb wraps. they are like 14 carbs. the atkins allows something like 18 a day. 1 wrap = most of your daily carbs. stupid.
people give up sooooo easy. its like people who quit smoking 30 times. what is harder to do? quit once and never go back or quitting five times a year. I quit smoking and the quitting process sucked.
I digress-
I like how subway advertises low-carb wraps. they are like 14 carbs. the atkins allows something like 18 a day. 1 wrap = most of your daily carbs. stupid.
Diet: Atkins
6I would say 'crap' if all that bacon didn't clog up your colon.
anyone remember those KFC commercials where they advertised 'and our chicken is and has always been low carb!' and then a week later the government made them take it off the air because it wasn't.. um, true? yeah, so don't eat brown rice or fruit, but eat fried chicken and you'll lose weight!
anyone remember those KFC commercials where they advertised 'and our chicken is and has always been low carb!' and then a week later the government made them take it off the air because it wasn't.. um, true? yeah, so don't eat brown rice or fruit, but eat fried chicken and you'll lose weight!
Diet: Atkins
7i have been fascinated by the prevalence of this goofy diet
i have no doubt it works for fatsos. big fat guy at work is less fat, a lot less fat, now than he was a couple months ago. he is atkins guy. he eats a lot of cheese.
thing is...i'm not a dietician, mind you, but you eat no carbs, you have no glucose, your body adapts to use other shit in place of glucose. shit that it gets from fat, which leaves the body, and hooray you are losing weight. BUT your fuckin' brain needs glucose. you are not going to get much glucose from the protein you eat. chances are pretty good that you are going to lose muscle to protein conversion.
i don't want to lose muscle to protein conversion
anyway, if you are big and fat and need to drop the weight before getting your general act together, i think this maybe is ok. but as a way of life, i think it is crap, and on the whole, i say crap. get out of the house and exercise hard a few times a week, don't be a hog, and the rest will usually fall in line. right?
i have no doubt it works for fatsos. big fat guy at work is less fat, a lot less fat, now than he was a couple months ago. he is atkins guy. he eats a lot of cheese.
thing is...i'm not a dietician, mind you, but you eat no carbs, you have no glucose, your body adapts to use other shit in place of glucose. shit that it gets from fat, which leaves the body, and hooray you are losing weight. BUT your fuckin' brain needs glucose. you are not going to get much glucose from the protein you eat. chances are pretty good that you are going to lose muscle to protein conversion.
i don't want to lose muscle to protein conversion
anyway, if you are big and fat and need to drop the weight before getting your general act together, i think this maybe is ok. but as a way of life, i think it is crap, and on the whole, i say crap. get out of the house and exercise hard a few times a week, don't be a hog, and the rest will usually fall in line. right?
Diet: Atkins
9hmm...i'm a big fat guy. like, probably pushing 200 pounds overweight, and it's a drag. it's entirely my fault, of course, because up until recently i exclusively ate garbage (i wasn't eating all the time or eating particularly excessively, usually one proper meal a day, but that meal included nothing with any nutritional value at all) and never exercised. my excess weight hasn't caused me any health problems yet, but i know it will eventually, and further i'm outright disgusted with myself because of my physical appearance. plus, who's not going to scoff at a big fat guy playing in a rock band (unless the big fat guy is david thomas)?
i'm doing the atkins diet temporarily, just because i know people who have had pretty quick results from it. i don't plan on staying on this diet for long, because i think it, and any other fad diet for that matter, is impractical, and because it simply cannot be healthy in the long run. i've also started walking a two miles every day after work. i've been doing this for about a month, but i confess i haven't noticed any discernable results. this may be because i refuse to actually step on a scale and thus am judging strictly by appearance. yes, i realize this is stupid.
the atkins thing may be working, it may not, and it may be too soon to tell. regardless of whether or not i make any progress at all, i plan on quitting it sooner rather than later, sorting out a more reasonable diet for myself, possibly asking my doctor about it, even though it seems like it would be common sense to figure out. i want to be sure i'm doing what's best. of course, i'm going to continue the exercise regimen i've set up for myself and progressively increase it periodically.
so i'm using atkins to "get my foot in the door" psychologically, i guess. like, if i'm able to take off even a slightly noticeable amount of weight, that'll be something at least, and i'll work from there.
so, at the risk of getting laughed off this board, i'm going to go with NOT CRAP for atkins as a start, but not as a solution.
i'm doing the atkins diet temporarily, just because i know people who have had pretty quick results from it. i don't plan on staying on this diet for long, because i think it, and any other fad diet for that matter, is impractical, and because it simply cannot be healthy in the long run. i've also started walking a two miles every day after work. i've been doing this for about a month, but i confess i haven't noticed any discernable results. this may be because i refuse to actually step on a scale and thus am judging strictly by appearance. yes, i realize this is stupid.
the atkins thing may be working, it may not, and it may be too soon to tell. regardless of whether or not i make any progress at all, i plan on quitting it sooner rather than later, sorting out a more reasonable diet for myself, possibly asking my doctor about it, even though it seems like it would be common sense to figure out. i want to be sure i'm doing what's best. of course, i'm going to continue the exercise regimen i've set up for myself and progressively increase it periodically.
so i'm using atkins to "get my foot in the door" psychologically, i guess. like, if i'm able to take off even a slightly noticeable amount of weight, that'll be something at least, and i'll work from there.
so, at the risk of getting laughed off this board, i'm going to go with NOT CRAP for atkins as a start, but not as a solution.
