Atkins Diet Review

The Atkins Diet, I have such a love/hate relationship with this way of eating. I tried this plan back in 2004 and got down to about 242 (give or take a couple) and really loved it at the time. I'm pretty sure that I wasn't following all of the rules correctly as many people assume this diet is all about bacon, burgers and pork rinds. I was one of them and I ate all of those things plus cheese, vegetables and other sugar free items.

The basics of this diet starting out until you've lost your weight is to severely cut out carbohydrates from your diet. We're talking oatmeal, bread, milk, cereal and Twinkies….especially Twinkies (but, that goes for all diets, right??) You are allowed to eat up to 10 carbohydrates a day that come from vegetables and cheese alone, nothing else. After a couple of days, you may find you feel fatigues, desperate for sugar, have headaches and probably increased thirst, but stick with it.

If weight loss is your goal, this diet delivers and the weight will drop seemingly over night. I don't recommend this diet long-term and I don't recommend plunking down in front of a plate of breadless bacon cheese burgers at every meal either.

It's been said that this plan can lower bad cholesterol and raise good cholesterol, it would be wise to have your doctor monitor those things. I'm pretty neutral to this plan, and think it can be equal parts satisfying and depriving. This diet shows you that you don't need bread at every meal, or even every day for that matter. And it also points out how bad sugar makes you feel.

If I had to choose, I would go for the South Beach Diet over this one any day, but if you're up for it, give it a try…you will lose weight!

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