Ok so I want to know your oppinions on these? I did the Atkins diet a few years back and to be fair it did work but in my oppinion its just not healthy. Once I came off the diet I just put all the weight straight back on
Now I just do my best to eat healthy and get as much exercise as poss
One of the primary reasons "some" persons put the weight back on after a "diet" is due to not having a plan on "what-to-do" when the diet is completed, and simply resume bad habits--that brought the original diet in the first place.
One will not get caught in this "now what" syndrome, if they have a plan before, during, and after, or simply blend nutritional education within their lifestyle.
Even after Atkins, there is no reason to gain the weight back (IMO), if you are supported with your personal nutrition education. Quite simply you ate too much, and when you resumed your higher carbohydrate consumption, a lot of this was water weight as well. Some can mistake water gain as actual tissue weight gain, and its simply not. One coming off of a no carb or low carb diet, and returning to a higher ratio of carbohydrates can "tend" to put on water--hence the name Carbo---HYDRATE.
There are pros and cons of a no carb, low carb approach, but one can make it healthier simply by making wiser food choices. I have used a no carb, low carb approach, and have read a lot of material on it, and there is "sometimes" a need to be put one on this sort of diet, dependent on one's personal "goal" placement, and a variety of other personal factors.
"Most" persons diets are controllable when they are armed with their personal dietary needs (approximated calorie needs, etc), and make good food consumption choices and
simply apply it to their life style, and one doesn't need a so-called fad diet.
One of the hardest things to do is to break old habits, and turn it to habit that becomes nearly second nature. But it IS possible. Either you are able to pull this "possibility" out or you don't. How many "thumps.....up side the head" is it going to take? Depends on the person.
Have you learned what your personal approximated calories are?
Do you know how to determine this?
Some people can make constructing a diet difficult; It isn't. What is hard for most people is "sticking with the RULES of engagement" to lose unwanted tissue.
If you haven't configured you calorie needs, make a post and let me know, and I will make a post and show you how.
ROCK ON! You have all the power.
Best wishes
Chillen
