Atkins Diet

Pros: eat as much (permitted) foods as you want
Cons: expensive, boring after a while, and cravings still DO exist

I have been dieting since I was 14. After many, MANY years of reading up on nutrition, diets, pros and cons (not to mention losing and gaining the same 30 lbs. since then as well), I finally thought I found a godsend when Metabolife hit the market.
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Pros: Works for those with carb problems
Cons: Life seems longer without candy

Upon getting my measurements taken for my wedding dress, I was appalled and disgusted to learn that I had, slowly, ballooned out over the past 2 years. Two years ago, I went on the Atkins and lost 40 pounds. Since then, I have slowly added...

Pros: quick weight loss, no hunger
Cons: it's mostly water weight and muscle, and you gain it all back quick if you go off of the diet

When I quit a 20-yr cigarette habit, I had to do something to replace the habit. So I ate. And ate. And ate. I gained 30 lbs in a very short time. I went from a healthy, toned, reasonably-attractive woman to a blob who could hardly get off of the couch...

Pros: Entertaining
Cons: Faddish, Not Well-Investigated

There's a reason why fads are short-lived-- they're low on substance, high on glitz. Behold the Atkins Diet.

First off, I should tell you that I'm a biochemist by training, and one who trained MD's to pass their boards. So I've been around the...

Pros: We're losing weight, we're not hungry, we can still have our snacks
Cons: None, so far. Only the first two weeks

My fiance and I have put on a few pounds this year. We ate out at lots of nice restaurants, went on a cruise, and coincidentally, one thing we have in common is a love of food and wine. He has lost a lot of weight in the past on the Atkins diet and...

Pros: Curbs hunger, easy to follow
Cons: Expensive and time consuming

I tried this diet because I am sick of failing on Low-fat diets. I will not continue this diet as a way of life, as recommended by Dr. Atkins, but I do plan to use it as a way of losing weight. I have found that this diet has several pros and cons.
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Pros: Fast results
Cons: Can be difficult if you do not like the foods

Ok, I have tried and written about this diet before, so this is not new for me. I decided to give Atkin's a third and final go when my office mates kept talking about it. So, off on the Induction I went. I thought maybe with the support of the people...

Pros: Rapid weight loss
Cons: Once you get off it, the weight comes back

Anyone who has read anything about this diet has probably been chomping at the bit at the chance to eat hamburgers, hot dogs, cheese, and eggs all they want and still lose weight. It seems like a good idea at it's inception but, believe me folks, it's...

Pros: Rapid weight loss, easy to follow,and not costly
Cons: works different for everyone

Well, let me start off be saying Yes, this diet worked for me and also a few of my friends that have tried it.

Not all us had the same amount to loss but, everyone reached there goal with a great feeling.

First of all the way to...

Pros: None
Cons: Too many to detail here

100 years ago Robert Atkins would have been selling snake oil from the back of a wagon; he is a quack of the worst kind and a menace to the public health of this country.

We are the most overweight as a people than at anytime in our history...

Pros: Forces people to consider the TYPES of carbohydrates they eat
Cons: Might kill you!

Well,

I can appreciate that ANY program which causes people to take note of how they eat and brings about positive change in their physique may be good; however, Dr. Atkins' (A.K.A. Dr. Death, and for good reasons) "diet" is NOT the...

Pros: Energy, vitality, satiety, (oh yeah-did I mention weight loss?!)
Cons: Hearing false rumors of why this WOL is "BAD FOR YOU", opinions from people who don't understand what it's really about or who have "tried" it and failed because they didn't know all the facts or didn't follow it properly

A couple of months ago, I believed all the negative news hype about Atkins. I NEVER thought I would try it. Then I received a copy of Dr. A's magazine in the mail. I thought I'd read this bull**** just for fun. By the end of that magazine, I was...

Pros: NONE
Cons: may kill you

Hi all,

IF YOU CARE ABOUT OSTEOPOROSIS AND HOW YOU COULD BECOME ITS UNWITTING VICTIM, READ THIS OPINION!!!

Earlier I wrote an opinion about the Atkins diet and brushed by some very important facts. I wanted to take a moment to...

Pros: Quick weight loss; Eat rich food w/o guilt
Cons: Possible health questions; Expensive

About two years ago, I came across alt.support.diet.low-carb and couldn't believe the posts I was reading about the wacko regime where people were eating bacon, cream sauces, nuts, cheese and all kinds of meat--as much as they wanted!

And...

Pros: This diet might work for you. Read the book first.
Cons: This diet might not work for you. Read the book first.

A few years ago, I was feeling rather gloomy and decidedly chubby...well chubbier than normal. I've been heavy since age 6 and probably have tried many different diets and most have yielded short term results and long term dissatisfaction. For some of...