Atkins Diet

Pros: Initial rapid weight loss; increased energy; fat dissapears from body; sugar & carbohydrate cravings dissapear.
Cons: Initial carbohydrate and sugar withdrawal symptoms

Initially, I started thinking of doing the Atkins Diet to shed some quick pounds. I bought the book and read quite a bit about it prior to beginning.

I have started twice on Atkins. The first time that I gave this a shot, I did the 14 day...

Pros: Quick loss, no hunger in most cases.
Cons: Tired feeling at first. Quick regain. Tough for hypoglycemics. Need to read the WHOLE book.

First of all let me start by saying that I began the Atkins' Nutritional Approach after seeing the results that my brother had on the program. I have lost 40 pounds in the past 10 weeks with no notable problems thusfar. Despite my success, I am...

Pros: It works! No hunger and you lose weight, look great!
Cons: Bad breath, no bread, constipation

Unlike a lot of diets that are expensive and either work for awhile or don't work at all, the Atkins’ diet has proven itself over the years to be the one diet that has no extra costs or hidden agendas such as selling pre-packaged foods (although he does...

Pros: Interesting new way to look at the metabolism.
Cons: Very restrictive

Forgive me, this is somewhat a reply to a few of the people who gave neg. reviews, and somewhat a review itself. All in all I think you will find it helpful.

I was on the Atkins diet, I didn't like it because after eating all that meat,...

Pros: Lost weight REAL fast, continued to keep it off
Cons: Friends and family may shun you for taking the easy way out.

I started Atkins back in June. I was about 70lbs overweight
and had tried almost everything. Nothing seemed to work.
I was a BIG eater and everything was about moderation and exercise. Well I came across this infomercial one night for the...

Pros: Lose weight without the hunger
Cons: Tortilla Chips are illegal

By this time, you will have read several reviews outlining what Atkins is, so I will give you MY experience on it. I have been on it for 30 days at this point. I'm in the Induction period, the "bootcamp", the hardest part of the diet and I have found it...

Pros: Weight comes off, blood sugar stabilizes
Cons: Grocery bills go way up

I am concerned that a lot of the negative reviews here are giving out misinformation. I haven't been ...

Pros: Lose weight and feel great! Get rid of the blood sugar crashes and cravings.
Cons: Must be willing to commit to make it a permanent way of life to work.

I've bounced back and forth on weight over the years trying to follow the low fat-high carb diet methods all the "experts" try and cram down our throats and my body followed the rest of America's on the upward slide. Trying to follow a low fat diet with ...

Pros: A diet That's Easy To Live With
Cons: Food Can Get Expensive

The Atkins diet has been around since the 1970's. On this diet you eat generous amounts of protein, ...

Pros: I can't think of any that had any benefit on me.
Cons: Very limited food choices for people who don't particularly like meat.

Having had weight problems for most of my life, the information I obtained from Dr. Atkins' book and website made me feel hopeful that I'd finally found a diet that would work for me. I was always a yo-yo dieter. Over the span of 40 years, I have...

Pros: Losing weight becomes so easy, you almost feel guilty!
Cons: Limited carb intake is scary for some...

I have never been happy with my weight. I don't recall the last time I was truly happy with my appearance. I found out about the Atkins Program through a friend. I chastized my friend for being so silly as to believe in this 'crazy fad diet' as I so...

Pros: Will lose weight
Cons: BORING and too restrictive

I came across this diet in Feb. 2000. I figured it was so popular I would give it a try. The first 2 weeks I was limited to 20 grams of carbohydrates or less a day. The first 2 days I was sick to my stomach and had some terrible headaches. My legs...

Pros: Weight loss you can maintain.
Cons: Piles of misinformation from the misinformed.

If I had a nickel for every misinformed person who said "Oh, that's the diet where you ONLY eat meat ...

Pros: Works great, never hungry during the day
Cons: SOOOO many uneducated misinformed people that put it down unnecessarily

Ok here's the scoop, I am on Atkins, with the approval of my doctor and I enjoy it. It is the one p ...

Pros: Meat, eggs, butter, cheese, bacon, ranch dressing, cheesecake...
Cons: Induction phase is BORING, lots of cooking to get variety

Having read most of the rest of the opinions on here, my main comment is that if you say this diet is boring, you haven't been reading the recipe sites. Man, there are a lot of recipes out there, and most of them are wonderful. Some of them (maybe most)...