Atkins diet feedback

[CanEHdian]

OK so i know a guy who plans on going on the atkins diet. Now the first time he went on it, i knew jack shit about nutrition so i couldnt offer any advice. However now he intending on going on it again.

Now i know hes lying a lot about his current diet because he thinks hes moderatley healthy. roughly 5'11" 250 lb and not much of that is muscle.

Im trying to convince him to eat healthy regularly because i just dont like atkins, i mean i worked before and he lost weight, but i think anything other then what he was eating would have helped him do that.



Please post your opinions on atkins so i can better bash it so he will not cut carbs out of his diet for months on end.

PS: on a funny note he thinks that he can have abs by the end of the school year

[Steve]

Just tell him to shut the fuck up.

[Skippy]

Originally Posted by Steve

Just tell him to shut the fuck up.

best advise there is

fat people should be left to get themselves out of their own weight, just going through school and what not and reading little bits of nutritional information of the back of food boxes when you're bored, along with common sense should be enough to know what foods to eat and what foods not to eat when it comes to losing weight

it doesnt take a genius to know that when you're losing weight, not to go over the RDA, and if you do, burn that shit off!

and it doesn't take a genius to know that when losing weight chocolate=BAD cod=GOOD

alot of people surely from Gym or PE classes in school should have knowledge of basic aerobic fitness =[

common sense + basic knowledge = OMGaWD I Rly CnA LOSEe we1GHT

[compleks]

I'm assuming that Atikins didn't work the first time? What's the difference this time?

[Gravityjay]

this time if he sticks with it he can get gall stones!

[Kitosho]

Atkins is good for normal people. Athletes can do well losing fat off of lowering to about 100-150g of carbs a day. I like the idea of carb reduction but Atkins is the absolute extreme of it.

[Sakanem]

There is no reliable data on long-term effects of the Atkins diet, but apparently Atkins himself was grossly overweight when he died. lol. Neglecting _any_ nutrient will result in short-term weight loss, but Atkins is just stupid. It kills your arteries.

[receive]

Originally Posted by compleks

I'm assuming that Atikins didn't work the first time? What's the difference this time?

Originally Posted by CanEHdian

[it] worked before and he lost weight

I guess it worked for him last time, but then he started eating like a faggot again.

Originally Posted by Sakanem

Atkins is just stupid. It kills your arteries.

*sigh* Evidence?

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OP - if your friend liked the Atkins Diet last time, and it worked for him, then let him use it again. Especially if he is quite sedentary. Just this time try to see that he doesn't fuck up and get fat again.

If he is athletic and trains (I hope he does), then I think periodic carb-ups are in order, like the Anabolic Diet etc, but being low-carb most of the time is, imo, the best way.

[rockmonkey]

atkins = loose

[compleks]

Originally Posted by receive

I guess it worked for him last time, but then he started eating like a faggot again.

Which means it didn't really work, otherwise he probably wouldn't have felt it necessary to eat like a 'faggot' again. Atkins isn't something that people commit to for life, it's too extreme. Healthy eating habits can be maintained alot easier.