IMHO all diets basically work the same way. Whatever kooky way they do it - cabbage, grapefruit,
atkins - whatever - what it boils down to is that you eat less calories, and lose weight. In a
recent TV programme here (Horizon) that investigated Atkins - it's the same. The reason it works -
mad though his way sounds - is that eating all that protein makes you feel fuller and as a result
you eat less - the result being you intake less calories. Surprise surprise. (oh, and the fats made
no difference at all to how full you felt - and eating them didn't make you lose weight either)
The difference between any of the fad diets and WW is whether or not they can be maintained in the
long term. WW is about healthy eating for life - not just losing the weight, getting to goal, and
going back to eating as you did before.. Guess what - if you eat like you did before, you'll soon
weight what you did before! Atkins may lose you your weight, but the general consensus of opinion
seems to be that doing it for sustained periods could well have health risks, and is not advisable.
--
krys
UK 157/132/126 Started March 1st 2001 GOAL August 16th 2001 ...definitely making progress...
"Gail" <
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> I've just started reading this newsgroup, so I don't know if this question has been asked before.
> Which is better to try and lose weight---weight watchers or atkins?
>
> I'm hoping to find a diet that will work for me somewhere.
>
> Any suggestions?