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Atkins Diet still going strong

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Jackson) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:46:00 +0000

The Atkins Diet is legendary. It is one of the few diets that caused a kind of mass hysteria. Food manufacturers lined up to bring new lines of low-carb food, and everyone was talking about Atkins.

Dr Robert Atkins passed away in 2003, and since then the super-fad of Atkins has slowly ebbed away. This hasn't stopped numerous versions of the Atkins diet appearing on the shelves.

Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution was published in 2002. The All-New Atkins Advantage appeared in late 2007. In between these dates a myriad of variations on the low-carb theme have appeared.

Finally, we have The New Atkins for A New You by Dr Eric Westman.

While it seems odd to keep calling the same diet "new" -- it demonstrates that nutrition is a field that is constantly changing as new research comes to hand. The latest Atkins revision includes information from over 50 references that make up the body of research undertaken in the field of low-carbohydrate diets.

Low carb diets will always have their place, and there is ample evidence to show that a restricted carbohydrate approach leads to weight loss. However, it seems that (like many restrictive diets) the fall-off rate is high. It's hard to stick to, and long-term results are varied.

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I'm not an obsessive dieter - Hannah hits back at Ricky

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Jackson) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:54:00 +0000

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I'm not an obsessive dieter - Hannah hits back at Ricky

Hannah Waterman has struck back at her estranged hubby Ricky Groves after he criticised her "obsessive dieting" in an tv interview.

The 34-year-old corrie star, who lost over 3 stone last year and dropped from a size 16 to size six, has denied that the diets took over her life - and explained why she had 4 sets of scales in her home.

Speaking to Closer magazine, she said: "I did the DVD exercise routine 3 times a week with a trainer and some weeks it was only once or twice a week. Obsessive is the last thing it was.

"As for having 4 sets of weighing scales - that's because 3 of them were broken!

"I lost the weight at a healthy rate of 2lbs a week or less, directly in line with Government Health Department guidelines. This was no crash diet regime."

Hannah dumped Ricky, 41, on New Year's Day - leaving him angry and wondering if that another man was involved.

He told a newspaper: "I don't know who the other man in her life is. I have no idea and I don't want to know.

"I feel distraught enough without having a name. I won't play guessing games and I won't ask her who he is because that would destroy me."

But Hannah has strongly denied there is anybody else in her life.

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Atkins Nutritionalists Gives Consumers More Ways to Start the Year Right

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Jackson) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:42:00 +0000

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Atkins Nutritionalists Gives Consumers More Ways to Start the Year Right

Atkins Nutritionals Inc. ("Atkins(TM)"), a market-leading weight-management company, will start 2010 with a robust, multimillion dollar, yearlong marketing campaign that takes direct aim at its closest competitors while strengthening its social media presence. Atkins will further fortify its place as a leading diet company in March 2010 when the brand launches its new book, The New Atkins for a New You: The Ultimate Diet for Shedding Weight and Feeling Great (Fireside) by Dr. Eric C. Westman, Dr. Stephen D. Phinney and Dr. Jeff S. Volek.

To kick-start the New Year--and the diet--consumers can now register on Atkins.com to receive three free nutrition bars, along with a quick-start guide and carb counter book. By March 2010, Atkins expects to give away more than 1 million bars, offering more consumers the chance to sample the delicious and nutritious snacks packed with protein and fiber but low in sugar and other carbohydrates. Also on the bar front, Atkins will add exciting new flavors to its popular Advantage®, Day Break(TM) and Endulge(TM) product lines in February 2010.

In 2010, Atkins spokesperson and actress Courtney Thorne-Smith will appear in her first Atkins commercial, as well as in more than 2,500 in-store displays on Wal-Mart Smart TVs. Thorne-Smith has followed the Atkins lifestyle for the past 10 years. Before Atkins, she was unable to find a way to maintain her weight, going up and down on the diet rollercoaster. This experience gives her a unique understanding of the weight-loss struggles most people have experienced. Thorne-Smith will also be featured on the revamped Atkins.com website, welcoming visitors with a web video that acquaints them with the four phases of the Atkins Diet.

