Hey Atkins dieters!

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EAT YOUR HEART OUT! :-)

[Catch22Dem]

1. LOL!!!!

You know it's a fucked up diet when bread is off the menu! Give me bread or give me death. I can go without pasta, but that's got nothing to do with Atkins.

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2. They need some Parmesan cheese on that table

I can't eat pasta without half a jar of Parmesan cheese.

[Catch22Dem]

6. Half jar???

SISSY!!! :evilgrin:

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10. OK OK a whole jar

I didn't want to admit it but I love Cheese.

[Endangered Specie]

11. whole jar??? what an amateur

;-)

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12. I love Cheese

It's one of my addictions.

[hlthe2b]

3. Hey Hey, you're going to hell for that!

:evilgrin:

[HEyHEY]

4. Yes, but after that Satan will give me preferential treatment

:-)

[madrchsod]

5. got to have

alot of mozzarella and parmesan cheese

[RebelOne]

13. Yes, yes. Lots and lots of cheese.

Pasta is just no good without cheese.

[alwynsw]

7. I'll take a t-bone with a side of spareribs over boiled skinny bread

with tomato goop any day. And I'm not on any diet.

[stopbush]

8. I have a job interview coming up Friday, so I went back on Atkins

a couple of days ago to drop the holiday pounds. Every little bit helps with the interviews these days!

I'm doing the initial phase pretty religiously - no breads, low carb, lots of protein and generous servings of the allowed vegetables. I'm a big water drinker, so that helps with Atkins. I also walk 4-5 miles a day, but that's normal whether I'm dieting or not. I'm not hungry at all - I live in Vegas and I actually hit the buffet at the Mandalay Bay the other night, just to pack in the protein.

The results?: ten days in, and I went from my 36" waist pants to my 33" waist jeans - and with no squeezing anything in (outside of my unusually huge pen... :).

Eating my heart out? Nope. Eating my gut off? Yep!

[TopesJunkie]

25. Dude!

That's not what Atkins is for! I don't approve of it, in general, but even and Atkins supporter would tell you that going up and down and up and down on and off and on and off is just playing havoc on your body and your long-term health.

[stopbush]

27. I follow Atkins pretty religiously, especially the maintenance part

but if you visit the website, you'll see that it's perfectly OK to do the 2-week induction phase to the diet more than once. I wasn't too clear about that in my initial post when I stated I was "back on Atkins." Poor choice of words.

This is the first time I've gone back to the induction phase since I first went on Atkins 2 years ago. I'm hardly yo-yoing. It's just that I ate a lot of carbs over the holidays and the weather turned a bit cold for me to keep up with my exercise routine. My induction period ends Saturday, then I go back on the maintenance routine (the particulars of which are different for everyone. I tend to avoid the empty carbs of alchohol and breads and that seems to do the trick for me).

But thanks for your concerns.

[Deja Q]

9. Pasta is high in carbs!!

Doesn't that conflict?

[TopesJunkie]

23. It's a joke.

"See what you're missing!"

Get it?

It's mean.

[Loonman]

14. Garlic Bread

MMMMMMMMM!

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15. It that Pizza Bread?

Pass some of that through the screen dude I haven't eaten since last night.

[tinrobot]

16. Spaghetti Squash!

Funny, I clicked on this link just after I sat down to a nice plate of spaghetti squash with chicken alfredo sauce. Delicious...

Squash is good for you. Who needs the empty calories of pasta?

[FlaGranny]

17. Ha, ha!

I ate at Macaroni's last night. I had half the T-bone steak (cooked exactly as I asked for it) with broccoli and carrots, some potatoes, and washed it down with a couple of glasses of red wine. I even ate some of the bread dipped in olive oil. I topped it all off with Bailey's on ice - my favorite dessert. I got on the scale this morning, quaking a bit in apprehension, and found I had lost another 1/2 pound. While I ate more carbs than usual, I still had a decent count for the day. Yummmmm!

Edit: Finally, after two weeks, I'm not even very hungry any more. I'm one of those folks who LOVES carbs and when I eat them I starve for more. I've cut out all sugar and refined products, but I do eat unrefined carbs and even small amounts of potatoes and brown rice. I've lost 7 pounds even though I'm not following the strictest routine. I just started in "phase 2". So far, it's working great.

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18. Did you eat Cheesecake for dessert

How about the fried Ice Cream.

[FlaGranny]

19. See my edited message.

:-) no cheesecake - I was too full for anything solid.

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20. There is a high carb diet out

For us carb addicts.

[FlaGranny]

21. Yep, know all about it - that's why I'm

now in need of a low carb diet, if you know what I mean ;-)

[VelmaD]

26. I hate to burst your bubble...

but don't trust your scale on increments as low as half a pound. Bathroom scales just aren't that accurate. Hell, according to my scale my bpdy weight fluctuates more than a half a pound every day. That's why you should only get on the thing about once a week. Otherwise you'll drive yourself nuts trying to figure out what you "did" to "gain" or "lose" that half a pound that's really just margin of error or water or the barometric pressure. :-)

[Mr. McD]

22. I don't miss pasta at all

and I don't miss bread near as much as I did sausage and cheese on a low fat diet. It still requires some moderation.

[Liberal Veteran]

24. Yummmmmmy! Looks delicious!

I'll have an extra helping of pasta and garlic bread with that. Hold the meatballs.