Re: FATSO (was Re: when will Orion produce an ED100 apo?)

From: Jan Owen (janowen1z_at_cox.net)
Date: 07/25/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 15:48:35 -0700

Hey Ryan! STOP!!!

I lost more than 60 pounds on Atkins, and it changed my life, too, so I
KNOW it works.

But you have been off topic here for WAY too long, now. Enough is
ENOUGH!!!

The next time you discuss Atkins here, you will be in my killfile. And if
you persist, my recommendation to the group is a total student body
PLONK...

Others have explained why already. 

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"Ryan Walters" <weightlosssquared@nodiet.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Edward" <reply@thegroup.thx> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Ryan Walters" <weightlosssquared@nodiet.net> wrote in message >
> > > Geez.  I wonder why.
> >
> > The why is simple, people will pay money to have someone tell them
that
> > their lack of self-discipline is not the problem.
> >
>
> Really, I think it goes beyond that.  I had self discipline on diets for
> years only to end up failing because awful hunger between meals, and
late at
> night, would get the best of me.  The hunger never left even after I
lost 65
> pounds on my only successful conventional diet, before I gained it all
back.
> A refined sugar, like is found in candy bars, high sugared foods, like
> certain berries, or starch in potatoes is simply too much for the
pancreas
> to handle in many of us, so we eventually end up with type II diabetes
and
> weight gains.  So, in many cases, lack of self-discipline isn't the
cause at
> all; the problem stems from health related issues.  And I don't think $9
for
> a book that has changed my life is a lot; nor switching to low carb
foods
> which are the same foods we've always eaten anyway, just more of it in
low
> carb diets.  It's true- there is a definite low carb market out there-
but
> it isn't at all necessary to become part of it because many normal foods
> have low carbs.  Total investment for 127 pounds lost was $9.
>
> -Ryan Walters
> I lost 127 pounds on the Atkins diet.
>
>

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Atkins files Chapter 11
    ... >> I did Atkins for a year and lost 30 pounds, ... Did you participate in the low-carb group? ...
    (rec.food.cooking)
  • Re: Well, Ill be the first to come right out and ask
    ... but gained back what I lost plus 20 pounds. ... I'm doing Atkins now and have lost 30 pounds since July 5. ... during PMS and low carb chocolate is delicious, ...
    (sci.med.transcription)
  • Re: Atkins files Chapter 11
    ... > I did Atkins for a year and lost 30 pounds, ... Did you participate in the low-carb group? ...
    (rec.food.cooking)
  • Re: Fatkins WAS a fad
    ... > No...cheating on the atkins diet is worse because as soon ... that 45 kg I lost on a low carb diet was all ...
    (alt.support.diabetes)
  • Re: Atkins files Chapter 11
    ... > That's true of any diet that you don't stick to in a maintenance form. ... > lost 40 pounds on Atkins two years ago, ...
    (rec.food.cooking)