Lastly, in addition to its already strong social media presence, Atkins will start a new online campaign using video testimonials to track 5-8 people on their weight loss journey. The campaign is accepting applicants at www.poptent.net until January 15, 2010, after which point finalists will be selected to film their weight loss journey over a 12-week period. Produced in conjunction with XLNTAds, participants will upload a series of 2-minute videos that tracks their weight loss progress, challenges and successes. Participants will use the Atkins web site and products for support. Video will be posted to Atkins.com, video and social media networks.

"Our fully integrated marketing program will incorporate our website, ads, book and new products in addition to special retail and trade promotions," said Jennifer McGhee, VP of Marketing for Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. "Atkins Nutritionals has proven to be a leader in the diet industry, and consumers have a wealth of opportunities to start the new year with new goals. We're very excited to welcome more people to the Atkins lifestyle with our quick-start guide, three nutrition bars and online program--and all are completely free."
About Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.

Atkins Nutritionals, Inc., is a leading player in the $2.4-billion dollar weight-control nutrition category, and offers a powerful lifetime approach to weight loss and ongoing weight management. The Atkins Diet(TM), also known as the Atkins Nutritional Approach(TM), focuses on a healthy diet with reduced levels of sugar and other refined carbohydrates and encourages the consumption of adequate protein and good fats, along with high-fiber vegetables, fruits and other whole foods. Backed by research and consumer success stories, this approach allows the body to burn more fat and work more efficiently while moderating hunger and enhancing satisfaction and energy level.

Atkins Nutritionals, Inc., manufactures and sells a variety of nutrition bars, shakes and other foods designed around the nutritional principles of the Atkins Diet. The four Atkins product lines, including Advantage®, Day Break(TM), Endulge(TM) and Cuisine(TM), appeal to a broad audience of both men and women who want to achieve their weight management goals and enjoy a healthier lifestyle. Atkins products are available in more than 30,000 locations throughout the U.S. and internationally. For more information, visit atkins.com.

Kim Kardashian: I regained 5 pounds over the holidays!

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Jackson) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:29:00 +0000

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Kim Kardashian: I regained 5 pounds over the holidays!

Reality star Kim Kardashian is easing up on dieting and exercise to enjoy the holidays. Kardashian reveals via Twitter that she recently regained 5 pounds.

OMG, I officially gained about 5 or 6 lbs, Kim tweeted Dec. 23. Back to heavy workouts! I was doing so good :(

Kardashian, 29, lost 19 pounds this summer, dropping from 128 lbs to 109 lbs., by working out 3-5 times a week and cutting back on junk food and sweets.

Kim, who became an overnight celebrity in 2007 after her pornographic sex tape was leaked online, recently debuted a racy ad for Carl's Jr. fast-food chain.

You can eat fast food and still be healthy, Kardashian claims, as she swallows phallic-shaped salad pieces during the oversexed TV commercial.

The voluptuous Kim says she has tried every diet out there to slim down, but the key was portion control and daily exercise.

"I tried the Atkins Diet, the cabbage-soup diet, every ridiculous diet ever," she says. "I've lost a solid 10 pounds in a little more than a year. I feel like I'm in the best shape of my life."

Still Kardashian, who recently released a trio of workout DVDs called Fit in Your Jeans by Friday, insists true beauty comes from embracing your body shape--no matter what it is. "The most important thing is not to be shy — work with what you have," she says.

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Atkins Diet - The Christmas Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Jackson) — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:17:00 +0000

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Atkins Diet - The Christmas Challenge

CAN you actually lose weight during the holiday season instead of gaining it? Yes, you can, believe it or not.
If that sounds like the biggest put-me-on of the century to you, let me assure you that it isn’t. I should know. It happened to me.

