thats what i am doing i'm not rushing things. i'm taking this diet each day
at a time changing things as i go. i have learned alot from reading atkins
book. and he even says that if you find induction hard to cut things out
slowly and that is what i am doing. i know that getting used to any diet
will take some getting used to. i have ww dwn i just need to work on atkins
and i am doing that by learning from my mistake and getting as much info as
i can
angie
"Lesanne" <
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> Gotta say, I actually DID atkins lots of times, and always ended up fatter than when I started
> some 6 months after I got sick of it. Did WW lots of times too, and usually gained back some,
> but never all, resulting in my 20 year long project to now, at goal. Flex in my opinion is the
> All Time
Best
> Diet ever created. Eat what you like and what feels good, go for healthy stuff as much as
> possible, try new things/combinations to see what works best for you. It all fits on the flex
> plan. I eat a varied balanced
diet.
> My body tells me when I need more protein now. And when I have had
enough.
> Bein in a hurry never got me to goal. The everyday DECISION to not stop until I reached goal and
> to take the suggestions in the WW literature did the trick.
>
> Lesanne
> 365(1981)247(rejoin, 2002)157.5(now)164(wwgoal)
>
> "Laura" <
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> >
> > "Petal" <mrsdoyles_teapot@#NoSpam#yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> >
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> > > I think Lesanne summed it up best (in terms of how to follow both programmes), so use that as
> > > a guideline.
> > >
> > > I'm not entirely convinced that you'd be able to consume enough of a balanced diet by using
> > > the points system with Atkins, though. Atkins
is
> > > ultimately a calorie restricted diet (although it's touted as an "all
> the
> > > fat you can eat" diet by some), but some foods give you more bang for
> your
> > > buck than others. If I follow WW, I can eat 20 points worth of
Twinkies
> a
> > > day and be technically on programme. I am eating few enough calories
to
> > lose
> > > weight, but I'm obviously not getting enough nutrients. As others have mentioned, make sure
> > > you take all the supplements and vitamins Atkins suggests in the books, particularly if you're
> > > going to count points at
> the
> > > same time.
> > >
> > > Atkins didn't work for me simply because it wasn't a way of eating I
> could
> > > do for life. If you find Atkins too hard to follow, you could always
try
> a
> > > lowER carb (i.e. not as low as Atkins suggests) diet and switch from
> white
> > > breads/pastas/rice to whole grain and keep your sugar intake to a
> minimum.
> > I
> > > think that sort of diet might be a bit more suitable with WW...but I'm
> not
> > a
> > > dietician, nor do I play one on TV.
> >
> > This is the type of program that WW stresses. They want you to eat the
> RIGHT
> > kind of carbs. And as many have pointed out, no program is going to work
> if
> > you have to give up things that you love. Don't make changes to your
diet
> > that you can't make for the rest of your life. Atkins is a diet while WW
> is
> > a WOE that you can follow for the rest of your life if you want to eat properly and in a healthy
> > way. Eating lowER carbs is really easy and is probably the smarter way of doing things. Have
> > eggs instead of ceral for breakfast, have a salad and chicken instead of a sandwich for lunch.
Skip
> > the potatoes, pasta and rice in favor of lots of green veggies for
dinner.
> > How hard is that? My carbs these days come from my cereal in the morning which is GoLean crunch.
> > Higher protein than most cereals and my skinny
cow
> > or GoLean Crunch bars. Things I don't want to give up. And my diet is
very
> > balanced which I am not convinced that you can do that with the Atkins. BTDT!!! That's why I am
> > now doing WW instead of Atkins.
> >
>
