Robert C. Atkins M.D. - Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution: Revised and Improved

Pros: Boring , repetitive and dull
Cons: Boring , repetitive and dull

Like father like son, this book of recipes and carrots is more of the same, eat want you want but don't eat what you like. The father was run out of town and the son should be too. If we drink a lot of water and nothing else, if we eat vegetables and...

Pros: Rapid weight loss. Good variety, including foods forbidden on a low-fat diet.
Cons: Foods are more expensive

Since going on the Atkins' diet because of having an insulin problem, a lot of my health problems have diminished. I am no longer tired and groggy at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, have trouble concentrating, or have trouble staying awake at night. I've...

Pros: May lose weight the hard way.
Cons: Hard and dangerous.

I am a veteran of this diet, and it does nothing but harm the system. I began the program with the obligatory series of three days eating only the fattiest foods, eliminating carbs. However, on the third day I felt dizzy, disoriented and I had terrible...

Pros: It works
Cons: Takes a little to get used to

When I first heard about this diet, I dismissed it as just another diet to waste money on books and special products, but as I looked in to it more I begin to have hope that this one might be the one for me, so I bought the book (in paperback) and I am...

Pros: You will lose weight.
Cons: You'll feel deprived if you like carbohydrates

The Atkins' diet has been around for some time. Why then, isn't the whole planet now full of skinny people? Dr. Atkins spends a lot of time defending his theory against all his detractors.

Almost any fad diet will get you to lose weight....

Pros: all good stuff
Cons: can't find any for me

I used "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" book for weight loss. I lost 14 lbs in the first 3 weeks. Try it, it can work for you too. The first two weeks were the hardest for me. It did pick up after that. Dr. Atkins explains everything...

Pros: I lost weight and wasn't hungry
Cons: I had horrible headaches.

I really liked this book. I have tried many diets and even though I would lose weight I would gain it back soon after. I went out the Atkins diet and lost 20lbs in two months. On this diet I was never hunger and lost the weight pretty quickly. The...

Pros: Informative, Easy Reading Style
Cons: None

I highly recommend Dr. Atkins' book and diet plan. I have lost thirty pounds following his system.

New Diet Revolution clearly explains the method behind the diet as well as its benefits. Readers are given a clear 'plan of action' and...

Pros: Fast weight loss can be a diet incentive
Cons: Fat and calorie consumption can impede weight loss.

This diet can make you fat. You do burn more calories and fat on it than if you were eating more carbohydrates (the principle of the diet is that you must restrict carbohydrates significantly, which puts you into ketosis, which burns more calories...

Pros: Meat, cheese, eggs and more meat
Cons: no breads

I've not been overweight all my life. I was thin all through high school and the early years of college.
It wasn't until I entered nursing school that the weight began to pile on. Sitting and eating while studying became a nightly routine and...

Pros: EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD
Cons: Very few if you're truly dedicated to losing weight

I am 31 years old and gave birth to my fourth child 8 months ago. I was petite before getting pregnant (5'0" and 108 lbs.) and promptly gained 67 pounds while pregnant. Through starvation and aerobicizing myself to death for 5 months after my son...