Back in the ’90s, I pulled off the seemingly impossible. A glorious day it was when I went back to work in early January and people couldn’t believe that there was actually less of me after the holidays than there was when we all took the holiday break.

You know how it is: Christmas ham, stuffed turkey, fruit cake, bibingka, puto bumbong, lechon, embutido, pasta, paella, spirits, ice cream and sweets, sweets, sweets. Hard to resist, by any measure. Plus, what Scrooge is this that refuses to partake of the bounty of the plentiful season?

So did I do a Lenten fast in the middle of the Yule celebrations? Nope. Did I have to give up lechon? Nah. The stuffed turkey? Noo-oh. The Christmas ham? Nyet. But I did lie low on the carbs, tread a might too softly on the sweets, and hardly ever touched any of the good spirits except to toast the coming new year. After all, just a few teeny drops of good-natured alcohol can change me into a fast-talking, crazy sounding other person. So I lay off the stuff the rest of the year.

So here’s the key. My secret solution to the weight loss that year was basically an Atkins diet approach, tweaked here and there to accommodate Filipino eating habits and food fare. I filled my plate with meat dishes and all the good stuff, but went easy on stuff like lechon sauce and other things that had “invisible” starch and sugar in it. Took in just a tad of sweets at the end of a meal just to get “the taste” out instead of finishing a whole box of fruit cake, as I was wont to do. Went for water or no-sugar soft drinks, and watched what fruits to gorge on, as some of them are very high in sugar. Mangoes and grapes, for example.

Now, some people have other preferred diets, but for me the Atkins diet worked. More than the kind of diet you choose, however, it’s your sense of determination and willingness to work toward your goals that will make you succeed at defying the odds during a season of tremendous temptation.

This Christmas, I’m hoping many of us can still swim against the current, do the highly improbable and greet the New Year feeling good about our willpower and the great feeling of not having any excess flesh hanging out over our waistlines. As a holiday treat, I’ve compiled some very specific holiday tips on how to actually lose weight during these two or three weeks of outright indulgence. Here goes:

1. Eat small, snack often. Ever heard of the six-meals-a-day diet? It’s principle is, you’ll rev up your metabolism better if you stimulate it more often, but not overwhelm it with copious amounts of food. You can graze and snack on a little here and there all day, so you don’t get overly hungry and eat a super mega meal to make up for the deprivation. Snacks are important, and main meals must be small and tasteful. Skipping breakfast and overly ornate suppers are no-nos.

2. Go easy on the gravy, dressings and high-calorie condiments.
All of these can be loaded with carbs, sugar and/or fat. When you can, go for vinaigrette or fruit dressings on your salad—but make sure they’re not too sweet. There are hidden calories and spoilers in stuff like ketchup, pickle relish and other yummy condiments. If you enjoy food without too much sarsa or chorva, well and good!

3. Don’t stuff yourself with too much carbohydrates; go for the veggies. Nix the all-you-can-eat pasta. Limit your bread intake, and go without rice, especially in the evening, if you can. Veggies are good carbohydrate sources, without too much of the starch. So, if you’re worried you’re not getting enough carbohydrates to balance your food intake, just prefer vegetables over the starchy carbs like potatoes, rice, bread and kakanin.
4. Drink a lot of water. Water is a great appetite suppressant and it does a lot to rid yourself of toxins. Believe it or not, drinking lots of water will not give you water retention. On the contrary, it will help flush out the excess water in your system that you got from eating lots of salty food. Which is what gave you water retention in the first place.

5. Get active even if you don’t feel like it. Don’t sit around watching TV or DVDs all day during the Christmas break. Get out and jog, play with the dog, join a family game or just go hit the gym. Being active will not only burn off your fat, it will also keep you from thinking of food too much. It’s Christmas! Celebrate life!

