Atkins Low Carb Diet

by Jae
(Phx, Az )

I have always had weight issues due to emotional eating, and I have found that the most successful of all the diet plans out there has been the Atkins plan.

Over the course of 5 months, I was able to shed 66 pounds. All without feeling hungry and gradually building up to exercising 5 times a week. For the first month, however, exercise what not done due to the fact that I felt extreme fatigue and slight dizzy spells. The dizzy spells I later found were cause by excessive aspartame and splenda usage.

The fatigue compounded with the use of those products and the normal one may experience while beginning a low carb diet plan. My results were well above average in that 26 pounds were lost in the first 3 weeks alone.

I unfortunately have gained back a lot of weight due to an incapacitating condition and will begin this program again tomorrow. I have gained an extreme amount of weight and unfortunately this will be my most trying time yet.

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Atkins Low Carb Diet

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Atkins/Diabetes/Fatigue NEW
by: Anonymous

I'm using Atkins I haven't lost any weight. I don't care. I only use it to control my blood sugar. It works so well that I don't need metformin or insulin. BUT, I feel tired all the time. And this is after several months of very low carb eating. The fatigue isn't from low blood sugar (I test often, it is always in a normal range.) I would think I'd be used to a ketogenic diet by now.

I'd hate to go back to a low cal (ie. 60%carb) diet. Even if the carbs are from "healthy" whole grains and fruits, they just make me hungry all the time and spike my blood sugar. don't know what to do...

Diet To Go NEW
by: Anonymous

I just started 5 days ago and have lost 10 lbs. I don't quite believe it because I don't see the effects on my clothes, but that is a function of how overweight you really are. Also the low carb option which has 30g of carbs is also only 1500 calories.

Have you tried it?

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