Now that I'm a devout follower of Atkins, I'm looking at things differently. When I went to my brother's house I just had to smirk when I hear they're on a diet and in the kitchen is a ton of low-fat cakes, sweets, cookies. Sure enough, I look at the contents and it's all sugar to make up for the low-fat.
My sister-in-law actually tried Atkins for 5 days a year or two ago. I looked in her Atkins journal and those days consisted of: carb cookies, carb gummy bears, etc.
I hope you were able to share your wisdom with her so that she can lose some weight. Often, people just need to be kindly informed.
I gave my father the Atkins book and he laughed at me. He said he would never do it. Then, a few months later he said he was on a lowcarb diet and had lost 30 lbs. He said his wife was making food from the recipes in the book.
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I hope you were able to share your wisdom with her so that she can lose some weight. Often, people just need to be kindly informed.
I gave my father the Atkins book and he laughed at me. He said he would never do it. Then, a few months later he said he was on a lowcarb diet and had lost 30 lbs. He said his wife was making food from the recipes in the book.
For 2 years I said I'd never do it - was totally adamant that I couldn't give up potatoes and bread, they were my lifeblood, would never be able to manage without them, etc. Still, I watched both Blaine and George on TV, and someone (you out there, BB?) kept telling me about the wonders of low-carb...and from the first day I tried it I realized it was absolutely perfectly suited for me. My first revelation was that it wasn't the potatoes and rice and bread that I craved, it was the butter that I slathered on it. Butter on my veggies satisfied that - and I've never looked back. -- Sherry 364/290/195 LC since 4/4/05; eating LC but not for weight loss since 4/1/06