6. Don’t skip dessert, but have just a little. Have a sliver instead of a big slice of cake or apple pie. Don’t have ice cream or whipped cream with whatever it is that makes you sweeter. Just get enough to stop your craving and to “put closure” on your meal for that day. Exercise your willpower. Christmas is when it often gets tested. You will survive.

7. Don’t worry, be happy. Don’t deprive yourself, actually. Just be sensible. The holidays are happy times and you should go with the flow. In short, be on “diet mode,” but it doesn’t have to show. Just use your head and your all-important “mental brakes” before embarking on a feast to remind yourself about what and just how much you are supposed to have. Abide by the rules of that mental contract and you’ll find you’ll be one happy person come January 2. Guaranteed.

Now have yourself a merry, guilt-free Christmas. Enjoy!

Dieting Mistakes to Avoid This Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Jackson) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:42:00 +0000

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The holiday season can often be a trying period for many people who struggle throughout the year to keep their weight under control. For women, in particular, it is believed to be a very stressful event, which is why there are several things they should bear in mind at all times if they want to avoid the extra weight gain this time of the year, FitSugar says.

For starters, deprivation is not the answer to staying fit. Many women start off the holiday season with the idea that they will avoid gaining weight by not eating any of the goodies they will have at their discretion lying around. However, what they almost never count on is that deprivation eventually leads to overindulging – so, in order to prevent that it’s best to enjoy some of the homemade goodies, all the while exercising moderation.

Cutting carbs for a while might be seen as a good method to lose weight, but it’s not actually advisable, FitSugar says. “With the Atkins diet craze, carbs got a bad name. Many folks still think cutting carbs is a quick weight loss trick. The dark, cold days of Winter is no time to cut the bread and pasta out of your life; carbs help in the production of serotonin, the feel-good brain chemical. Search out complex carbs and whole grains to keep your spirits high and your diet balanced,” the fitness-oriented publication explains.

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High fat low carb diet may raise heart risk

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Jackson) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:01:00 +0000

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Dr Steven Hunter from the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast and colleagues found that a high fat low carb diet and a high carb low fat diet have the same effects on weight loss and glucose metabolism except that the high fat low carb diet raises risk of heart disease.

High fat and low carb diet like Atkins diet is popular with those who want to lose weight

, because this diet promotes short term weight loss effectively even though the dieters could not maintain the effect for a long term.

Additionally, nutritionists are worried that the high fat low carb diet lacks many essential nutrients, particularly those fat-insoluble nutrients and predisposes the dieters potentially for many illnesses.

Dr, Hunter and colleagues compared a high fat low carbohydrate diet with 60 percent fat and 20 percent carbohydrate and a low fat and high carbohydrate diet with 20 percent fat and 60 percent carbohydrate for their effects on blood sugar, insulin, arterial stiffness and cardiovascular risk factors in 24 overweight or obese subjects aged 39 plus or minus 10 years with an average body mass index of 33.6 kg/m2.

In the 8-week trial, subjects were given randomly either the high fat low carb diet or the high carb low fat diet. All the overweight or obese subjects consumed 500 kcal/day less than the amount normally required for individuals with a normal BMI.

The researchers assessed insulin action, insulin secretion by the euglycaemic clamp and measured body composition, adipokine levels of vascular compliance by pulse-wave analysis among other things.

The researchers found that the risks of low carb high fat diet far outweighed the potential benefits in overweight and obese people through weight loss including improvements in blood pressure and risk factors for coronary heart disease.

Both diets had equal health benefits in all areas including weight loss, the body's blood sugar uptake or production, meal tolerance-related insulin secretion. But those who were on the high fat and low carb diet were more likely to have worse arterial stiffness than those who used the high carb low fat diet.

