I've lost weight on low carb diets, but no carbs is just impossible for me. I've also lost weight by eating everything in moderation, but I don't like that much,

Hi Sue. I have been on pain killers since 1992. My doctors warn me
about the tylenol being bad on the liver. I have to limit
myself.

Hey- my comment disappeared before posting! Just added that a balanced diet and exercises makes most other diets obsolete.

I'm staying out of this argument.

I am just curious if you have read the book or have talked to a doctor about it? My mother was on it per her doctors orders and did not have to have her liver checked and lost 160 pounds in one year and kept it off. That was many years ago. The only thing remotely dangerous about it is the induction phase. It has four phases and the final three are no different than any other low carb diet. Bread and potatoes make you fat. Most Americans eat too much protein.

When I get "fat" I cut the carbs, well i cut bread potatoes and pasta. Just cutting those and sticking to a meal plan will make anyone lose weight then go swimming and you are all set! My mother now does this same thing. Because counting anything is bullshit and not a lifestyle change.

When I say meal plan i do not mean counting out your food and calories , I mean plan for the week and what your serving and eat what you want of that food that cuts out emotional eating.

People might take what you say more seriously if you did not invoke your emotional feeling as fact. Atkins is by far, not a fad. 35 years does not equal fad.

American Heritage Dictionary -
fad (fād) Pronunciation Key
n. A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze.

I eat everything in moderation except for high-fat
stuff like anything breaded, French fries, etc., and
everything on the menu at McDonald's. Nothing wrong
with cheating once in a while, just not every day,
and not even every week -- maybe once every 6 months.
xx, T.

I am currently doing a raw food diet (although this last week & the next coming weeks I am off the diet due to all this craziness in my life) and am loving the diet. I have heard all kinds of bad things aobut the atkins. Meth...well I can't say much about that..I used to use that until 4 years ago when I moved to Hawai'i and stopped.

I would not call it a "fad" diet since it has been around since 72 also it has been prescribed to diabetics and people entering the military who need to get off some weight to get in.

In fact when monitored and done properly it is a very good diet but many like to stay in induction for to long because of that massive weight drop.

I have seen as much info for as against.

I can understand your concern about the sleezy meth guy. I wouldn't want him riding up and down my street either.
Did you know that tylenol also is extremely harmful to the liver. My doctor's nurse absolutely hates to see a patient take tylenol. She always recommends something that goes through the digestive tract.

As for that creepy guy and his meth pals, all I can say is "Eeeeeeeeeeks!"
Appreciate your comments about the Atkins diet, too. I've had a life-long tendency to low blood sugar, and was lucky enough to get into the hands of a good dietician/nutritionist many years ago, who taught me a food plan that does tend to have a slightly higher percentage of protein, which is what I need, but nothing like the weird biochemistry diet of a full-blown Atkins regime. Balance is the key in weight loss and healthy weight management.