Atkins Shmatkins

Eating my morning yogurt I miss those days of sweet cereals. It's been now almost a year since I started my low-carb lots-of-fat diet. The name of Dr. Atkins had caught my eye in a medical conference like a new religious cult. A bunch of guys and gals were standing in the corner of the dining room, holding cheese and cold-cuts and arguing with foam in their mouths. The subject was "are we killing our patients with this Atkins method". I approached and got a short emotional lecture from one of the followers. Next day got the book and got hooked.

The beginning of Atkins is tough. It's not for the weak of heart. I was lying on the couch in a vegetative state moaning that my life is over and I must have a chocolate bar NOW. My partner at the time had endured it exactly 48 hours and went back to his pasta-bread-fries life. I lasted longer. Actually 8 months longer. Once the initial weakness and cravings go away you start feeling normal, perhaps less bloated. Atkins is easy, no counting, no points, no measuring, just eat the non-carbs. For a meat lover like myself it's not a great sacrifice. So now I am sticking to meat, chicken, eggs and lots of dairy products. And without too much initial hopes I lost already over 20 pounds, and going. Try it.

Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, Revised Edition

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