rkz--you don't HAVE to eat a pound of bacon at every meal on atkins. :rolleyes:

Oh, yeah, and I totally don't love my family. Ya dink.

I was speaking of my own reasoning... health is more important than looks. My, reasoning. Patience is more important than the risk.
Your emotional outburst is unwarranted.

That wasn't an emotional outburst.


Hooooooooooly shit.

Just your opinion of me.. a dink?

Verbal equivalent of pushing someone gently but playfully on the shoulder. Similar to 'ya big lug'.

I resent your implying that people on Atkins don't "love" their families.

You read that into my post on your own...
Atkins diet safety questioned

Atkins Facts - American Heart Assoc.

I've read the literature. ALL of the literature.

I happen to believe Atkins was right, esp. for carb addicts.

Flame away, imply we don't love our families and are more vain than anything else. I know what works for me.

yeah, but it would hurt your ass unmerciful.

Another article from same source says

Wow, you read stuff into a post that I did not write but can't read what I do write... now that's talent.
Nicely done... select only one of the articles to pick only a part of to critique.

rkz--I find you paranoid and just strange. What I meant was that I've read more than just your cherry picked articles. I've read the pros and cons of the diet.

Tsk, tsk. Picking fights where none exsist...I'm done with you.

I was saying that you read that I was implying something about others in a statement about myself but could not read when I stated very clearly what I meant by that statement. No one is picking a fight.
I have simply stated my opinion and backed it up. You have jumped-to conclusions, accused me and twisted my words with no reason or regard for facts.
I am most fortunate that you are done with me.

There is also a great website sparkpeople.com. They offer healthy lifestyle tips, calorie counting and record keeping, and a community of other people losing weight. It's free, which is nice.

I tried Atkins, and I lost weight on it, but I just craved carbs all the time and it drove me nuts.

The main reason that I decided to lose weight was fear of diabetes.

The Governor or Arkanasas, Mike Huckabee, lost 100 pounds after he was dignosed with diabetes. He wrote a book about his experience called, "Stop Killing Yourself with a Knife and Fork". The book is worth reading. When I think about going off my diet I pick it up and read a chapter. Huckabee's diabetes went away when he lost the weight.

I have been wanting to read that book.
Taking control of my weight and eating habits changed my life and outlook.
After years of games with Diets, I finally learned that there is no Diet. You will never stay on a "diet" for life... so why start on one? It is just trading one bad habit for another. The are all just money making gimmicks.
A life-style change along with an outlook change is the long term solution.
If I continued the Diet schill game I would be dead now, not just because of my weight, but for what it does to other conditions, conditions I did not know about then... take control now, yourself, don't give it to others for a temporary fix.
Unless that is what you want.

I just thought it was ironic - the link to it was on the bottom of the article you linked.