| kelsea823
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Hi,
I've lost weight on the Atkins diet before, but I'm finding it hard to get back into the induction mode.
Has anyone done both diets and what worked best for you? |
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Mon May 17, 2004 10:37 pm |
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| CSC
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I've tried both and they are vastly different. I did Atkins in the 80s and it worked ok for me. Doesn't work anymore, and I get bored with the menu after about a week. South Beach (which is not low carb) is working well and I'm eating lots of things that would never be allowed on Atkins. Like carbs. I'm never bored with the food and it is real food, not bars and powders and shakes. Good luck.
CSC |
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Wed May 19, 2004 6:58 pm |
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| kelsea823
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Thank you for responding. South beach is looking better and better to me.
My daughter was just diagnosed as Insulin Resistant and her doctor told her to go on the South beach diet - wow - that really surprised me - she said the diet would cure all of her ailments!
I think I may sign her up for the $5 week consultation and menus etc. Has anyone else done anything like that?
Thanks |
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Wed May 19, 2004 11:06 pm |
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| Betty
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While I have not done both, I would like to say that the menus on Atkins are not boring and the same thing over and over. The most restrictive phase is the 14 day induction, but after that you start adding carbs back in and by the time you are at the ,maintainance phase there is not a lot of difference between the two diets, that I can see just from reading. However I recommend to anyone to do the research for yourself before trying any diet, and do check in with your doctor. I think both are healthy, and I just encourage you to read about both before deciding and not just making a decision based on anyone's word on a bulletin board.
I wish you much success and health which ever way you decided to go. |
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Fri May 21, 2004 1:02 am |
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| amylee
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I did Atkins for a while, and now I'm just starting South Beach. I liked Atkins and it worked, but I had to quit when I got pregnant last winter because it is very dangerous to be in ketosis during pregnancy. Long story short, I miscarried and then just couldn't seem to get the motivation back to start Induction again. It didn't seem so restrictive the first time around, but I had a heck of a time starting the second time.
I decided to try SBD because it seems a bit easier to follow and because I've read that it's less dangerous in the event of another BC failure. |
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Wed May 26, 2004 10:50 am |
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| Pebble
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My story:
I lost 33 pounds from 2001 to last year and then went on the Atkins diet thinking it would help me shed the last 20 pounds or so real quickly. After two weeks of induction I lost 7 pounds, but then my weight loss stalled. Since then I have been unable to drop the other 13 pounds I need to get off. Not really a great experience I can tell you when the majority of that fat sits on the thighs and the abs. I have taken a break from Atkins and then gone back to it and still not jolted any fat loss. I swear that that diet was my downfall. Two weeks into the diet I started having problems with my knee. A CT scan showed that I had early osteoarthritis of the knee and I was told that the atkins diet had probably exacerbated my problems. I came off it straight away and ate normally. Was out of action for ages on my knee as it was quite unstable due to muscle imbalances created by swelling. Took months to get back to where I was. Also at the same time I seemed to start off a bout of endometriosis--must have really stuffed up my hormones etc. Up to that point I had been fine--no health problems. Later after reading the Blood Typing Diet book I discovered that low carb high saturated fat diets are not exactly recommended for me as a type A. The thing I like about this diet is it is just a healthy way of eating. People think it's low carb but it isn't really. I mean it is "normal" carbs. It's just the way society and manufacturers make food or preare it and the way folks eat these days ( which is anything BUT normal carb wise) that makes this seem like low carbs. LOL. This high carb way of living is what creates the problem of people keeping their figures and has led to higher incidences of diabetes. 40-50 years ago, would any of us have been consuming many carbs even if we had tried? This diet would have just been normal healthy eating as it should be considered now. lol. Unfortunately I don't think it will change for avery long time and this diet just guides you to eat in the way you SHOULD be eating.
I think Atkins is just too high in protein, which is very acidic forming. Which means for people with blood type like mine-whose blood already errs on acidic anyway naturally, you more susceptible to disease and deterioration. |
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Sat Jul 24, 2004 11:01 pm |
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| SharonHP
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| I think you are right, Pebble, that SB is very similar to how people used to eat. Sure, they used to eat a good bit of breads, but their meals would have natural foods, not a lot of processed stuff. To me, it seems that all that processed stuff is one of the culprits in our culture's obesity epidemic. |
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Tue Aug 10, 2004 1:16 am |
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| JakesMom
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Hey!
