Atkins

[captain_slinky]

Weight Watchers totaly failed for me. The first week, I lost 8 lbs. Second week, I lost nothing. Third week, I gained 6 pounds. 4th week, I gave up and went back to Atkins. But wasn't just the lack of weight loss that bothered me, it was the effect on *who I am* that bothered me the most. it turned me back in to the person I used to be... the person I hated!

First off, constant noxious gas. Not just occasionally, but CONSTANTLY. Ask DotGirl if you don't believe it... our apartment always smelled like the inside of a bag of dry-roasted peanuts! Secondly, I was constantly depressed. Depressed in ways that I haven't been depressed for nearly 3 years now! Debilitating, mind-numbing, listening-to-Depeche-Mode-and-wearing-nothing-but-black DEPRESSION. I don't like that. Not at all.

I'm on day 4 of being back on Atkins, and all ready the depression and gas are gone! Plus, I'm feeling healthier in general. I've tried a lot of diets, and this is the only one that actually makes me feel good :)

Ahhhh, Atkins... How I've missed you so! Bags of Pork Rinds, steaks, pork chops, cheddar cheese, ribs, and sausages! This morning I had 10 ounces of pork sausage, fried up in one big pattie and smothered with cheddar cheese. Life is good :)

Comments

[butterfukky.livejournal.com]

eh, doesn't that make you like... make your blood's pH level rise though?
heh the best weight program i've ever had was not having a weight program at all, just eating what i felt my body needed. and not eating too much candy, just replacing a lot of that sought after candy and dessert (hehe) with some yummy exotic fruit instead. i went from app. 230 to 170lbs in something like 6 months and felt a shitload better than i did when i was constantly like "oh oh gotta watch what i eat, oh no this is bad blahblahblah"
now i'm just like "oh, i ate a lot of really fatty food today, i'll cut down on it tomorrow and eat more fruit, rice and potatoes. oh, and i think i need more protein, so i'm going to eat a nice, big, juicy, bloody red steak and lots of beans. yum. and now i'm going to lift some weights."
hehe.

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[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

I would *love it* if that type of diet worked for me! Unfortunately, I'm a big-time binge eater. I'll sometimes go a few days without eating, then remember that I need to eat, so I'll order 4 pizzas and eat them all in one sitting. Then my body goes in to "starvation mode" and starts hoarding all the nutrition because it expects me to starve myself again!

Atkins has worked wonders for me in the past. I lost nearly 200 lbs. in 2 years, then went off for about year and gained back about 80. So now I'm back on!