Which plan are YOU following?

I'm just curious, because Atkins seems to be the one most people quote...but
there are quite a few out there, I know. Has an informal type survey ever
been done here to find out what LC plans seem to be the most popular?
--
Sherry
360/?/195
LC since 4/4/05

Atkins is the most popular even though many, upon having read up on several
plans, roll their own LC plan...

Sherry <[email hidden]> wrote:
:> I'm just curious, because Atkins seems to be the one most people
:> quote...but there are quite a few out there, I know. Has an
:> informal type survey ever been done here to find out what LC plans
:> seem to be the most popular? --
:> Sherry
:> 360/?/195
:> LC since 4/4/05

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Quoted message said:

I'm just curious, because Atkins seems to be the one most people
quote...but
there are quite a few out there, I know. Has an informal type survey ever
been done here to find out what LC plans seem to be the most popular?
--
Sherry
360/?/195
LC since 4/4/05

I follow South Beach (not a true LC diet since it actually emphasizes "good
carbs"😉 plus no four, added sugar, rice, or pasta.

MaryL

"MaryL>>

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Quoted message said:

I follow South Beach (not a true LC diet since it actually emphasizes
"good carbs"😉 plus no four, added sugar, rice, or pasta.

MaryL

I'm following South Beach also. For me, it seems like the only diet that is
realistic, meaning I could see myself using this eating plan for life.

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Quoted message said:

I'm just curious, because Atkins seems to be the one most people
quote...but
there are quite a few out there, I know. Has an informal type survey ever
been done here to find out what LC plans seem to be the most popular?
--
Sherry
360/?/195
LC since 4/4/05

I don't know, but I think most people who venture into the low-carb
lifestyle begin with Atkins because it was the most prevalent and
publicized. What I have heard about South Beach made excellent sense to me,
though I have not studied it thoroughly yet.

Dr. Atkins himself encouraged people to modify their personal diet to suit
what works best for them, and I have done so. So, in a sense, I am (like
many others) on my own personal low-carb diet, but also on the Atkins diet.
Much of what he wrote was information, not a plan.

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I'm just curious, because Atkins seems to be the one most people quote

Started with Atkins but I've given up weighing and measuring food. I just
avoid starchy vegetables, grains, sugar including fruit. I have the
occasional binge at a restaurant. This works fine for me in that I don't
feel deprived and my weight is stable.

I read the FAQ some kind person here posted....and the one that rang my
bell most was the one where you do two low carb meals and one "anything
you want" meal. I think knowing I CAN have the whatever-Im-craving at
ONE meal makes me not so fearful about going into a frenzy (not a pretty
sight, believe me) after a week or so of low carbing. Like bread, for
instance. Im a serious bread freak. After a week, I can easily envision
myself ging into a maniacal bread frenzy...... Just knowing I CAN have
a slice of whole grain (natch!) bread ONCE a day....takes the sting out.

Has anybody done this one? Any advice/comments?

~WIR~

You are destined to remain obese for the rest of your life.

--
Most people are dumb as bricks; some people are dumber than that. -- MFW

"Wild Irish Rose" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I read the FAQ some kind person here posted....and the one that rang my
bell most was the one where you do two low carb meals and one "anything
you want" meal. I think knowing I CAN have the whatever-Im-craving at
ONE meal makes me not so fearful about going into a frenzy (not a pretty
sight, believe me) after a week or so of low carbing. Like bread, for
instance. Im a serious bread freak. After a week, I can easily envision
myself ging into a maniacal bread frenzy...... Just knowing I CAN have
a slice of whole grain (natch!) bread ONCE a day....takes the sting out.

Has anybody done this one? Any advice/comments?

~WIR~

Sherry <[email hidden]> wrote:
:> "Wild Irish Rose" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
:> news:[email hidden]...
:> > I read the FAQ some kind person here posted....and the one that
:> > rang my bell most was the one where you do two low carb meals and
:> > one "anything you want" meal. I think knowing I CAN have the
:> > whatever-Im-craving at ONE meal makes me not so fearful about
:> > going into a frenzy (not a pretty sight, believe me) after a week
:> > or so of low carbing. Like bread, for instance. Im a serious
:> > bread freak. After a week, I can easily envision myself ging into
:> > a maniacal bread frenzy...... Just knowing I CAN have
:> > a slice of whole grain (natch!) bread ONCE a day....takes the
:> > sting out.
:> >
:> > Has anybody done this one? Any advice/comments?
:>
:> I haven't done it as you describe - so if you're not interested in my
:> experience, stop here 🙂.
:>
:> I was a SERIOUS bread addict, and would eat 8 or more slices
:> throughout the coarse of a day - every day. If I made a loaf of ANY
:> kind in my bread machine, that warm rich loaf would be gone within
:> an hour or 2. I often thought that if they ever invented a bread
:> that was nutritionally complete, I could live on it forever and ever
:> amen. No problem. That's the background 🙂.