Dr. Colin T Campbell, a nutritionist at Cornell University says in his book China Study that Chinese people in rural areas have higher intake of calories and low intake of meat and fat, but are less likely to have any problems with the heart and body weight than people in the United States. He suggests that high intake of fat and low intake of carb in the United States is one of the most important reasons for the difference. Full Story CLICK HERE

The Hidden Perils Of The Atkins Diet Phenomena

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Jackson) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:22:00 +0000

Promises of a slim slender figure in just a few weeks, whilst feasting on unlimited portions of red meats, cheeses and other fatty animal foods, is a godsend to most diet obsessed individuals who struggle to beat the bulge whilst keeping their hands off the steak knife. But does a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet, commonly known as the Atkins diet, really work? And if so, at what cost to our health?

Protein is first and foremost a cell builder. It is essential in the process of repairing and building new muscle cells vital for growth and is found naturally in milk, cheese, nuts, eggs, meat and fish. High protein foods derived from animal fats are naturally high in cholesterol and saturated fats, and as part of a balanced diet this is no problem as the body receives adequate energy levels and has the ability to break down and utilize its components accordingly. However when the carbohydrates, with its complex starches and fibers, are lost from the diet and replaced with significantly higher than normal levels of protein, and with it the fats from the animal products, the body is more at risk. Effectively, the Atkins diet works, perhaps disturbingly so, because an entire food group is removed from the diet. Furthermore, on a low-carb diet the body does not receive enough calories and so is forced to burn fat. It produces keytones as a by-product which can cause nausea, stomach cramps, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and bad breath amongst other complaints. Keytones also curb the appetite so effectively that people following the Atkins diet will be less hungry; therefore, less food portions are eaten than those on a normal diet.

The press surrounding the book "Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution" has not always been plain sailing and has become increasingly rocky in recent years. According to the American Kidney Fund (AKF) and researchers at the University of Connecticut, high protein diets are known to place enormous amounts of strain on the kidneys, which can lead to chronic kidney disease and eventual kidney failure.

Everyone from the American Heart Association, to the American Cancer Society and the American College of Sports Medicine seem to oppose the Atkins diet. It contradicts all of what the health professionals stand for, with unhealthy fatty foods replacing natural food such as fresh fruit, vegetables and cereals. The lack of a balanced and varied diet is responsible for a nation struggling to cope with increased cases of cholesterol, heart disease, cancer and kidney problems.

It seems that we are often blinkered into believing what the diet fad wants us to believe, for a quick fix in getting thin in an image-obsessed society that will stop at nothing to create an ideal diet that, let’s face it, will never exist. Fatty, sugary and salty foods are always going to litter our shelves and call out for cravings to tempt us from the fruit bowl, and none of these will ever aid us in losing weight in a healthy way. Balance is key. We must learn to listen to our bodies, and feed them according to our individual physical needs. For centuries food was part of the survival mechanism and yet now we live in a nation obsessed with getting thin regardless of the cost to our health. It’s high time we all woke up and ate normally again, without labeling our foods into the category that Atkins fed off. Money maker it may be, healthy and sustainable it definitely isn’t.

Atkins Products

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Jackson) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:56:00 +0000

Dieting is never easy to begin with, and frankly just because you’re going on the Atkins Diet, it doesn’t mean that it will get any easier either. Sure you can eat virtually unlimited amounts of high fat and high protein foods, but you’re still on a diet and you still need to control your food intake. For one thing you will need to control your carbohydrate consumption especially in the first phase of your diet, and although you get to increase that bit by bit later on you’re still missing your carbs and can be prone to these cravings. And that’s where some of the Atkins products can come to your aid.

Having tasted some of these Atkins products myself, I have to say that I consider them to be quite worthwhile for their money. They’re by no means cheap but then again, nor are they so expensive that you’ll only be able to afford the one product and go hungry for the rest of the time. Which might, in its own way ensure that you loose weight!

However, you’ll be glad to know that there’s a range of Atkins products for you to choose from which can help satisfy even your worst food cravings. And as an added benefit, as I said earlier they taste good as well. But if that isn’t enough for you, you’ll be happy to hear that they can also satisfy your sweet cravings as well as being good for you and filling you up!

