The Atkin's Diet

[Armitage]

Welcome to being mid 50s and overweight... I'm just over 190lbs and want to go down to 175 and stay there. I've been looking at The Atkin's Diet as it seems to suit what I already tend to eat, to limit the suffering and all. The real trick is being happy on it, to keep the weight off.

So I was wondering if any of you guys had tried it?

[HamerHokie]

I just came off it last week as my wife is doing another program and it just made things less chaotic around meals to switch to her plan. I lost 35lbs on Atkins in 2001 but it seemed to be a lot easier back then to find specialty low carb foods as it was the hot fad. I gained all that weight back eventually and more which is my fault not the diet's. One caution though (if it hasn't already been noted) is that water intake is really critical while your on this plan in terms of both health and weight loss so make sure you pay attention to that part of the book.

+1 on all of this. I used to have a choice from several low carb breads and sadly that is no longer the case. Now I am limited to one. Luckily I have a wife who makes her own home made bread and is willing to make me some with a low carb recipe I found online.

Water intake is critical.

One thing I wasn't ever able to find good substitutes for was quickbreads - muffins, biscuits, etc. Very hard for me to give up those long term. The low carb pancake mixes were bland, and sugar free syrup was awful.

I was able to find decent lo-carb breads, tortillas, not sure what else. Recent found a flax-based flatbread called lavash bread that is pretty good, very tortilla like.

Also, to get at a different point made earlier - low glycemic and low carb aren't necessarily the same. Barley is low glycemic but not low carb. So are certain whole grain breads, oat porridge, rice, milk, lots of fruits, some pastas, and even certain candy bars. Lo carb is a subset of low GI. You can still gain copious weight eating low GI.

[Armitage]

I hear people say "I just go out and have a steak and steamed veggies!"

Anyone ever look at restaurant nutritional papers?

The Keg Steak House

New York 10 oz - 1202.0 cal 89.3 carbs <<<<<<< WTF! I've just written them asking about this.

Baked Potato - 363.0 cal 78.3 carbs

Cheesecake - 623.0 cal 80.0 carbs

http://www.kegsteakhouse.com/en/nutritiona...eaks-prime-rib/

Roadhouse Grill

16 oz T Bone - 1080 cal 0 carbs

Baton Rouge Steaks and Ribs

New York StripLoin 10 oz - 580 cal 0 carbs

http://www.batonrougerestaurants.com/DATA/..._Infos_en_4.pdf

McDonalds

Quarter Pounder® with Cheese - 510 cal 40 carbs

Big Mac - 540 cal 45 carbs

Premium Crispy Chicken Classic Sandwich - 530 cal 59 carbs

Medium French Fries - 380 cal 48 carbs

http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/nutritionex...ritionfacts.pdf

East Side Mario's

Veal Parmigiana - 371 cal 42 carbs

1/2 Rotisserie Chicken - 473 cal 4 carbs

New Yorker Pizza small slice - 81 cal 21 carbs

http://www.eastsidemarios.com/pdfs/EastSid...ritionGuide.pdf

Swiss Chalet

Roasted Double Chicken Legs - 630 cal 4 carbs

http://www.swisschalet.com/nutritionals.php

K.F.C.

Original Chicken Breast - 360 cal 11 carbs

Original Chicken Leg - 120 cal 3 carbs

http://www.kfc.com/nutrition/pdf/kfc_nutrition.pdf

Pizza Hut

Personal Peperoni Lovers Pan Pizza 240 cal 70 carbs

http://www.pizzahut.ca/nutrition.htm

[HamerHokie]

Here's my fave - Outback Cheese Fries:

2,900 calories

182 g fat

240 g carbs

I hear people say "I just go out and have a steak and steamed veggies!"

Anyone ever look at restaurant nutritional papers?

The Keg Steak House

New York 10 oz - 1202.0 cal 89.3 carbs <<<<<<< WTF! I've just written them asking about this.

Baked Potato - 363.0 cal 78.3 carbs

Cheesecake - 623.0 cal 80.0 carbs

http://www.kegsteakhouse.com/en/nutritiona...eaks-prime-rib/

Roadhouse Grill

16 oz T Bone - 1080 cal 0 carbs

Baton Rouge Steaks and Ribs

New York StripLoin 10 oz - 580 cal 0 carbs

http://www.batonrougerestaurants.com/DATA/..._Infos_en_4.pdf

McDonalds

Quarter Pounder® with Cheese - 510 cal 40 carbs

Big Mac - 540 cal 45 carbs

Premium Crispy Chicken Classic Sandwich - 530 cal 59 carbs

Medium French Fries - 380 cal 48 carbs

http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/nutritionex...ritionfacts.pdf

East Side Mario's

Veal Parmigiana - 371 cal 42 carbs

1/2 Rotisserie Chicken - 473 cal 4 carbs

New Yorker Pizza small slice - 81 cal 21 carbs

http://www.eastsidemarios.com/pdfs/EastSid...ritionGuide.pdf

Swiss Chalet

Roasted Double Chicken Legs - 630 cal 4 carbs

http://www.swisschalet.com/nutritionals.php

K.F.C.

Original Chicken Breast - 360 cal 11 carbs

Original Chicken Leg - 120 cal 3 carbs

http://www.kfc.com/nutrition/pdf/kfc_nutrition.pdf

Pizza Hut

Personal Peperoni Lovers Pan Pizza 240 cal 70 carbs

http://www.pizzahut.ca/nutrition.htm

[diablo175]

HFC-er's:

I recently read a book by Timothy Ferris entitled: The 4 Hour Body. Get your hands on a copy and read it. It makes sense and has elements from Atkins which makes it easily adapted for those of us who have or are doing Atkins.