Atkins Diet

Pros: You will lose weight
Cons: Questions about the diet’s safety, little mention of exercise

Want to lose weight while eating luxurious items such as filet mignon, spareribs, or rack of lamb? Sounds impossible doesn’t it? Well it is possible according to Dr. Robert Atkins, the founder of the popular self-named Atkins Diet....

Pros: theoretically should work, approved by our family doctor
Cons: very hard to stick to, boring, higher grocery bills

My husband and I are fundamentally different in many ways. I like things like losing weight to be hard and involve a bit of suffering, he likes things to be easy and painless. Consequently, when we set out to lose weight, our methods were quite...

Pros: You lose weight
Cons: Can do kidney damage, and harm your colon.

The Atkins diet. Well, as a clinical dietitian, I would shake in fear when I heard my patients say, “I am on the Atkins diet.” This is a diet that we are taught is horrible and nasty, at least that is what every professor I ever had pounded into our...

Pros: Easy to follow; Success without Cravings
Cons: Can be taken to extremes

I am incapable of losing weight; I simply misplace it. Like those keys that consistently fall to the bottom of my purse, pounds of ugly fat are magnetically attracted to the bottom of my . . . well bottom. Like it or not, genetics dictate more than the...

Pros: fast weight loss
Cons: loss of energy, feeling sick, to many bathroom trips

Ok.. So we all know about this Atkins Diet thing. It has definitely made headlines this past year or so. But is it the right diet?

I started the Atkins Diet with my Mom about 5 months ago. I decided I would try it based on all the hipe it had...

Pros: Sensible regarding protein & sugar
Cons: Fat intake too high

I originally placed this review in the Books section, but since it's an opinion more of the protein diet than the book itself, I've moved it here. And, I've expanded the review, as well.

At the published advice of both Atkins and the...

Pros: quick way to lose a couple of pounds
Cons: no pasta, bread potato, but you could eat porkrinds

One day at work we were all talking about how we wanted to lose some weight. One of my co-workers who had been losing weight suggested the Atkins diet.
She said that she never had cravings and had quick results.

The simple premise of...

Pros: Quick loss/ Big loss
Cons: Not balanced diet/side effects for me

Let me start by saying I was once a huge supporter of the Atkins diet. This low carbohydrate/high protein diet seemed like the solution to an ever frustrating problem with my weight. I had seen friends drop a lot of weight in little time and was...

Pros: Never hungry, feel great, carbohydrate cravings ALMOST gone
Cons: Can be expensive with lots of meat, no-carb or sugar items

May was a milestone month for me! I started two great programs: Epinions and the Dr. Atkins Diet. They have a lot in common because both take time and effort to obtain worthwhile results, but six months later, I'm so very glad I made the decision to...

Pros: Pork Chops.
Cons: All that left over masking tape.

For proof of this, I offer the following paraphrase of comments overheard during my years as the poster child for Lane Bryant:

"After all, I mean, like fat people are fat because they're lazy and stupid. If they weren't lazy, they'd be getting...

Pros: Quick weight loss, loss of cravings, emphasis on non-processed foods and lifestyle change.
Cons: Hard to stick to, and expensive! Very hard to eat out.

In one sentence: Good for weight loss, but it can be hard to stick to if you don't enjoy the way you're eating. The Beginning After hearing quite a few friends rave about this diet, I decided to check it out. Being a compulsive person about ...

Pros: None
Cons: Body damage, nutritional imbalances, changes your metabolic process.

DON'T TRY THIS DIET AT HOME:
Plus a slight disclaimer.

Let me first say that the heading on this epinion may be somewhat misleading since I have never dieted, but friends and family who have used this diet have. And as an...

Pros: Will probably lose weight
Cons: Not healthy

I wrote an Epinion about my Atkins experience explaining why I am no longer on the plan even after being in their catalog. (http://www.epinions.com/well-review-1EC2-B432ACB-3947B5FB-prod2) I can't...

Pros: No hunger pangs.
Cons: Can get expensive. Affects some badly.

In light of feedback I have reviewed the book and updated my review accordingly as of 27 oct 2002


I have been wrestling with my weight for ages and decided
to give the Atkins Diet a try after several people in my
...

Pros: Effective diet
Cons: difficult for those who like to cheat

It would be silly of me to suggest that I'm overweight. In fact, I'm rather fortunate in the fact that my weight tends to stay between 185 and 195 pounds consistently. So why might you ask do I feel compelled to to occasionally go on a diet?...