So what Atkins products can you get? Well, they cover a wide range of foods so it really depends on what stage of the diet you’re on and what you crave. If it’s breakfast bars, you’ve got the Morning Start Breakfast Bars which are high in protein and fiber and also have the necessary amount of calcium you’ll need as well. Then you’ll come across my personal favorite the Peanut Butter Granola Bar, filled with crunchy goodness and peanut butter.

Then again if you truly miss this from your diet you can always try one of these Atkins products which feature different varieties of milk shakes. Seriously where would you be without your milk shakes? Probably the same place you’d be without your Chocolate Peanut Butter bars.

Have I said enough to whet your appetite? Do you believe now that with any of these Atkins products lining your shelves that you can stick to your diet and with only minimal of moaning and groaning? So what are you waiting for, go and grab your Atkins products now. There’s only so much will power you have, so the better prepared you are the easier your diet will be! And the quicker you can lose weight

Atkins recipes

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Jackson) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:33:00 +0000

So you’re going on the Atkins Diet. It’s not necessarily your first diet and until you try this, you can’t be certain that it will be your last dieting attempt. Everything you’ve tried out so far has failed you and you’re on the verge of giving up dieting altogether. Of course this has been the case many a time before and yet you’ve still found yourself going on diet after diet without too much remorse.

Now however you live in the hope that with the Atkins Diet recipes that you have tucked firmly in your purse, that you’ll be able to beat your track record of yo-yo dieting.

You head on home full of excitement and plans to buy that little black dress you’ve had your eye on now for a few months. You won’t go out and get it immediately of course, no that would just jinx your dieting efforts, but with the help of the Atkins Diet recipes you shouldn’t have too long to wait.

By the time you get home and sit in your kitchen going through the lists of food you’re allowed to eat you’re wondering what you got yourself into. Most of these things you have absolutely no idea of how you’re going to cook, and besides they don’t sound half as appealing as Joe’s pizza from around the corner.

Despair hits you and you kiss that little black dress goodbye, there’s no way you can live off these foods, and you don’t even think you could cook them if you did go out and buy them.

That’s when inspiration strikes you, naturally enough, and you remember the Atkins Diet recipes that you have which are now burning a hole in your purse.

You had put the two things in two different compartments of your admittedly cavernous purse and had entirely forgotten about the Atkins Diet recipes which you had. Your happiness levels rise again and you can see the black dress within your grasp again. So now you sit down and make a list of the foods that you’ll need to start out on one of your very first Atkins Diet recipes.

The very thing you need to do though is take all that lovely high carb foods with which your cupboards are stuffed, to the nearest shelter and make a healthy donation of foods. It doesn’t
matter what the family says, they’re all going on the Atkins Diet with you.

Next you hightail it to the supermarket and buy the things off your food list which you’ll need to cook the first meal on your Atkins Diet recipes list. And along the way you’ll stop off at the little dress shop around the corner and promise the little black dress displayed so prominently in the window, that you’ll be its owner before long!

Atkins Plan

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Jackson) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:44:00 +0000

You’re going on a diet and you’ve decided that this is the last one that you’ll ever take. There’s no other reason for this than you’ve already heard so much about the Atkins Diet, that you have total confidence in your ability to lose weight and also to keep it off. With the help of the Atkins diet plan you can tailor make your diet to suit your body and your needs.

When you start on your diet you’ll get an Atkins diet plan that will get you started on the first leg of your dieting journey. This will be phase one, the induction phase, of four phases which you will in time, go through. So what you’re really getting with the Atkins diet plan is a great way for you to control the path you take your diet on, and whether you’re actually going to follow this path.

Although you need not follow Atkins diet plan religiously if you want results you’ll follow it religiously. So stay away from the carbs and eat your way through high fat, high protein meals.
Well, you won’t need to stay away from carbs entirely, you’ll just need to make yours a low carb diet instead of the high carb diet you’ve been following so unthinkingly for most of your life.

