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Atkins Diet Reply: Why was I successful?
Yazar: admin August 26, 2008
In this video I reply to a user on why I was successful when others can struggle. Was it easy for me or was it sheer willpower? To me, it was a matter of the big 4 items:
* Successful role models
* Participant in Support Group (benefit from their wisdom)
* Accountability
* Other Concrete goals
Other things that helped me:
* a bit of competitive spirit with weight loss
* Knowing myself and my ability to NOT withstand cheats
* finding others who “blazed the trail” before me and were kind of enough to share their recipes
I don’t think I was special in that I think most people could follow in my steps as I followed in other successful losers. I don’t believe my results may be unique, but they aren’t atypical of someone who follows the Diet as written.
Duration : 0:9:52
It is very common that I read questions or statements from new Atkineers saying, “How come I feel so tired?” “Why do I have such a headache?” “I have no energy what is this diet doing to me!” One of the problems is no one forewarned them about Induction flu. Induction flu is simply the body burning its last remaining glucose and stored glycogen for energy, and suffering withdrawal effects. It is very similar to what happens when runners “hit the wall” and cyclist “bonk.” In addition to the physical withdrawal symptoms there are the mental symptoms as well. Think of drug addict, are they necessarily pleasant to be around or in high spirits even though they are doing something good. Well the carb addict has the same reaction; I personally was irritable for the first 2 or 3 weeks as I had to figure out how to eat, exert control over what entered my mouth, and regain new comfort foods. It is a dramatic change, and some people resist change.