Comments on: The truth about Atkins http://breagettingfit.com/2009/07/16/the-truth-about-atkins/ Adventures in Fitness Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:47:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: irene http://breagettingfit.com/2009/07/16/the-truth-about-atkins/comment-page-1/#comment-456 irene Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:33:27 +0000 http://breagettingfit.com/?p=833#comment-456 atkins is scary, yikes! it is amazing how people still have that mindset. that looks like a good book. i never really got that craze, it was just too off-putting to think that you were doing your body justice pigging out on bacon and bunless burgers. bleh. i do try my best to avoid refined carbs or any refined foods for that matter. i drink the low carb/light beers just coz they are lower in calories and not so heavy. i haven't weighed myself since early in june, my husband hid the scale. just putting my focus on half marathon training and fitness goals. so far so good, except for this cold/cough i have, ugh, seems when you get going good you hit a roadblock! i am reading fit for life (bargain score at grocery store for $2.50!) right now and then onto skinny bitch, yay! atkins is scary, yikes! it is amazing how people still have that mindset. that looks like a good book. i never really got that craze, it was just too off-putting to think that you were doing your body justice pigging out on bacon and bunless burgers. bleh.

i do try my best to avoid refined carbs or any refined foods for that matter. i drink the low carb/light beers just coz they are lower in calories and not so heavy. i haven’t weighed myself since early in june, my husband hid the scale. just putting my focus on half marathon training and fitness goals. so far so good, except for this cold/cough i have, ugh, seems when you get going good you hit a roadblock!

i am reading fit for life (bargain score at grocery store for $2.50!) right now and then onto skinny bitch, yay!

]]> By: June http://breagettingfit.com/2009/07/16/the-truth-about-atkins/comment-page-1/#comment-449 June Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:58:57 +0000 http://breagettingfit.com/?p=833#comment-449 I did Sommersize a while back. Lean meats, whole grains, no sugar. Lost a pretty good amount of weight on it. But gained it back. Not because the program doesn't work. I went back to eating unhealthy. I know that if I eat a lot of bad carbs like white flours and junk food (chips, donuts, etc) I feel horrible. I did Sommersize a while back. Lean meats, whole grains, no sugar. Lost a pretty good amount of weight on it. But gained it back. Not because the program doesn’t work. I went back to eating unhealthy. I know that if I eat a lot of bad carbs like white flours and junk food (chips, donuts, etc) I feel horrible.

]]> By: breefawn http://breagettingfit.com/2009/07/16/the-truth-about-atkins/comment-page-1/#comment-445 breefawn Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:57:00 +0000 http://breagettingfit.com/?p=833#comment-445 Not very in-depth, actually. I think that I did a review of Eat to Live a bit ago...I would look into that book, or check out Healthy Eating For Women For Life. Either of those should answer any questions that you have! Not very in-depth, actually. I think that I did a review of Eat to Live a bit ago…I would look into that book, or check out Healthy Eating For Women For Life. Either of those should answer any questions that you have!

]]> By: Kristen http://breagettingfit.com/2009/07/16/the-truth-about-atkins/comment-page-1/#comment-441 Kristen Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:20:07 +0000 http://breagettingfit.com/?p=833#comment-441 I think for normal people this might be a good thing, but with having insulin resistance/pre-diabetes, my doctor told me to try to eat around 100g of carbs a day. I just don't think my body deals with carbs well and I can SO feel it when I eat something loaded with carbs. I kind of get a sugar high/drunk feeling. Since I have been eating clean and on the restrictive part of Tracy's diet (she doesn't want you eating a ton of carbs except in fruits and veggies...which I'm eating A LOT of) I haven't had any of my horrible drunk-carb feelings. And I haven't had my low blood-sugar bottom-outs where I'm shaking. I have heard the idea to be careful when cutting carbs, but I may be a little bit of a different case. Do they mention diabetes at all in the book? I think for normal people this might be a good thing, but with having insulin resistance/pre-diabetes, my doctor told me to try to eat around 100g of carbs a day. I just don’t think my body deals with carbs well and I can SO feel it when I eat something loaded with carbs. I kind of get a sugar high/drunk feeling. Since I have been eating clean and on the restrictive part of Tracy’s diet (she doesn’t want you eating a ton of carbs except in fruits and veggies…which I’m eating A LOT of) I haven’t had any of my horrible drunk-carb feelings. And I haven’t had my low blood-sugar bottom-outs where I’m shaking. I have heard the idea to be careful when cutting carbs, but I may be a little bit of a different case. Do they mention diabetes at all in the book?

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