However, by following the Atkins diet plan and all but cutting carbs from your diet, you reduce the chances of your diet failing and pretty much going to the dogs. After all, this time you’ve decided that this is your last diet and that you’re going to make it work, so it’s really no use tempting fate and veering, even if slightly, off course from your Atkins diet plan.

Remember that the whole plan was made to suit you, and to help you make your dieting restrictions easier to bear. With that in mind, also remember that within the Atkins diet plan you can also eat a few carbs, but you will have a virtually unlimited buffet of proteins and fats available to you. So you don’t need to be afraid that your diet’s going to cost you the pleasures of eating well.

With the Atkins diet plan you’ll find out that you can eat well without feeling the loss of your carbs too much. And even though you might think that cooking and planning meals will be a chore if you have to stay within the restrictions of the Atkins diet plan you’ll be pleasantly to find that it just isn’t so.

There are many great foods and meal plans available if you go through your Atkins diet plan. And if you can just make it through the nerve racking period of reading your Atkins diet plan you’ll find that you truly can make it through this diet, with hardly any sacrifice on your part.

Now that’s what I call the diet to end all diets! And isn’t that what you wanted in the first place?

Atkins Diet Plan

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Jackson) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:35:00 +0000

With the advent of the new age, gone are the days when having a Marilyn Monroe figure was considered to be the epitome of what a woman should look like. Now we have waif-thin role models on what the perfect woman should look like, and this is the image we want to have for ourselves as well. To that end most of us will turn to every diet possible, but it’s a fact that a growing number of dieters are concentrating more on what the Atkins Diet menu has to offer for them than anything else.

Sure, there can be any number of diets that are similar to the Atkins Diet and the Atkins Diet menu plans, but it has to be said that the Atkins Diet was the first of these now-popular high fat, high protein, low carb diets. And the Atkins Diet menu will offer you the most tempting array of foods to choose from.

With only a little judicious mixing and matching on your part you can even come up with different meal plans that will rival anything found on any of the other such diets. By going on the Atkins Diet menu planning becomes that much easier for you, and you also have no need to worry endlessly if what you’re cooking will comply with your dietary regulations.

The Atkins Diet menu can help solve your problem in this way and it can also help you in compiling a list of foods and meals that you shouldn’t eat. By doing this you can take your food lists shopping with you, where they can help you to know which foods should stay off your grocery list. This can become an invaluable aid to you in staying firmly on your diet.

This doesn’t of course mean that it will be easy to stay on your diet. Quite the contrary in fact, even though you get to eat what can amount to virtually anything you want from the high fat high protein part of your Atkins Diet menu, if you love your carbs you’ll feel the separation.
And if you have been sustained for most of your life by these high carb foods as most of us are, then you’ll have an even harder time getting used to the rigors of the Atkins Diet menu plans.

The only thing that’ll help you now in keeping on track and away from your intense carb cravings could be your Atkins Diet menu plans and the food lists. So keep your menu plans close to you and your high carb foods away from you.

These menu plans and food lists might become your closest allies in the next few weeks as you struggle through the induction phase, but don’t worry. With a little perseverance on your part you’ll come through with flying colors and a slimmer body

Atkins Products - Are They Tastless?

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Jackson) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:28:00 +0000

Atkins the Diet Free Plan ?

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Jackson) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:27:00 +0000

What is the Atkins diet and what will you need to sacrifice to achieve the results you’ve seen other people realize? So you’re a size twelve, and you want to drop down to at least the size six that you once were, but you’ll settle for a size eight!
It doesn’t really matter as long you’re not anywhere near your present size twelve.

What you’ll need to begin with is some working knowledge of what the Atkins diet is and what it might encompass. On the other hand before you get bogged down in details you could always just try out an Atkins diet free plan which might help you to get a handle on the situation.

