I was so hungry at the beginning of this woe, but my appetite went down, I am sure yours will too.

Yes, just because we can eat eggs, bacon and cheese without remorse, we must remain in control. These items do not permit us to become glutons. I do not count calories but that is because I watch my servings and I don't eat second helpings. I never stuff my self as I have in the past. I don't have the need to stuff myself as before because I will feel full for a long time before my next meal.

Black57

I eat as much as I want so long as it doesn't have a lot of carbs. For lunch yesterday I ate two McDonalds double cheeseburgers (just tossed the roll and ate the rest with a knife and fork) and one of their caesar salads (avoiding the carrots and grape tomatoes). May have been 10 carbs, total.

Speaking of Atkins Urban Legends...how about the one that if you follow this "diet" your liver and/or kidneys will surely fail! Whatever...

BTW, I basically allow myself as much meat/eggs/cheese as I want. My numbers are great (confirmed by my doctor) and I feel wonderful. Thing is, I don't gorge because my appetite doesn't allow for it. But between us (wink wink) I think I could eat a half pound of bacon!

Donald

[QUOTE=DWRolfe]Speaking of Atkins Urban Legends...how about the one that if you follow this "diet" your liver and/or kidneys will surely fail! Whatever...

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This is so true. I have been doing Atkins for almost 2 years and I still have people, who know I have been doing Atkins for a long while, tell me that this diet will ruin my liver and kidneys. I am like .........Hello. It's been two years don't you think if my kidney and liver were going to fail it would have happened by now.
Sometimes I wonder about people.

It all boils down to what the book says..eat until satisfied, not stuffed.

Really, though, I understand where the steak and butter misconception comes from. Every bit of information I had seen before reading the book, was about eating steak and butter, while the low-calorie people around you are starving and still losing weight..a heaping table of food with the headline "Eat these sumptuous foods and still lose!"...the infomercial hocking the tape/book set where the man and woman discuss being able to eat ALL you want and still lose...

So I really understand where it comes from. Until I read the whole book, this is the only information that had been presented to me BY the people promoting it!

Don't worry. I'll kidneys will explode, our liver shut down, our teeth rot, and we'll lose our sex lives before the butter and steaks kick in ;p

Ok... I dunno about the kidneys.. the liver or the teeth... but.. is the exact opposite of true