this is what i tell the people at work who really hate the fact that i have lost over 50 pounds and have more muscle mass than i have ever had.....WHAT PART OF I DONT GIVE DAMN WHAT YOU THINK DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND!

I`was in the market the other day and someone commented on atkins, I told them I had lost over 2 stones on it and they said - it isn't good for your liver and kidneys is it? So I said, not for people who think they can do it without guidance it isn't!! I said people who do low fat low carb end up with problems, not sensible people! It shut her up and she didn't comment further. It is so frustrating though that people cant just accept that thousands of people can lose a lot of weight on atkins or lc diets

I am not on akins per se, but thinking about swiching from SBD to aktins for life...and saw this tread and had to reply....it amazes me the crap I get from this WOE, my DH is loving and supportive, on the plan with me, my co workers and strangers though...yikes!!!

its so nice to see my poll sparked so much interest! My boyfriend who was originally against it says that he is really impressed, and that it is the first diet I don't always go on about how hungry I am, but the other day someone just told me that I could get very ill because it wasn't a balanced diet etc etc. but then I thought hey, what is worse for you being 30 lbs overweight or having to supplement your diet with vitamins, and when they started going on about dog breath I thought, better to have breath like a dog than look like one!!! (and who says we got dog breath anyway... woof!)

No one argues with the amount of weight I have lost, or how much better I look. But I'm frequently asked if I worry about how much fat I'm eating. I just answer "no," and leave them to think whatever they will.

As I sit here and try to get my eyes open with coffee, I had to think a minute.. 'has anyone said anything about the way i eat?' strange thing.... I'm not sure anyone in South Florida is eating carbs!!!!!
the grocers, the specialty markets, and people with ad wraps on their vehicles are exploiting low carb groceries in the neighborhood..
I hear people literally cheering at the cashier when they hold up their Low Carb ice cream they found in the freezer... Or me... with my cheers of low carb tortillas in my grocers!!!
I don't think anyone in South Florida is eating carbs to tell you the truth.. And all the restaurants are adhering to people requesting starch be removed from their plates. The little breakfast dives we go to in the mornings are substituting bacon for the grits and toast. So.... I'm not sure anyone is eating carbs down here...

But in all seriousness, I took my 12 yr old son to see "SuperSize Me" last week. We were both pretty shocked at the movie. I think that movie should be mandatory in all schools, and training camps, should be seen by every single living human being.. And somewhere, the fast food industry has got to eliminate the carb laden foods that is killing our society. But then.... that would be propoganda huh?

Back in the bad old days of 1998, I heard everything from getting a nasty comment from a cashier when pork rinds went across the scanner "Those things will kill you!", to dire warnings of having my kidneys fail, to heart attacks, to my mother trying constantly to feed me carbs, to predictions of putting it all back on again because "You know, once you start eating carbs again you will put it all back on and more".

Well, the last part is true. I learned carb control, not portion control, so when I started eating carbs again (eating low carb portions), I SLOWLY put the weight back on, over a period of 5 years.

The Atkids now have it easier, because I don't hear many of those comments any more, and the attitude has become much more receptive (except for hard-line low fat propagandists). I also don't tell people I low carb unless I trust them not to be a-holes about it. I had been barraged with so many well-meant death threats that I just don't bother.

So, the people who matter to me do support it, and I really don't even bother telling others unless they're receptive. I have a running commentary with a guy who recently underwent a heart attack, and HE is low carbing, and we swap food lists.

Vicky

PiolotGal, your favorite link isn't work. I clicked on it and got the
"The page cannot be displayed" message.

Someone asked me how much I had lost the other day, and I told them 105 pounds in the last year. When asked how, I said Atkins. They told me it would kill me. I said well at least I will not need as many poll-bearers as I would have last year.

Most people are supportive. They are amazed at the transformation that is taking place. I always tell them I am eating better then I have ever eaten in the past 45 years.

Should have said "Oh really? Then why am I here talking to you then? Obviously I'm doing something right!"

i've noticed that the only people who are against me doing atkins are people who are overweight themselves.. its really odd. All of my normal weight friends couldn't care less.

its almost like they are afraid you will succeed, maybe they feel threatened.