1. Scarlett Diyor ki :

   I tried it and it didn’t work. You might lose some weight, but then you get all of it back and more. I used to weight OVER 200 pounds and I am only 5 feet tall so I looked like a snow woman trapped in a bubble. I tried every diet that exists and realized that diets & programs like Jenny Craig DO NOT WORK. You need to do something that you can live with for the rest of your life without torturing yourself.

   Losing weight is as easy as adding and subtracting. For every pound you want to lose you need a 3,500 calorie deficit. What does that mean?

   The average person with my life style (office work) burns about 1,450 calories a day without doing anything. Now, for my weight, height, and age I need to eat 1,450 calories to maintain my weight. That means that I need to burn 500 calories more in one day if I want to lose one pound a week.
   500 calories x 7 days = 3,500 calories in one week to lose one pound. I know it sounds disappointing and hard to do, but it is the truth and the only healthy way to lose weight and keep it off. I only burn extra 300 with exercise so it takes me more than a week to drop a pound, but to me it doesn’t seem hard at all.

   All you have to do is figure out your required daily intake and the calories you normally burn a day and burn the difference. Go to http://caloriecount.about.com/ to open a FREE account to figure it out & get to your ideal weight the right way.

   I took a nutrition course at my local college, learned how to eat, and lost the weight. I kept my ideal weight for 7 years, but I had a baby and gained some of the weight back (about 80 pounds), and now I am back on track. I am just 10 pounds away from what I used to weight when I was 18 and I am 36.

   When you lose weight the right way is not hard at all; I used to eat ALL day long and I ALWAYS felt hungry because I was eating empty foods. Most foods high in calories are very low in nutrients so I wasn’t getting what my body needed to survive and that was what made me feel hungry regardless of the amount of food I consumed. When I started eating more of the good foods I eventually craved more of the good and less of the bad until I made it a way of life that does not feel like dieting AT ALL!!!

   I eat EVERYTHING that my body needs so I don’t feel hungry therefore I don’t need will power. I don’t feel like cheating because I enjoy what I eat, and I always feel satisfied. But if I ever want to eat something yummy I just exercise extra for the extra calories I consumed and go onto the next day WITHOUT guilt.

   Like I mentioned, I average about 1,300 calories a day and keep within my allowed Carbs & Fats. I rather eat low cal foods so I can eat more than waist my calories in foods that are high in calories and are less nutritious. I also drink 2 glasses of water before every meal or snack & that helps a lot. I don’t feel hungry throughout the day because my body is getting what it needs.

   We often confuse thirst with hunger & when we don’t get the nutrients we need from foods it feels like hunger. Your body won’t tell you "OH!!! by the way I am lacking vitamin A" If you don’t eat what your body needs you’ll feel hungry no matter how much you eat which is why most diets don’t work. losing weight and maintaining your ideal weight needs to be a way of life that you enjoy doing. Most people focus on what they should NOT eat rather than what they SHOULD eat so they won’t feel hungry and eat less of the foods that are not good for our bodies.

   GOOD LUCK!!! If I did it anybody can!!!
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2. cyn_texas Diyor ki :

   Low carb diets are not low calorie diets. I don’t know South Beach as well, but I do know Atkins program is not low calorie. Carbs create cravings in most people & that’s the main reason, I don’t advocate South Beach the same way I do Atkins. Most people overweight by 30# are insulin resistant & really can never eat carbs the way someone with a functioning body can.

   I strongly stand beside Dr.Atkins regarding the health promoting effects of saturated fats (especially in the absence of carbs). Butter, animal fats (especially from animals fed a natural diet & not a carb filled diet) coconut oil are all beneficial to human health. Dr.Atkins has been crucified for his convictions for the past 40 years even though all the current studies do nothing but strengthen his case. It wouldn’t be so important if the health of American society hasn’t severely degraded with the low fat recommendations instituted 35 years ago. American’s now eat 11% less animal fats than they did 35 years ago but their health has declined at epidemic proportions.