I have this background as well...however, I had other foods that were
problems, too. I was (am) a serious carb addicit - of the highest sort
(IMO)>

:>
:> This is the part that is unbelievable, even to me, and I LIVED
:> it!...I have not once craved bread, from the day I started! You
:> could knock me over with a feather, it's God's truth! In fact, I
:> bought a loaf of sprout bread (delicious, BTW and only 4 net
:> gm/slice!) and have had a slice or 2 here and there...but now, a
:> month later, nearly half of the loaf is still in the freezer!

Bread is problem the ONLY food that I used to be a serious addict for that I
can absolutely do without....well, mostly.
:>
:> My only point in mentioning that is to relate the lesson I learned:
:> not to make assumptions until I'd been there. I've read over and
:> over again of others who took a few days or even a week for the
:> bread jones to leave, but apparently it does go away in a lot of
:> cases! If you can commit to doing the first week or two "by the
:> book" and then see what happens, you just might be surprised!

Absolutely.

:>
:> (Standard disclaimers apply: YMMV, different strokes for different
:> folks, you have to have a plan that you know you can stick with for
:> the long haul, this is my experience only and doesn't reflect the
:> opinion of our station, etc. etc. etc.<G>😉.
:>

YMMV.

In article <[email hidden]>,

(Wild Irish Rose) said:

I read the FAQ some kind person here posted....and the one that rang my
bell most was the one where you do two low carb meals and one "anything
you want" meal. I think knowing I CAN have the whatever-Im-craving at
ONE meal makes me not so fearful about going into a frenzy (not a pretty
sight, believe me) after a week or so of low carbing. Like bread, for
instance. Im a serious bread freak. After a week, I can easily envision
myself ging into a maniacal bread frenzy...... Just knowing I CAN have
a slice of whole grain (natch!) bread ONCE a day....takes the sting out.

Has anybody done this one? Any advice/comments?

~WIR~

I've tried variations of this. Even one high carb treat just brings on
more cravings for me though. If I don't eat anything carby, then I
don't miss it much at all.

I'd suggest to start by thinking "Hey, at the end of one month of
low-carb - no bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, sugars, etc. if I'm happy
with the weight I've lost, and I _really_ want a treat, I will allow
myself one slice of my most favorite bread."

That's what I said to myself when I started, but it was a serving of
pasta instead of bread, because I was a pasta freak. Well, that got me
through the first month, but I forgot to eat the pasta. It was a couple
more months before I really wanted some, so I had it, wondered why I
ever liked it so much in the first place, felt like bloated [censored] after I
ate it, and never had it again.

The thing is, you CAN have anything you want to eat. I'm sure you could
even lose weight having just one slice of bread a day. But, answer
honestly, do you really only want _one_ slice? If you truly only wanted
one measly slice of bread, you wouldn't be overweight now would you? If
you are a bread freak, you are not a person who just wants one slice.
An alcoholic doesn't want just one drink, a nicotine addict doesn't want
just one cigarette.

"Wild Irish Rose" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I read the FAQ some kind person here posted....and the one that rang my
bell most was the one where you do two low carb meals and one "anything
you want" meal. I think knowing I CAN have the whatever-Im-craving at
ONE meal makes me not so fearful about going into a frenzy (not a pretty
sight, believe me) after a week or so of low carbing. Like bread, for
instance. Im a serious bread freak. After a week, I can easily envision
myself ging into a maniacal bread frenzy...... Just knowing I CAN have
a slice of whole grain (natch!) bread ONCE a day....takes the sting out.

Has anybody done this one? Any advice/comments?

I haven't done it as you describe - so if you're not interested in my
experience, stop here 🙂.

I was a SERIOUS bread addict, and would eat 8 or more slices throughout the
coarse of a day - every day. If I made a loaf of ANY kind in my bread
machine, that warm rich loaf would be gone within an hour or 2. I often
thought that if they ever invented a bread that was nutritionally complete,
I could live on it forever and ever amen. No problem. That's the
background 🙂.

This is the part that is unbelievable, even to me, and I LIVED it!...I have
not once craved bread, from the day I started! You could knock me over with
a feather, it's God's truth! In fact, I bought a loaf of sprout bread
(delicious, BTW and only 4 net gm/slice!) and have had a slice or 2 here and
there...but now, a month later, nearly half of the loaf is still in the
freezer!

My only point in mentioning that is to relate the lesson I learned: not to
make assumptions until I'd been there. I've read over and over again of
others who took a few days or even a week for the bread jones to leave, but
apparently it does go away in a lot of cases! If you can commit to doing
the first week or two "by the book" and then see what happens, you just
might be surprised!

(Standard disclaimers apply: YMMV, different strokes for different folks,
you have to have a plan that you know you can stick with for the long haul,
this is my experience only and doesn't reflect the opinion of our station,
etc. etc. etc.<G>😉.

