ATED - Atkins diet is still around, and it's not about doing away with carbs, it's about limiting carbs. Mostly the first two weeks, then you gradually add certain ones back in. It's like you are a diabetic, and your cutting out sugar, bread, pasta, etc. I actually was a part of an Atkin forum similar to this one, and you ought to see all the weight loss pictures. When I was on that diet, I ate healthier than I ever had before.
People always associate Atkins with hot dogs, hamburgers, etc., but it's not about that. It's about eating healthy fats. I ate lots of veggies like salad, spaghetti sqaush, green, red, & yellow peppers cooked in olive oil. I ate tons of chicken, and mine were mostly skinless, but I could eat the skin if I wanted to. Anyway it's about eating healthy fats. I was never hungry in between meals because I was so full on this diet. The side affects were constipation, and I had cramps in my legs no matter how many vitamins I took.
Anyway the reason I am not on it right now is I cannot afford any diet right now. I am flat broke, and with that one I have to buy lots of meats and veggies and I cannot afford it. I know that if I try to go on it without having what I need to eat, I will quickly go off of it. Right now about all I can afford it to eat cereal with skim milk, and eat less of what I fix my son and husband. I cannot afford to buy extra food for my diet right now, and that is really the only way for me to stick to it is to have snacks and my healthy food to eat.
Sorry for the rant about Atkins, but I was always tired of trying to defend it when I was on it, and it is not a dangerous diet. Do a google search on Atkins diet forums, and you will see all the healthy people who did loose the weight on there and have maintained it also.