There’s no hard and fast place for you to get an Atkins diet free plan of course, but I’ve found that the internet is a great place for you to find just about anything and everything you need. Start by turning on your computer…it’s truly amazing how many pithy looks I get when I state this most obvious of facts! In fact you probably rolled your eyes at me just now!

Anyway, if you just cruise the internet for an Atkins diet free plan, you’d be surprised at the amount of other free plans that you come up with as well. And if you’re not hard and fast bound to going the Atkins diet way, then you could always just try out any one of the other free plans. As it implies it won’t cost you more than the time spent on the internet surfing the web.

So what can you possibly hope to get with an Atkins diet free plan? To begin with, you can pinpoint what type of foods you can eat and which type of foods you’ll have to drop. If you’re thinking of going with the Atkins diet then in the first phase alone there are many things that you’ll need to sacrifice in order to maintain your diet.

Amongst the list of carbs which you can eat on your Atkins diet free plan you’ll find that cream, cheese and butter can be eaten as long as you stay within your carbohydrate allowance per day. So, out go the fruits, the breads, the pastas and the pizzas. Basically anything that’s great tasting you might think.

That’s not entirely true as you’ll see with your Atkins diet free plan. There are plenty of great tasting foods which you can eat and although you might not realize it yet they’ll include many of your favorite foods, just not anything high in carbs.

Oh and did I forget to mention that you’ll also find on your Atkins diet free plan that although you can drink as much water as you need, you’ll have to skip out on your life sustaining caffeine drinks? And if you think you can handle that then you’re definitely ready to start – and stay – on your Atkins diet, and pave your own way to dieting success.

Atkins Dieting Secrets

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Jackson) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:11:00 +0000

Atkins Dieting Secrets

The world today loves the idea of slim looking people. We see these people in magazines, on the television, and on beauty contests. In short we see them everywhere following various diets to help them achieve this look. One such diet that promotes this way of living is the Atkins diet. With the Atkins diet the way many people dieted changed forever.

In the Atkins diet you are introduced to a new way of living. With this method you will be re-educated about the types of low carbohydrate foods that you can eat. You will have to follow certain strict rules in order for the Atkins diet to work for you.

There are 4 stages of the diet that are necessary for any one who is on the Atkins diet to follow. These stages are the induction which is stage 1, ongoing weight loss is stage 2, pre-maintenance is the 3rd stage and stage 4 is maintenance. In addition to following the various dietary rules of these various stages the Atkins diet also recommends that regular exercise and nutritional supplements are used as part of this low carbohydrate diet.

During the induction stage of the Atkins diet it is possible to lose up to 15 pounds. This is achieved by restricting your carbohydrate intake to 20 grams a day. You can have low carbohydrate vegetables in your diet like lettuce, broccoli and tomatoes, However you can’t eat yoghurt, fruit and any starchy vegetables like potatoes on an Atkins diet. You are not allowed to have any drinks like alcohol or anything that might be caffeine based.

Supposedly during the induction stage of the Atkins diet you stabilize your blood sugar, and curb various health symptoms that originate from unstable blood sugar, like fatigue. In this stage you break various food addictions and you also curb your cravings for different foods. You will also find there to be a significant weight loss during this period. When you enter the 3rd and 4th stages of the Atkins diet you will have reached your ideal weight. It will be at this time that you get to increase your carbohydrate intake up to 60 grams per day. From this point on if you wish to keep your weight at this level then you must stick to your Atkins diet for the rest of your life. A word of caution should be given. There are many medical facts that state that following the Atkins diet will cause health problems for those on the diet. The reasons are many but the main ones are that our bodies need about 300 grams of carbohydrates for health and brain activity to function properly.

However, so far the diet seems to be working for many people on many different levels, so if you take things one step at a time, you should be able to find that with the Atkins diet you’ve found a sure-fire winning way to permanent weight loss. And what could be better than that?

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