I just wanted to say that I have tried both diets. My brother had a lot of success on the Atkins diet and recommended it for me. My results were not that great. I didn’t find the foods that bad because I’m a big protein eater anyway. I am only into my second week on south beach so I’m hardly and expert. My doctor recommended it to me so I thought why not it’s worth a shot!
So far I have found preparing and planning meals easy. I have eaten out a few times and found it easy to find meals that fit my diet. I am also insulin resistant and I’ve found it very difficult to lose weight. I’m having success now and I find my food choices to be very desirable.
To make things easier for yourself and your daughter you can try precutting all veggies and storing them in containers. That way it’s easy to just pull out what you need for a meal or to make a quick snack without making some bad choices. I wish her luck! |
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Tue Aug 10, 2004 7:04 pm |
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| cathie
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hi :D
i've been doing the SB for a week now and have not gotten the 'rapid phase one' weight loss that is expected. I had done atkins a month ago (induction) for around 10 days and had lost 10l.b from that.
Has anyone else not lost on phase one of SB from doing induction of atkins earlier? |
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Sun Aug 15, 2004 5:31 am |
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| lilac
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Hi Cathie, If you have been doing any diet recently or even just eating fairly healthy, you may not get the 'rapid phase 1' weight loss. The first 5 - 10 pounds you loose is mostly water.
I did the same thing, lost 15lbs before I started SBD and then only got a 5 lb loss in phase 1. Stick with it. It will work. |
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Sun Aug 15, 2004 3:16 pm |
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| putchikins
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| I just changed from Atkins (almost 2 years) to SB on 7/26...I was constanly stalled on Atkins and I kept blaming medications that Atkins said stalled you...Well much to my surprise I have lost 12lbs so far on SB..But now I am eating SB I realized I was just eating too much of fattening foods, chesses, meats, heavy salad dressings, even heavy cream in coffee...It had dawned on me since leaving Atkins for here, I had to be pretty dumb to realize I was eating too many calories and I would never have lost...So now I am quite happy on SB going to stay on phase 1 as long as I can.... |
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Tue Aug 17, 2004 11:44 am |
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| mysterylover
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| Tried Atkins many years ago - made me a very, very sick young woman. I'll never do it again and think SBD is by far a much, much more sensible, healthy approach to dieting. I'm new at it, but from all I've been through strugging with weight, this is the best approach I think I've ever found. just my 2-cents! |
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Tue Aug 17, 2004 3:02 pm |
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| colliegirl
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| Six weeks on Atkins caused a gall bladder attack in my son (too much bad fat)! |
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Wed Aug 18, 2004 9:45 pm |
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| cathie
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Thanks alot lilac!
I've just finished phase one and have lost half of what you lost (2.6 l.b).
People like you on this site has helped me understand that not everyone looses the 'rapid weight loss' as everyone is different and most of it is just retained water.
I love the beach and have been eating healthier than ever!
Anyway, losing, how ever small is better than gaining right?
Good luck to everyone! |
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Fri Aug 20, 2004 8:54 am |
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| Flygyrl
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I have what in layman's terms is known as a "spastic gallbladder". It acts up with the wrong food or too much stress. Tried Atkins like "Protein Power" diet a couple of years ago. It was not my best move since they warn you that if you have intestinal or digestive problems, it's a bad idea. Well, they were right. I dropped a bunch of weight really fast, but after about 6 weeks had the gallbladder (GB) attack from hell. Had to go off the diet, but am now on SBD.
After 6 weeks on SBD, about 18 pounds lighter and no bad GB side effects.
I'm sure the difference is because of good fats versus bad fats. As you may know, the GB is in charge of breaking down fats. My GB has trouble with either too much or the wrong type (fried foods, cream sauces, some salad dressings, too many peanuts can even affect it). I'm guessing that the GB can handle not only the good fats easier, but also the decreased amount of food. |
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Tue Aug 24, 2004 7:16 pm |
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