I’ve been on many diet plans in my life that resulted in weight loss only to find that I regained the weight faster than I lost it. In 2008 I was at my heaviest weight ever, 199 pounds and standing all of 5’2 inches tall. I was at a loss to which direction to take in the approach to lose weight. One day I saw a friend and was in shocked as I noticed the weight she had lost. She looked amazing and told me she was doing something called the Atkins diet. Although I had never heard of it before I knew the very next day I would be on my computer eager to find out about this diet was all about that had transformed my friend in such a short period of time. Here’s what I found:
The Atkins Diet is a low-carbohydrate or ketogenic diet, which means you significantly reduce the amount of carbohydrate consumption resulting in a liver and muscle glycogen loss and a huge but temporary diuretic effect. The rapid weight loss at the beginning stages is attributed to water weight. This diet is broken up in four stages with the first stage consisting of a 2 week ‘induction period’. During this period and beyond you eat no more the 15-20 grams of carbohydrates as day. Later, in the maintenance stage carbohydrates are gradually added to the diet usually in the form of fruits and low-carbohydrate products.
Now this is my take on my new found information concerning the Atkins Diet:
I could eat a high amount of protein, a high amount of fat, but my carbohydrates would have to be significantly decreased from what I was use to consuming. This was not at all comforting to me due to the massive amounts of carbohydrates that were apart of my diet, but again I was desperate. The thought that I could eat sausages, eggs, and cheese in the mornings seemed very appealing so I felt I should at least give it a try.
Grocery Shopping
I stocked up on cheese, eggs, cream, butter and oil, all no-no’s on most diet plans. Now I was in this world of counting carbohydrates and quite frankly couldn’t recall if I had even been familiar with that term before now.
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