There have been many debates on the famous low carb, high fat diet. Some people have professed it is the best thing that could have happened to people who struggle with weight management while others will argue that it does not help people keep the weight off.
If you are focusing on getting your weight off quickly, Atkins delivers. What most people have found out though is that keeping the weight off is the struggle once coming off of the diet.
Here is where I get frustrated. The yo-yo dieting comes from people who do not realize that once you start a diet and get the results you were aiming for, you cannot go off of the diet and expect to maintain those results. Dieting, along with exercise, is a lifetime commitment. A lot of the debates on which diet works and which does and who is right and who is wrong would be over if more people were to wake up and realize this one simple fact.
As with any diet, it is not rocket science. It is actually fairly simple and it all boils down to common sense and logic, which sadly a lot of people are lacking. Any diet can work as long as you remember a few simple facts. No one diet is better than the other at achieving the end result.
You do not always have to strictly adhere to a diet if it does not make sense. What I mean by that is simple. Your body needs a healthy balance of everything. You cannot overdo one thing and cut way back on another. Such as in the Atkins diet, raising your carbs and lowering your fat intake is not only ludicrous, its unhealthy. What you are trying to do is balance out your diet by giving yourself the right proportions of each. The Atkins diet also claims that you do not have to worry about calories and you can eat as much as you want. Really? Sound too good to be true? Well it is.
Too much of anything is not a good thing. That right there is common sense. Just like the adverse diets that promote higher carb and lower fat content is really the way to go. Once again, it isn’t about raising 1 particular thing and trying to eliminate another as much as possible. It is all about balance. Where do you suppose the term “balanced diet” comes from and what it means? It comes from nutritionist and it means exactly what it says. Everyone needs just as much fat in their diet as carbs, along with protein and other nutrients.
I have re-emphasize that just because you start a diet thinking that once you get where you want to be, means that you can stop dieting. Certainly you can, but you can also expect to gain the weight right back.
If you are going to chose to diet, you will have to make yourself a commitment to do it for the rest of your life and remember, everything in moderation and balance.
Dane Fletcher
http://www.articlesbase.com/nutrition-articles/what-you-should-know-about-the-atkins-diet-736415.html
February 22nd, 2010 - 9:12 am
How should i Diet?
Hi i am a senior highschool student looking to lose weight. Im hoping about 20 pounds and i would like to maintain the weight. I am not overweight but i consider myself chubby – chubbier than i should be because i am short! (5"2 or 3) I want to know what types of diets there are (like Atkins or something.. different types) and what would work for me who doesnt really exercise (although i should.. i have a treadmill) I need a diet plan which will let me eat things and lose weight at the same time!! I am usually busy so i dont have time for alot of exercise..
February 22nd, 2010 - 2:14 pm
First split eat meal in half and eat twice as much during the day. Meaning if you eat a chicken breast normally cut it in half and eat the other half about 2 hours later.
Cut out the cupcakes and fast food best you can.
Also only 20 minutes 4-5 days a week is good exercise. Walk, take stairs, anything to get the heart beating. Use it or lose it.
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February 22nd, 2010 - 2:16 pm
Number 1 – you can NEVER be to busy to exercise. Your not to busy to brush your teeth in the morning or take your shower, etc. These are all things you must do to maintain good hygiene and health. Exercise is exactly the same thing. You must exercise in order to maintain good health and well being. Find a time – it’s there in your schedule – you just need to make it a priority on a regular basis.
Number 2 – Do NOT DIET. You will only gain more weight back than you lose. You need to change your lifestyle – that is obvious from your statement that you don’t have time to exercise. You are overweight because you have a lifestyle to support it. Plan your meals, cut back on the carbs, and exercise.
Understand that your current lifestyle enables you to maintain the weight you are currently. Whether it’s a lot of soda pop, junk food, lack of exercise, etc. You need to look at what you are currently doing that maintains your weight and change it.
But do not go on a diet -
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February 22nd, 2010 - 2:18 pm
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February 22nd, 2010 - 2:20 pm
Keep in mind the following when looking for a diet:
Diets and changing your eating to healthy food choices can work but because we know so little about ourselves and our relationship with food, it makes it difficult to win the battle. A lot of us have problems with dieting because we have a problem called "emotional eating" we eat to comfort ourselves during difficult, stressful, sad, etc times in our lives.
You may experience all those emotions during dieting as we continuously get on the scale hoping to see a big difference in numbers after dieting only for a day or two. Also what is stressful when dieting is that we try to lose a large number of weight in such a short period of time which in most cases is unreasonable.
This all brings about stress, discomfort and sadness. When we feel this way, we turn to our best friend for help and support which for many of us is food. The diet is now broken and we feel that we can’t stick to diets. We then try fad diet after fad diet hoping to lose the original 20 pounds and now we may have as much as 30 pounds to lose because we continue to put on weight as we continue to break these fad diets by binging before starting our next diet.
Please learn about your relationship with food before your next diet so that you may achieve your goals. To help a little, keep in mind the following:
You already know how to lose weight. You know that if you eat less and exercise more eventually you’ll see the pounds come off. What’s getting in your way? Why do you usually regain the weight you lost? The answer to all these questions is the same “Emotional Eating.” Simply defined, emotional eating means you eat to satisfy emotional hunger; it means you use food for comfort or as a way to cope with life; and it means you eat for reasons other than what your body needs. Whenever you reach for a boredom-breaking snack despite your commitment, or whenever you eat to quell anxiety, that’s emotional eating. Whenever you binge after a fight, or double up on portions because your day turned sour, that’s emotional eating. Whenever you feel that sharp craving for your favorite food, that’s emotional eating. When we eat during these times while on a diet, we believe the diet doesn’t work or that we lack self control and then look for the quickest way to lose weight (fasting/diet pills, ect) after eating all we can since we already messed the diet day up. Read the information below but remember that emotional eating plays a big part in why we don’t continue dieting and why we regain lost weight and why we binge today and start a new diet tomorrow. Best of Luck.
P.S. After learning about my relationship with food, I was able to drop my weight from 263 pounds down to 151 pounds which is a 112 pound weight lost.
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February 22nd, 2010 - 2:22 pm
http://diets.hammocksurvivalguide.com/ for loads of articles about it.
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February 22nd, 2010 - 2:24 pm
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