How successful is the Atkins diet?

July 13, 2009






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Giovanna asks:

I just started the Atkins diet and I’m really hoping for positive results. Can anyone tell me about their experiences or point me to some good resources?


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4 Answers so far
  1. Carley: 

    I lost 150 pnds on it ,but then gained it right back

  2. Babe: 

    Like all diets, the Atkins diet is only successful for as long as you’re on it. As soon as you finish “dieting” you will gain back all the weight you lost, and more.

    The only way to lose weight is by making healthy lifestyle changes. Eat lean meats, whole grains, and lots of fruits and vegetables, and exercise at least 3-5 times a week.

  3. Kathryn: 

    I lost 20 pound in about 8 weeks on an Atkins-type diet. I modified the Atkins plan to include enough protein for my body weight, added a serving of complex carbs with each meal, and cut all sugar and simple carbs. I also cut down on sugars found in milk, and things like raisins and certain fruits.
    If you try to cut ALL carbs, you’ll be sick in about 2 weeks. If you don’t get the right amount of protein for your body weight, it won’t work.

    You can’t think of it as a diet, you have to call it a lifestyle change. Eating properly, with vegetables, proteins, healthy fats, complex carbs/whole grains, and limiting sugar, soda, caffeine, sweets, etc isn’t a diet–it’s a way of life.

  4. Julianne: 

    My entire family went on that diet a couple of years ago. It works really well at first, but after a while, even if you lose weight real fast, you start to lose hardly any. It has the same result of a low fat diet over a span of five years. You just lose the weight a little bit slower instead of all at once and then you don’t lose any at all. It really works though.

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