My wife and I have been fans of Atkins ever since we used that diet to lose a whole person between us six years ago or so. But we let our diet slip this Easter - and one of the remarkable things is how SLUGGISH and icky we feel. Today we returned to Atkins in earnest and no joke: I'm already feeling better. I can't believe how much energy that way of eating gives. People sometimes worry about what Atkins does to the other measures of health besides weight. At least as far as Cindi and I are concerned, our doctors agree: Atkins works fabulously for us. All the indicators have been great the entire time we've been on the diet. To all the nay-sayers, I say: give Atkins a chance!
By the way, people sometimes wonder about snack food on Atkins. You know one of my favorites? You take a plate of pepperonis and microwave 2 minutes until crispy. Let cool a bit, and you've got some great pepperoni chips. Just perfect to wash down with you Mic Ultra! :)
Well you know how I feel about Atkins :)
ReplyDeleteThat snack just sounds gross.
Deb
It's actually delicious. Seriously! You like bacon. It's not too different from crispy bacon. Just try it and THEN decide.
ReplyDeleteW.W.,
ReplyDeleteAtkins Died from his own Diet!
Too many of those monkey chips!
Charles Darwin used that Diet before he came up with the “missing link”!
I knew a customer once who told me he loves that Diet-He ate Bacon all Morning!
Please eat some French Food-They never give you enough!
By the way I found Darwin’s “missing link” one day in the Seafood Sausage I sell at work!
Good Stuff indeed,
S.P.
Two words:
ReplyDeleteWhey protein
OK, two more:
Low fat
OK, yet two more:
Low sugar.
Oh, fine, another three:
Watch the carbs.
Works for me.
I do eat a lot of fruits and vegies too.
Oh, wait, I forgot the most important words for any successful diet [actually lifestyle change is the key]. I'm going to patent this, so don't steal this magic formula for weight loss and better health:
EXERCISE MORE
EAST LESS
: )
Glad it's working. I know what you mean about the "icky" feeling. I get that when I don't exercise every day and when I eat junk. I feel high energy when I work out and eat very healthily. Gosh, it almost seems our bodies were designed to eat healthy foods, not processed garbage, and to exercise. Imagine that.
I don't have anything against Atkins, I suppose whatever gets you there is fine, but I think sooner or later we must learn to do as ptmccain has said, and learn to live and eat in a healthy way.
ReplyDeleteI've lost fifty pounds in five months, no particular diet. I just shyed away from fast food, high fat, high sugar, and excessive carbs, while exercising 30 minutes a day. I feel like a new person, and it has helped with my cronic back pain I've had three years.
Sal,
ReplyDeleteAtkins died from a slip on the ice and a hit on the noggin. He also had heart difficuties, but not due to heart disease but to a parasitic infection of the heart he picked up when he was out of the country.
Pax!
EAST less...
ReplyDeleteInteresting typo.
ME LIKE! :-P
Good thing you're not Eastern Orthodox.... too many fast days!
ReplyDeleteNo meat for 40 days during Lent.
What would you eat?
Believe it or not, I know of Orthodox who do Atkins. The key to Atkins is not "meat" but upping "protein" while cutting down carbs.
ReplyDeleteYes Pastor Weedon,
ReplyDeleteGreetings. Of course I know how he really fell asleep. I always tell people that who go on that Ape Diet. Anyway, good food is such a blessing-it's the utter lack of exercise that we all fight against that IS the real omission.I think our minds become dull and we forget the food battle we are also in as well.Fasting does cure.
Sal Pal
Hello, Pastor Weedon! My husband Pastor Jon Holst and I are just entering "middle age" and beginning to reevaluate our health priorities. We want to try Carnivor eating (no pun intended) after reading about you and your wife's positive experience. Are we too old to begin?
ReplyDeleteDear Karen, great to hear! Never ever too old to start carnivore. You should check out some of Anthony Chaffee's videos, particularly any where he tells the story of how his parents also began eating this way, reversing the progress of his father's Parkinson's and his mother's Type 2 Diabetes and getting her off insulin. Cindi and I found low-carbing (thanks be to God) in our early 40's and Carnivore in 2018 (the famous Jordan Peterson interview on Rogan). The result has been that we're actually in the best health and shape either of us have ever been in in our whole lives.
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