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Originally posted by case
How is a piece of bread really making much of an impact? And why would you want to eat meat constantly? What about a nice peanut butter sandwich, or some broccoli with cheese?
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One piece of white bread isn't going to destroy your Atkins dieting. But it will if you cheat a little bit here, then a little bit there, pretty soon your diet is no diet anymore.
And you seem to think Atkins is a pure meat diet. That seems to be a common misconception. You are supposed to eat a great deal of veggies, particularly green ones. Romaine, string beans, peppers, cucumbers, and tomatos, celery, and more that I can't think of right now. Oh, and broccoli with cheese sounds like a great Atkins dish. I would add some tunafish to the side of that, and make it a meal!
The majority of the carbs you get in Atkins should come from veggies, (and maybe nuts and cheese)
Also, I have to disagree with Atkins on carbs in general. We have high glycemic carbs and low glycemic carbs. Lower ones, like green beans, brown rice, whole wheat bread are going to take longer to metabolize, so your body sort of has more time to burn them off. The higher ones, like mashed potatoes, chocolate cake, orange juice go fast, so unless you are exercising after you consume these, they have nowhere to go but to your fat cells. This was what I gathered from a nutritionist I talked to recently. I can't see why we would want to restrict the low glycemic carbs...they seem to be the things people always tell us are good for us, anyway.
Personally, I agree with you on this, and I think it is more of a Sugarbusters point of view than Atkins. I just stick with Atkins because I find that limiting all carbs makes me less hungry.
Wouldn't it be more sensible to stop trying to make ourselves eat steaks and cheese with no bread and just eat naturally, cutting back on refined sugar products, like soda and cookies? Sure, it would take longer to lose weight, but it does happen, even if you don't increase your activity.
That's the diet I see myself going to when I lose the weight I want. Right now, I'm too impatient and I like the results very low carb dieting produces.
Sorry to rant. All this Atkins stuff doesn't make a lot of sense to me. [/quote]
That all right, Almost all Atkins cult members go through that before the indoctrination kicks in.