Help me with my diet..

No more than 20g of it during the initiation phase, which is 4 teaspoons of sugar. A slice of bread has more than that I think. So, strictly speaking yes, but the amount is incredibly low compared to a normal diet.

EDIT: Besides, you are actually wrong. It restricts both simple and complex carbs. See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkins_diet

No mention of "eat as much simple carbs as normally would"

I think you have miss understood me. Atkins is not really concerned about simple carbs. He focuses on the complex carbs because they are the carbs that effect blood sugar.

When you follow the Atkins Diet, aka the Atkins Nutrition Approach, you actually count grams of Net Carbs, which represent the total carbohydrate content of the food minus the fiber content. The Net Carbs number reflects the grams of carbohydrate that significantly impact your blood sugar level and therefore are the only carbs you need to count when you do Atkins. Foods that are low in Net Carbs such as nutrient-dense vegetables and fruits don’t have a significant impact on blood sugar and therefore are less likely to interfere with weight loss.
 
Jamal said:
What are "empty carbs"?

I saw in a book that to prevent fat in your abdominal area you need to avoid foods with a high sugar to carb ratio. Is this true?
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Simple and complex carbs.

Empty carbs are carbs that have little to no nutritional value, most processed food is empty/simple carbs.
 
pulling wire said:
No more than 20g of it during the initiation phase, which is 4 teaspoons of sugar. A slice of bread has more than that I think. So, strictly speaking yes, but the amount is incredibly low compared to a normal diet.

EDIT: Besides, you are actually wrong. It restricts both simple and complex carbs. See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkins_diet

No mention of "eat as much simple carbs as normally would"

I think you have miss understood me. Atkins is not really concerned about simple carbs. He focuses on the complex carbs because they are the carbs that effect blood sugar.

When you follow the Atkins Diet, aka the Atkins Nutrition Approach, you actually count grams of Net Carbs, which represent the total carbohydrate content of the food minus the fiber content. The Net Carbs number reflects the grams of carbohydrate that significantly impact your blood sugar level and therefore are the only carbs you need to count when you do Atkins. Foods that are low in Net Carbs such as nutrient-dense vegetables and fruits don’t have a significant impact on blood sugar and therefore are less likely to interfere with weight loss.
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Hmmm, I see its a definition thing basically. In that sense, you are correct, except I dont think whole grains would be included in an Atkins diet (I stand to be corrected?) whereas they are, in some circles, called complex carbs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbohydrate#Oligosaccharides_and_polysaccharides
 
How many times a day should i eat? I want to make some sort of plan.
 
Korn1 said:
Beer is a good example...thats the only thing im battling with in my diet :D I need my beers every night...so my excuse is that they are my health shakes :whistle:
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You mean your "Mental Health Shakes"
 
Ok..... First my personal experience with the Atkins diet

It works like a charm. I chowed biltong whenever I was hungry and included eggs and cheese with breakfast and lunch. Suppers were ANY braai meat and some salad. Fatty meat was encouraged. I lost on average 2KG's a week on this but my clothes got bigger much faster than the weight came off on the scale. THE BAD: you eat hardly any carbs. First week you are weak and tired but from week 2 you have lots of energy, except during excercise. I could hardly cycle up hills due to no readily available energy. It's a cool diet if you dig meat!

My 2nd diet gave me the best results. I lost 20KG's in 2 months! I followed the Kellogg's Special K diet. It requires a lot of willpower but it controls your food intake during the day because all you can eat for breakfast and lunch is a bowl of special k cereal with fat free milk and snack on fruit inbetween. If you are motivated enough and excercising regularly this is the diet you will get results with.

You get fat when you don't burn all the calories that you put in your mouth on any given day. To lose fat you must burn more calories and put less calories in your mouth. It's simple, but dieting is useless without willpower and an end goal to work towards!
 
Not sure about the diet side of things, but I can highly recommend Sports-Tracker.com
I use on my N8 for walking, running and cycling and its pretty sweet. Gives you a nice profile with your speeds, route, altitude and kCal's burned for each workout. So far I have lost 6kg in less than two months.
 
Do you know in Australia, consumers are getting their money refunded due to false advertising on the power bands.
 
Tip to reduce weight: Turn your head to the left and then turn it to the right. Repeat exercise when offered something to eat.
 
Has anyone here tried the Body for Life program.I heard its good provided you use the EAS products.
Money making scheme?
 
How serious are about improving your Life Style is the first question? Secondly I`ve been on the Herbalife Products now for six years since 2005. The result been great. So for more information drop me a mail at [email protected].
 
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