ZONE DIET

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I'm looking for any input, positive or negative on theses diets-The Zone and the Akiens Diet..In
regards to high mileage runner.. I have always carried a little extra body fat, I'm wondering if one
of these diets has been successful for anyone.....

Diets are a trick thing. I have lost 80 lbs in the past few months on mine, went from 140 to 160. I
tried about every diet there was including the Atkins diet. Personally nothing worked for me. I
would loose 5 lbs and pack on 10 to 15 each time. What finally worked for me was going to the doctor
who put me on a diet suppressant with daily work-outs and proper eating schedule. If I could give
any advice, it would be to speak with a professional.

"Henry Ward" <hward@triad.rr.com> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for any input, positive or negative on theses diets-The Zone
and
> the Akiens Diet..In regards to high mileage runner.. I have always carried
a
> little extra body fat, I'm wondering if one of these diets has been successful for anyone.....

I've been on Atkins almost a month, and lost about 10 pounds so far. Its a great way to control your
weight, and more importantly any food cravings you had before will go away. Also I'm not hungry all
the time like I was before.

What do you mean when you say high mileage? I run by time - about 400 mins/wk, and the atkins diet
did slow me down at first. It takes time for the body to adjust to a protien/fat metabolism. Also on
my long runs I still take sports drink because otherwise I don't enjoy it at all. I do no carbo
loading right now and I can see atkins is teaching my body to burn fat better already. For races I
will do some carbo loading, probably about 1/3 of what I did before. Right now I'm limiting the
simple sugars to during the workout only for long runs allowing a replacement drink within 30 mins
of finishing. Also I'm adding protein to my sports drink too. For off days and days with short runs
I take no simple sugars and limit carbs.

- Tony

Henry Ward wrote in message ...
>I'm looking for any input, positive or negative on theses diets-The Zone
and
>the Akiens Diet..In regards to high mileage runner.. I have always carried
a
>little extra body fat, I'm wondering if one of these diets has been successful for anyone.....

"Henry Ward" <hward@triad.rr.com> wrote in message
news:axU%9.2047$P46.154502@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> I'm looking for any input, positive or negative on theses diets-The Zone
and
> the Akiens Diet..In regards to high mileage runner.. I have always carried
a
> little extra body fat, I'm wondering if one of these diets has been successful for anyone.....

Try going to Amazon and reading the reviews on teh Atkins Diet books. There are plenty of positive
and negative remarks on there.

LOL typo... from 240 to 160 ;) "casmos1" <casmos1@(NOSPAM)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Diets are a trick thing. I have lost 80 lbs in the past few months on
mine,
> went from 140 to 160. I tried about every diet there was including the Atkins diet. Personally
> nothing worked for me. I would loose 5 lbs and pack on 10 to 15 each time. What finally worked for
> me was going to the doctor who put me on a diet suppressant with daily work-outs and proper eating
> schedule. If I could give any advice, it would be to speak with a professional.
>
>
> "Henry Ward" <hward@triad.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:axU%9.2047$P46.154502@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> > I'm looking for any input, positive or negative on theses diets-The Zone
> and
> > the Akiens Diet..In regards to high mileage runner.. I have always
carried
> a
> > little extra body fat, I'm wondering if one of these diets has been successful for anyone.....
> >
>