Anyone any experience of the Atkins Diet?!
Question: I'm 51, a bus driver and getting fat, so I'm not enjoying my mid-life-crisis! A friend has lost 2 stone in 2 months on the Atkins, any suggestions on your experiences?
Answers: I'm 51, a bus driver and getting fat, so I'm not enjoying my mid-life-crisis! A friend has lost 2 stone in 2 months on the Atkins, any suggestions on your experiences?
The Atkins diet is really not very healthy at all. What I would suggest you do is first don't change your diet at all but add exercise to your day. 30 minutes a day of brisk walking for 5 days a week to start.
Then, after you've done that for a week, make some gradual changes in your diet. Here's an article about low carb diet plans that will help you pick out the diet that will suit your lifestyle best. http://www.healthy-living-for-moms.com/l... .
Congratulations on making the right decision to get healthy!
Healthy Mom
Yes it really works but is hard on your system, so be care full.
It works well, but it is hard to adhere to and it is hard on your liver (all that extra protien and gluconeogenesis from lack of carbs). It's a good way to take off 10-15 pounds, but once you restart carbs you are likely to loose all the benefits you gained, AND at 50 years old you have to be careful not to add too much fat to your diet in the process.
Yep, it'll work, but gets very tiresome after awhile. Nobody sticks with the Atkins for very long. But, that's true with any "diet." Give it a shot, but follow the instructions carefully.
Lifestyle change is the only long term solution to health and weight control.
Proper nutrition(not Atkins!)
Exercise
Calorie management
Yes, like any other diet it works if followed properly. It also works well by not making you feel hungry all the time. The drawback is that there are some foods that you just cannot eat. Some people find it makes them ill but I