Atkins and low-carbing is so publicized these days that unless you live in a paper bag you must have heard of it. Can you imagine what it was like doing Atkins in the mid seventies???????? I did it and to make it worse I worked in a greasy spoon type resturaunt - I was about 16 and used to bring my own lunch to work
even though the cook would have made me anything I wanted to eat I found it easier to bring my own so I wouldn't be tempted by the daily specials - I would eat breakfast there no problem - eggs and bacon skip the toast and homefries, and eat my homemade lunch - They used to laugh at me and say I was bad advertising - it was a small family type resturaunt and the clientele were all regulars and my lunch became quite a joke, because I was not overweight (just thought I was) they would tease me about my bacon and egg breakfasts - telling me I was going to get fat. I had learned about this diet from my mother who had several small Dell Pocket Books on low carb diets (you know the ones that used to be 25 cents at the checkout counters) she had Atkins, The Drinking Mans Diet and the Airforce Pilots Diet - all variations of Atkins.

Anyone else here who did Atkins or low carb back when it was REALLY unheard of?