The rise of the low carbs fad.

Turbo! · Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:44 am Post subject:

I like it when my whole family is on the diet except for me. that way i get to eat all of the good food while they have to settle for their sugar free candy or their imitation flour.

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DrNickRiviera · Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 7:18 am Post subject:

Going carb free is extremely unhealthy unless you are seriously overweight. Atkins is made to be short term. The managers I work with are all about Atkins, and I keep trying to tell them it is a short term fix. They don't want to listen at all.
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Verman · Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 8:57 am Post subject:

DrNickRiviera · Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:35 pm Post subject:

Damn straight
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Bright Red Nipples · Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:21 pm Post subject:

I am currently watching my carb intake but not to the standards of Atkins. Mainly I have dropped my calorie intake and excercise a bunch now, running and weights mostly. Multivitamins and protein shakes are a daily thing. So far I have dropped 20lbs and still going strong. I am losing about 1/2lb a day consistently. I have about 2 months left and I should be where I want to be with a realistic goal.
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Stevo · Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:38 pm Post subject:

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JtH · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 1:24 am Post subject:

Your body burns things for energy in this order. first it burns sugars, like glucose and glycogen and the likes. then it burns fat, shedding the pounds. then it burns muscle, which isnt good, hence anorexia is a bad thing. The theory behind the low carb diet is if you dont eat any sugars, your body cant burn any, therefore it burns your fat. thats also why low carb eaters consume alot of protein. thats to prevent muscle loss. if you happen to be on a low carb diet long enough you will start burning muscle, hence the high protein intake.

but basically, no diet works long term and significantly without excersize. thats what it all comes down to. no pill or wonder diet or surgery will do a damn thing without good excersize and healthy diet.

did you know that as long as you walk, and yes i said walk, at least a mile a day, every day, you will never gain a pound. you can eat as much as you want, and as long as you walk a mile every day you will not gain a thing.

so basically, if you wanna lose weight, go and walk a couple miles, or jog on a treadmill. thats the best solution for it, not some stupid low carb diet.
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FragFailure · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 4:10 am Post subject:

You'll find that most people would prefer the remote and their favorite junk food. Which is pretty much what I tell the lazy kids that don't want to walk the block to their house. "What'sa matter? You in a hurry to eat Ho-Ho's and watch TV all night?" Then they wonder why they are in 8th grade and nearly two spins with two chins. It doesn't take much to figure out. Read the nutrition contents and figure your activity that day. Walking from the couch to the fridge does not count either.

It could be worse. In Chicago they actually celebrate people who are fat like it's some badge of honor. Some random guy who's about 6'0" and 335 lbs (which would make his man boobs larger than Britney's D cup) brags how big he is. I'll take the under on "Heart Attack < 5 years". He'll even go to places called "More Than All You Can Eat" and eats 3 lbs of food like it's an appetizer.

Ditka, Polish Sausage, Bears...heart attack

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Verman · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 10:11 am Post subject:

`RaphX · Registered User Joined: 24 Mar 2002 Posts: 1556

Not that there's anything wrong with cutting back, but it's mostly a case of cutting back on many things, not just one complete food group. Anyone who does go for the Atkins diet might be better served telling his/her doctor and having the doctor modify it to something that might prove more beneficial in the long term. Cutting back on carbs to a less-than-Atkins extent isn't so bad - it's just like watching your fat intake and being sure to eat less fast food etc.

Doctors I speak to usually say the same thing: people don't want to hear the truth, that it's more about eating more sensibly and exercising a little more, and not going for the quick-fix. Of course, I'm 22 and stick-thin, but no doubt I'll be needing to keep an eye on things in years to come.

I'm gonna be one of those boring, repetitive people now, who always says things, like take the stairs instead of the elevator, use a far away parking spot and give yourself a 5 or 10 minute walk, and sometimes it's easier to do shorter exercise routines of 10 minutes two or three times a day, while waiting for dinner to cook or something, than to arrange to find a whole half hour in one go.

Wow, I can be really boring, when I so choose.