i am on the atkins diet. I haven't
necessarily lost weight, but I do feel
better. I don't have the bloating and
gassy feelings anymore. Why would that
be?? I'm eating vegetables with no
problem for the first time. I am
concerned about all the fat though, I
didn't normally eat much meat or cheese,
but now I am. Just curious about the
bloating and gassiness. I never drink
milk, so I know it's not that. All I
know is I actually feel much better, but
am concerned about all the fat i'm
eating.
Thank you
jerseygirl
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poetmcc
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 273
Posted: 04-18-05 20:39pm
Hi jerseygirl, I hope the atkins diet is
working for you. Actually people
experience constipation, bloating etc on
the atkin's diet as a result of the
consumption of so much protein and fat. I
guess you're eating more healthy on the
atkin's diet than your diet before, so you
feel better. Even though people consume
so much fat on the atkin's they do lose
weight so long as their body gets used to
to the intake of protein. So as long as
that happens you should be ok. Well take
care and good luck.
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stix2702
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Apr 2005 Posts: 4
Jersey Girl On Atkins Posted: 04-19-05 20:04pm
Hi jersey girl,
i have been on atkins on and off for a
year. I have lost around 20 pounds. When
I first started I also felt better about
myself, and had much more energy. Some
negative side effects I had were bloating,
constipation, and mood swings. However,
these subsided in the first few weeks. I
am glad that I have lost the weight;
however, this is a diet where if you go
completely off, you will easily gain the
weight right back. I went off a couple of
times and easily gained 5 pounds in the
first 2-3 weeks. It is then easy to lose
the 5 pounds once back on it, but that is
not healthy. Looking back I wish I chose
a healthier diet to do, but unfortunately
I feel I have to stick to this one,
otherwise I will gain all of the weight
back, and my wedding is coming up in less
than 6 months so that isn't an option
right now! Good luck and feel free to ask
any more questions!
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2ferano
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 3717
Posted: 05-15-05 12:27pm
No matter what diet you go on, you have
to stick to it or you will gain the weight
back. Even if you just cut calories and
started eating healthy food, after you
lose the weight, you can't just start
eating pizza and drinking beer and expect
to keep it off. In order to lose weight
and keep it off, no matter what diet you
use, you have to change your lifestyle and
stick to it.
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MMAFanAtl
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Nov 2005 Posts: 8 Location: Atlanta
Posted: 11-09-05 15:38pm
I have tried dieting many times with no
success. A few years ago when people
didn't even recognize me anymore I
resorted to atkins. It was awesome I
lost like 25 lbs. The thing is, like
after any other diet you need to refrain
from going back to the old habits that
initially got you fat, or you'll obviously
get fat again. I'm surprised you feel
great though. While atkins can be very
effective, it is not very healthy for long
periods of time, gives me diarrhea(sorry),
and makes me tired probably due to the
lack of energy-giving carbs in the diet.
I want to lose another 10-15 lbs now then
I will be where I want to be, so its off
to the jogging trail and back to another
couple of months of wings and michelob
ultra for me.
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x44
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Posts: 1
Posted: 12-06-05 21:37pm
hotasfrick
wrote:
no matter what diet you go
on, you have to stick to it or you will
gain the weight
back..
i read somewhere that your body should
need about 2 weeks of a consistant eating
habit to adjust to it and then begin
losing weight more efficiently (or gaining
it by storing fat if your eating habits
are bad ones). Another thing related to
this is that some people lose alot of
weight in their first week but it is
mostly just "water weight". This could
just apply to this particular diet or
perhaps dieting in general, I have
forgotten the exact details.
As far as atkins goes, if nothing else it
has at least made people a little if not
significantly concious of different (good
and bad) types of carbs and calories and
even fat. My reason for liking atkins is
that it is pretty much the way man lived
in his early stages before we had all of
this processed junk we have in this age.
If you think back to how you were told
cavemen looked, they were forced to be
muscular and fit (survival of the fittest)
to be hunter-gatherers and had access to
mainly meat, greens, and grains. Their
life span was only 30 or so years old but
lacked mordern medicine.
My conclusion, if a modern person ate only
things like low fat protien sources (like
egg whites), veggies, and took their
vitamins they would be cut and defined and
healthy (and add carbs for mass). So how
accurate am i?
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sweet4jay
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Posts: 81 Location: Arkansas
I Liked Atkins Too! Posted: 12-07-05 17:04pm
I did atkins some last year, and really
liked it! I lost 9 pounds in 2 weeks,
but unfortuneately, none after that, and I
stayed on it for a while! While I wasn't
big to begin with, I still felt "fat" and
wanted to lose some weight. I too, lost
my gassiness and bloating on this diet!
I felt great! And I read that the reason
why people get gassy & bloated a lot
is because people's body sometimes don't
digest carbs very good...When I was on
this diet (not eating carbs) I was never
bloated or gassy anymore (something I was
every day before!!!) it was awesome!
The bad thing about this diet is that you
get such bad cravings for sweets that you
just totally binge one day and eat all
kinds of stuff and then gain the weight
back in no time! That's something that
happened to jessica simpson, and me too!!!
Good luck to you atkins dieters!