--
Sherry
360/?/195
LC since 4/4/05
My LC Journey - www.livejournal.com/users/ShrinkingSherry

"Wild Irish Rose" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I read the FAQ some kind person here posted....and the one that rang my
bell most was the one where you do two low carb meals and one "anything
you want" meal. I think knowing I CAN have the whatever-Im-craving at
ONE meal makes me not so fearful about going into a frenzy (not a pretty
sight, believe me) after a week or so of low carbing. Like bread, for
instance. Im a serious bread freak. After a week, I can easily envision
myself ging into a maniacal bread frenzy...... Just knowing I CAN have
a slice of whole grain (natch!) bread ONCE a day....takes the sting out.

Has anybody done this one? Any advice/comments?

~WIR~

I have done CAD and it did work as long as I had no carbs(just protien) at
breakfast and lunch. I like to eat veggies with every meal, maybe more than
junk once a day.

I'm doing an Atkins based plan.

Angie

Sherry said:

I'm just curious, because Atkins seems to be the one most people quote...but
there are quite a few out there, I know. Has an informal type survey ever
been done here to find out what LC plans seem to be the most popular?

Started with Atkins. Read Atkins and South Beach.
Not following any plan for the past six months and between stress and
problems have put on 10-12 of the 80 lbs I lost.

I find it hard to mediate, moderation never worked well for me in
other areas either. When I paid a lot of attention to doing Atkins I
was successful for the first time in my life and dropped to a weight I
probably hadn't seen since high school(20 years). I spent 5 months on
maintenance before Christmas hit and then the pounds started creeping.

I'm trying to work back in some healthy habits from last year to curb
the weight gain and maybe even reverse the trend. I don't know if I
have the willpower to do phase I Atkins again.

DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email)
350/273/225 month-start: 274 monthly-goal: 8 since: 12/01/2004
Atkins since Jan 12, 2004
In Maintenance, not counting (CCLL=50-60)

Just shocking!

--
Now [censored]. You cannot possibly be this stupid and remember to
breathe. You must be trolling. -- Carmen

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I spent 5 months on
maintenance before Christmas hit and then the pounds started creeping.

Luna said

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"....wondered why I ever liked it so much in the
first place, felt like bloated [censored] after I ate it,
and never had it again."

no kidden?? man....ok. I see what you mean. There truly is no such
thing as ONE piece of bread for an addict. I also hear you about having
even a little bad carb causing cravings for more. I quit smoking once
for three years and one day, on impulse, took a cig out of a friend's
pack, thinking I could "just have one". Bought a pack on the way
home....and a carton two days later.

OK. I'll take your advice on this---I'll do straight Atkins. No sense
tempting the Devil.

~WIR~

The invention of the bread machine def changed my life.

Quoted message said:

When you have a hot load of bead and a stick of butter....who needs
anything else?

But it's a BRAND NEW DAY.

~WIR~

our bread machine is in the basement, and ONLY comes out when my husband
wants to make a "special" loaf for my sisters.
they take it home...............i can't get started on one piece!

Digital Vinyl....oh no! so it was Christmas that started you back to
bad habits?

You were doing great. IF you're like me....seeing that 8 lb gain may
make you feel, "It's hopeless...might as well forget about it...."
(That's my standard way---make a small failure into a BIG one) Are you
having those kinds of thoughts?

Here's an idea. Since Im just starting today, you wanna join me? Make
today a NEW Begining?

That little voice in your mind that says "I dont think I can do it...."
is a bald-faced, rat-fink liar!
I call my 'little voice", "the Enemy Between My Ears". It assures me I
'cant" do this, "will never" do that about everything, not just losing
weight.
I actually talk back to it, LOL---it says, "I'll never_________(get that
job, get a mate, lose weight, have money, have a life", you fil in the
blanks) When I hear it, I say back to it, "WRONG! I CAN and I WILL.
So....shut up, already."

Sometimes it shuts up and sometimes it doesnt, but I have def come to
know that I am NOT my "mind" and often, my mind lies. To ME. and
usually, the words, "never" and "cant" are the key words of the lies.

So...ya wanna?

~WIR~

On Mon, 16 May 2005 10:11:23 -0400, [email hidden] (Wild

Irish Rose) said:

LOL---seriously...I cant tell you how much it means to hear that bread
might become a thing I USED to crave.

Hey, I used to bake *all* my own bread - everything from a basic loaf
of white to a braided challah to pumpernickel to corn rye.

Oldtimers here will remember my many attempts to make a palatable low
carb bread. I finally gave up *that* fight (soy flour - what Satan
uses when he bakes).

I don't miss bread at all.

Or potatoes, and it used to be that I'd never met a potato I didn't
love.

Myra

Roger Zoul said:

Of course, I'm a nut fiend now......

Sometimes you feel like a nut....

Actually, nuts are something I can take or leave. Drives my mother,
ah, nuts.

I've got a huge bowl of fancy mixed on my coffee table right now -
will explain that in another post.

Myra