Re: Question for the nutrition science folks re. Atkins


I need to know that I can do bad stuff every once in a while, or I'm
not going to stick with this diet. Psychologically more than anything.
I don't think I believe in Dr. Atkins' idea of "carbohydrate addiction"
as some disease process akin to alcoholism or something, but I do
believe people can fall into bad habits - in my case, some bad eating
habits which I'm trying to arrest.

I really want better habits, not to become an ascetic.

What's everyone's best guess - if I keep the Induction phase short, and
climb up the "rungs" of the Atkins OWL ladder fairly quickly (e.g.,
adding back nuts, berries, whole grains back) and stay away from the
candy bars and franken-foods for the next 6 months, is this a safe diet
to be on?

I don't want to lose muscle mass preferentially. I also don't want to
be hurting myself by ingesting all of this fat.

Maybe this was a bad idea. This is the first diet I ever have tried and
of course I choose the weirdest one.

Anyways, I'm in the cranky phase of this diet. Take what I'm saying
with a grain of salt.

Stacey Bender wrote:
> szasz@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > On the other hand, I am not incredibly interested in staying on a
> > hugely regimented and structured plan, or "diet" for life. I
actually
> > am suprised I'm doing this, because I think I've mostly ascribed to
the
> > Dr. Dean Edell philosophy, that diets are bad ideas, and
unrealistic,
> > and etc, and that life should be about moderation, but with plenty
of
> > room to "Eat, Drink and Be Merry."
>
> That's like getting sex tips from a priest. Dr. Dean, though i love
his
> show, has no clue what it's like for people who are prone to obesity.

> He's a bean pole.
>
>
> > Do any of you have some advice as to where I should go with all of
> > this? I'm missing my grains already... for example, I think one of
the
> > things I want to restart right now is a bowl of "all-bran" cereal
in
> > the mornings, but instead I've been doing the usual, eggs and
bacon,
> > etc. This doesn't seem right, and I'm starting to tire of this
emphasis
> > on high-fat, high protein foods already. I know it will start to
change
> > in a week or so if I stick to the "Atkins way," but this just
doesn't
> > seem right.
>
> Dr. Dean has that right. Most people fall of monotonous diets because

> they are well, boring. If you are able to control your portions you
> should consider having any food you want. Most of us find portion
> control difficult though.
>
> > Anyways, just a general ramble. Hopefully you folks can give me
some
> > general suggestions or questions I can bring with me when I talk to
> > this nutritionist.
>
> Keep up getting your calorie deficit through exercise and find a diet

> you can your calories to a target level. Atkins works because you eat

> less calories, presumably because you get full enough and lessen your

> cravings. As most people want the bad stuff because it tastes good,
> people eventually fall of atkins like any other diet.

.

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