re: PuttaDaForkDown

170/146

330/297/240

Hoping to keep a good little losing streak going since there wont be a LSU party to attend this weekend. Chips and dips are my weakness.

I didnt say i was slowing down on the alchohol. Just the chips and dips! I havent found where the alchohol has affected my losing much. I generally drink ultras or maker's and water.

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I didnt say i was slowing down on the alchohol. Just the chips and dips! I havent found where the alchohol has affected my losing much. I generally drink ultras or maker's and water.

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if you watch what you drink, booze shouldn't physically hurt you that much in the weight loss department .. i would think where it gets you is when you catch a buzz and your inhibitions drop and you reach for the nachos instead of the celery sticks ..

360/305.0/250

I almost blew up on someone yesterday. Went jog/walk the LSU lakes with a friend and a friend of his. We were running and my friend mentioned how much weight I've lost and the other friend (a girl) said "that's impressive, and I'm sure you feel much healthier and better. how'd you do it?" I said "low carb, Atkins, and exercise." The first thing out of this girl's mouth is "you know Atkins died of a heart attack, right?" My response was, "So? You know my grandpa had a heart attack while on weight watchers? Yep, must be bad for your heart." She responded with "eating all that meat is not healthy." I had to woo-sah and calm down and just said "okay". Chick is just lucky she was so damn cute and I want to hit on her

Another person that knows literally nothing about the diet besides what her cousin's sister's friend's mom told her, you know? So annoying.

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How Did Atkins Die?
The Truth About Atkins' Death

Years after his death in 2003, the rumor that Dr. Robert Atkins "died of his own diet" persists. The falsehoods concerning his death are mainly propagated by the vegan group the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and related groups and individuals. However, even the mainstream media is not blameless. In March 2007, Newsweek magazine published an opinion piece by Dr. Dean Ornish which contained the same untruths, which were later retracted by the magazine*.
Here are the facts as I have been able to ascertain them.

How long was Atkins on his diet?

Dr. Atkins was a cardiologist who first developed his diet in the early 70's, after becoming convinced that an excess of carbohydrate was having negative effects on his patients' health and weight. He published his first book, Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution in 1972, and many times over the years stated that he followed his plan himself. He was very public, appearing on television many times and having many photos taken. By all accounts he was healthy and fit for most of that time.
Cardiomyopathy

In 2000, Dr. Atkins developed cardiomyopathy, an incurable heart condition which has quite a few different causes. His was thought to be from a viral illness, and his physician stated at the time that there was no evidence that his diet contributed to the condition. His coronary arteries were reported to have been checked at that time and found to be free of blockages.
Cardiomyopathy makes it more likely that a person will have a cardiac arrest (heart stopping), which happened to him two years later. Again, the cardiac arrest was not thought to be diet related. His cardiologist stated that (other than the cardiomyopathy), Atkins had "an extraordinarily healthy cardiovascular system". News report about that incident.

Was Atkins Overweight?

William Leith, an writer who interviewed him around the time of his cardiac arrest stated that "he looks to be just under 6 feet tall and around 200 lbs – not skinny, not thin, but definitely not fat." A report from Atkins Nutritionals states that he played tennis competitively and that his weight was frequently checked, and in the years before his death was below 195, and six feet tall. And a medical report at the time of his admission to the hospital, which was later made public by his widow, states that he was 195 lbs on admission to the hospital.

I am a little hurt by no one mentioning the lack of the Weekend Report with Lloyd Braun since before my Dallas trip.

I finally made it back to my weigh-in this week. I skipped last week because of tailgating and the fact that I knew I'd still be up from Dallas. So eating whatever I wanted for 5-6 days in Dallas took me 3 weeks to lose. Good to know.

So at today's weigh-in, I lost 0.2 - an average of 0.066667 per week the past 3 weeks.

279.8/233.2/165 - only 3.4 away from the 50# mark!

Onward and downward!!

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I went up again but this time is was my fault. I had a wee bit of a meltdown last night and ate my apartment.

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Glad you made it out alive

Panic mode! I think the Friday feast skipped a day and nailed me on the scale today.

323/173/165

3 darn pounds in one day! Only had about 1700 calories yesterday.

Seems the whole back to carbs thing, is working about as good as it did last time.

Looks like I may be headed back to Atkins again.