response 39 of 67:

Jul 13 01:40 UTC 2003

#35:  I anticipate that happening around 30 or so for me, where my good
fortune on the body type front evaporates the same way it did for the other
members of my dad's family.  All of them were sticks when I was young, and
there is a fair amount of gut and "baggage" floating around.  Nothing
ridiculous, but it happened within my lifetime.

response 41 of 67:

Jul 13 05:48 UTC 2003

Re 38:  You don't remember the big "Coke Other" campaign 4-5 years ago?  It
was sort of a transparent green, and the commercials featured Carrothead.
Pretty much killed his career, as I recall.

response 43 of 67:

Jul 14 15:34 UTC 2003

I figure weight gain or loss is all about how many calories you eat compared
to how many you burn.  Whenever you hear one category of food declared to be
"evil" and the cause of weight gain, a few years later they're saying
something else, so I tend to think it's best to avoid fad diets like Atkins.

That doesn't exonerate soda, because it has a lot of calories, but it
doesn't make it worse than any other high-calorie food.

response 45 of 67:

Jul 14 17:18 UTC 2003

I have read that the reason the Atkins diet works is because people who 
are on it eat fewer calories. And one theory about that is that fat and 
protein keep a person from feeling hungry longer than simple carbs. I 
have also heard that an Atkins like diet that allows whole grains is 
just as effective. Of course, I dont have any personal experience with 
either of those diets. 

response 47 of 67:

Jul 14 19:18 UTC 2003

Again, it depends on how much refined sugar they eat in the first place, and
how much other garbage is eaten and how much exercise is done.  It is the
whole diet and lifestyle that need changing, not just ONE aspect.  Changing
the lifestyle one aspect at a time as you adjust to it is a good start.

response 49 of 67:

Jul 14 20:24 UTC 2003

okay. im on the diet my health club supports. its rather like stkins without
throwing your body into keytosis, which we dont believe to be healthy. ive
lost about 50 lbs and feel great. i am less food obsessed than i have ever
been in my life.

things i have learned. all the "low fat" diets really dont work so well.
burning fat has alot more to do with how much insulin your body produces when
you eat too much refined sugar/carbohydrates. there is a reason those people
with a slim fast are fat. its because they are wrong.

lynne is very right. since switching to a low carb way of eating, i notice
myself rarely actually being hungry or even munching. i honestly just dont
think about food. i used to obsess. constantly.

my cholesterol has dropped over 100 pts to a very low number. 

i have much more energy.

have that bacon cheeseburger. just dont eat the bun.
have a nachos bellgrande with no chips.

i eat lots of eggs. lots of cheese. slim jims. sugar free ice cream.

weight watchers is coming out with a lower carb program. literally, just
losing the diet soda and juice/sweetened beverage habit is one of the single
healthiest things you can do for your body. and lose the chips and candy.

when i do crave chocolate, carbolife makes a chocolate bar i like.

and sometimes, i choose a weekend day to splurge and have extra carbs. 

and i keep losing weight. 

there isnt a magic pill or magic cure. watch how much freakin sugar you eat.
excercise. and remember, bread = sugar once your body breaks it down.

response 51 of 67:

Jul 14 23:45 UTC 2003

thats actually not what the research shows. yes, if you go into keytosis and
break out the starvation hormones, its not good for you. which is why, though
i think atkins discovered something major, i dont totally agree with the
atkins diet. low carb is very different than no carb. think about eating raw.
before food is over processed and canned and boxed and all that crap we do
to it. meat. eggs. cheese. fish. whole grains. vegetables. fresh fruit.
butter. 

as opposed to dairy queen, bread, rolls, potatoes, candy, the amazing amount
of high sugar drinks we consume, more bread, macaroni and cheese, sweetened
cereal.

and low carb isnt designed for "speedy" weight loss. you put it on slowly,
and you need to take it off slowly, if you are overweight. but there are so
many other reasons to eat a low sugar healthy diet. and you mention that fats
and protiens turn to sugar. yes, but they dont cause your body to over produce
insulin to process the vast amount of sugar we consume on a daily basis.

response 53 of 67:

Jul 15 14:47 UTC 2003

When I was in fourth grade, one of my classmates put a small chunk of meat
into a bottle of Coke as an experiment.  Over the course of a week or so, the
chunk got smaller.  It occurs to me know that another process could have been
involved, but it convinced us that Coke wasn't particularly 'safe'.  Not that
we stopped drinking it, mind you.

response 55 of 67:

Jul 15 16:34 UTC 2003

As would the acids that are already in your stomach ;)

response 57 of 67:

Jul 16 13:50 UTC 2003

I guess, technically, you could fit that into the Atkins diet. ;)

response 59 of 67:

Jul 16 23:51 UTC 2003

Some of those appetizers look mighty tasty...