I actually did the atkins thing a couple times, off and on for a few months. The first time..i'm not sure what I did..or didn't do..but in one full month I lost 18 pounds...I wasn't truly impressed with it..but I did feel alot better..
I skipped a month..but didn't really eat badly..I never eats sweets or salads or anything like that..but I have a horrible thing with soda's..Mt. Dew mostly...
and went back to drinkly those..not as much as before..but it added a couple pounds back on..
The following month I started again..and I swear I ate the same, worked out the same..everything was the same..but I lost 40 pounds in only 3 weeks..The last week..I hit a platou (spelling?)
and didn't gain or lose anything..
So I gave up..I probably should have finished the full week out..but I figured I had eating/drank something I shouldn't have and that I would have to start over again.
I skipped 3 weeks. Started over once again, and only lost 20 pounds...
Go figure..
It does work..you just have to be careful once your off it to not go back to things you did in excess before..
alcohol/sweets/soda's..
start slowly back into a normal habit again..but keep it all in moderation...I ended up losing 70 pounds in 6 months...
I felt incredible..
I kept it off for about a year, then lost my job..and stopped keeping myself up..
Now I've gotta do start over again..
