"JohnT." wrote:

I never heard of anyone get SICK starting atkins. weak and tired yes,
but not sick.

You are quite correct, but it depends on just how weak you get. It
also depends on if you are doing physical activities at the time.
When your body is used to "easy glucose", its a bit of a shock when
suddenly it has to start digging into its fat reserves.

I have heard of one guy, a construction worker, who got terribly sick
after starting Atkins. I suspect that his sugar level probably got
too low. For people like that, an initial reduced carb diet might be
better to ease into the full blown diet.

I've lost 50# on atkins, gained back about 10 over the holidays
(couldn't resist!) and am slowly getting it back off again (not getting
as much exercise, but wait til Oshkosh...).

Any diet must be a lifestyle change, not lose your weight then go back
to your old eating habits that made you fat in the first place.

That is definitely a fact. Its not really a diet, its a lifesytle.
If anyone thinks they are going to lose 50# and then go out and eat
ten pizzas, they are mistaken if they don't think they'll gain it back
fast.

When you are ready for a snack, check out that Breyers zero carb ice
cream. Its not as good as the Breyers 4 carb ice cream, but its much
better than all of the competition that I've tried. Some of the
others tasted a lot like plastic which Breyers doesn't. My point is
that I'm really glad that a lot of companies are getting on the low
carb bandwagon.

I just drank a big glass of low carb chocolate milk - 2 carbs. They
have low carb bread, but its 6 carbs/slice and that is too much for me
right now. Also, you might want to avoid the low carb spaghetti. Its
half the carbs uncooked, but it doesn't swell when cooked like regular
spaghetti. The result is that after cooking, it takes twice as much
to fill the plate. The net result is that you're better off eating
regular spaghetti, but half of it and not very often.

Dennis.

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