   Dr.Agatston (creator of South Beach Diet) is not willing to take a stand supporting saturated fat & recommends a diet although high in fat (which all low carb diets have to be) higher in monounsaturates & polyunsaturates (which I personally find dangerous) than saturated fats.

   If you are fairly normal weight & prefer fish, poultry and beans the South Beach Diet is probably best for you. If you are more than 30# overweight, have blood sugar issues, insulin resistance or carb addiction issues, then I highly recommend Atkins. It allows beef and pork but restricts beans and other higher carb items to limited amounts especially the first few months. Carb allowances grow 5grams per day higher every week til you reach your personal carb level.

   There is no reason to ever go off a low carb way of eating, you slowly re introduce carbs to your way of eating and as long as you don’t exceed 9grams of carbs an hour (144 carbs a day) you will never trigger insulin (the fat storage hormone) no matter the calories. I still cheat with sugar occasionally. It’s just not a regular part of my life (as it was preAtkins, nearly 6 years ago, when I felt it controlled me & I had no control)

   The rungs to reintroduction of carbs in 5 gram units - all available to very active people in as little as 11 weeks. Make sure you do them in order & you can skip a rung if you do not intend to include it in your permanent way of eating, such as the alcohol rung.:
   * (minimum week 3 - maximum 25grams day) Acceptable vegetables, larger quantities
   * (minimum week 4 - maximum 30grams day) Add 5grams Fresh cheese
   * (minimum week 5 - maximum 35grams day) Add 5grams Nuts and seeds
   * (minimum week 6 - maximum 40grams day) Add 5grams Berries
   * (minimum week 7 - maximum 45grams day) Alcohol can be added if desired
   * (minimum week 8 - maximum 50grams day) Add 5grams Legumes
   * (minimum week 9 - maximum 55grams day) Add 5grams Other fruits
   * (minimum week10 - maximum 60grams day) Add 5grams Starchy vegetables
   * (minimum week11 - maximum 65grams day) Add 5grams Whole grains
   If you are continuing to lose or maintain (whichever is goal) in week 12 and beyond, you continue to add 5grams a day per week til you reach your personal carb level.

   Many people gain weight on high carb, then switch to low carb to lose weight & then are shocked when they return to high carb that they gain weight. Many people can return to moderate carb levels but very few can really eat all they want of sugar and maintain weight or health.

   You will lose more body fat eating protein and fat (don’t eat protein alone) than not eating AT ALL. To lose weight fast eat all you want but nothing but meat, eggs, healthy oils, mayo, butter and half an avocado a day (you’ll need added potassium). Keep the calories high and the fat percentage high, at least 65% of calories. Adding in green vegetables & some cheese will continue weight loss but at a slower pace.

   Your body won’t release fat stores if you lower calories below what it needs. It will slow your metabolism to compensate and store every spare ounce as fat. If you continue lowering your calories, it will continue lowering that set point, til you can survive off nothing and store fat on anything. The body will only release it’s fat stores if it knows there is plenty of food.

   Eating carbs while trying to lose body fat is terribly inefficient. When in glycolysis (burning glucose as fuel) you have to lower your calories (which slows your metabolism) and exercise heavily to deplete your glycogen stores before burning body fat.

   The core of the Atkins program is converting your body from glycolysis (burning glucose as fuel) to ketosis (burning fat as fuel). You need to keep your fat levels at >65% of your calories, if you don’t your body will still remain in glycolysis by converting 58% of excess protein into glucose (via gl
   References :
   Dr.Atkins was a cardiologist, low carb was a health plan easier sold as a "diet" Read any of his books for easily understandable science. Normalizing blood pressure, blood sugar, insulin, cholesterol, triglyercerides & hormone levels are all bonus features of doing a low carb way of eating. Lutz "Life without Bread" & Taubes "Good calories, Bad calories" are excellent books that dispel all the nutrition myths.
   http://www.atkins.com/Program/FourPhases…
   http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazi…

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