Diet: Atkins
10The Atkins diet basically takes a good premise and perverts it to such an extreme, that I would question how it could work for any Americans caught in a typical modern lifestyle.
The problem with modern dietary consumption is excess refined carbohydrates. Sugar and corn syrup (probably the worst thing for anyone), bleached or enriched flour and rice, refined corn products. The problem isn't carbs in toto - it is strictly carbs that have been refined to the point where there is no nutritional value other than raw consumable calories.
Even without carbs, though, excess calorie consumption is irresponsible. If you eat 2000-3000 calories a day in meat and cheese, you're still going to have a difficult time losing weight. Now your cholesterol is going through the roof, you're exacerbating the accumulation of vascular plaque, and you're depriving yourself of valueable nutrients - especially from fruits and vegetables. Hello stroke and colon cancer!
The key to losing weight and sustaining it is fewer calories and less refined and processed food products. This kind of diet isn't as easy as ordering a double-cheeseburger without the bun. It requires that one prepares their own meals and shop at a co-op or Whole Foods. All carbs must be whole grain or fresh vegetable/fruit. Things that say "unbleached wheat", "enriched wheat", "unbleached enriched wheat", or anything like that does not work. It must be "whole wheat" or "unrefined". You may not eat anything that contains sugar, corn syrup/fructose/sucrose, dextrose, malto-dextrin, or barley malt. You may not have potatoes, rice (whole brown rice is OK), pasta. Though you may eat as much fresh vegetables as you like, fruit should be limited to 2-3 servings. Lentils (Yummy
), and beans are OK. Meat should be grilled, broiled, sauteed, or broasted. No frying! No hydrogenated or trans-fats in ANYTHING!
You will lose weight eating like this. There will be no more dining at fast-food or chain restaurants.
My wife had a bout of generalized candiditis a few years ago and used this type of diet to purge her body of yeast. She inadvertanty lost about 30 pounds in three months as a result - and this was not even a goal!
The reason Americans have such a hard time is giving up the soda, fast-food, box-meals, prepared foods, and processed junk from most grocery stores. You'd be amazed at the weight you'd lose eating only foods that are in their unprocessed, unadulterated, original/natural state.
The problem with modern dietary consumption is excess refined carbohydrates. Sugar and corn syrup (probably the worst thing for anyone), bleached or enriched flour and rice, refined corn products. The problem isn't carbs in toto - it is strictly carbs that have been refined to the point where there is no nutritional value other than raw consumable calories.
Even without carbs, though, excess calorie consumption is irresponsible. If you eat 2000-3000 calories a day in meat and cheese, you're still going to have a difficult time losing weight. Now your cholesterol is going through the roof, you're exacerbating the accumulation of vascular plaque, and you're depriving yourself of valueable nutrients - especially from fruits and vegetables. Hello stroke and colon cancer!
The key to losing weight and sustaining it is fewer calories and less refined and processed food products. This kind of diet isn't as easy as ordering a double-cheeseburger without the bun. It requires that one prepares their own meals and shop at a co-op or Whole Foods. All carbs must be whole grain or fresh vegetable/fruit. Things that say "unbleached wheat", "enriched wheat", "unbleached enriched wheat", or anything like that does not work. It must be "whole wheat" or "unrefined". You may not eat anything that contains sugar, corn syrup/fructose/sucrose, dextrose, malto-dextrin, or barley malt. You may not have potatoes, rice (whole brown rice is OK), pasta. Though you may eat as much fresh vegetables as you like, fruit should be limited to 2-3 servings. Lentils (Yummy
), and beans are OK. Meat should be grilled, broiled, sauteed, or broasted. No frying! No hydrogenated or trans-fats in ANYTHING!
You will lose weight eating like this. There will be no more dining at fast-food or chain restaurants.
My wife had a bout of generalized candiditis a few years ago and used this type of diet to purge her body of yeast. She inadvertanty lost about 30 pounds in three months as a result - and this was not even a goal!
The reason Americans have such a hard time is giving up the soda, fast-food, box-meals, prepared foods, and processed junk from most grocery stores. You'd be amazed at the weight you'd lose eating only foods that are in their unprocessed, unadulterated, original/natural state.