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I’ve received a few questions lately asking me how I managed to make a low carb diet work so well for me. These questions are coming from individuals who have tried The Atkins Diet, as written, but have not found it to work as promised. With all of the various Atkins' diets to choose from – Atkins ‘72, Atkins ‘92, Atkins ’99, Atkins 2002, and the latest version called A New Atkins for a New You – which one did I use? Which version worked best for me? Other questions have asked how to make a low carb diet work, period. What can people do when Atkins stops working or when it doesn’t work to begin with? How can you tweak a low carb diet to achieve success? So this first post is going to be an introduction to that topic, and then future posts will go more into detail of how I actually lost over 100 pounds following a low carb diet. The Atkins Diet as written is an attempt to reach the greatest majority of individuals. It is a general guideline that works for most people, but it does no...

Whether you’re new to low carb or a well-seasoned dieter, starting a low carb diet can be exciting. Watching the pounds drop that very first week or two can put you in a better frame of mind to keep going, but if you expect that weight loss to continue, you’ll soon be in for a surprise. For those who have used carbohydrate restriction before, the slow-down isn’t discouraging. For a newbie to the low carb way of eating, however, it can be confusing. Questions begin to build up: Am I following the diet wrong? Has my low carb diet stopped working? If I’m exercising and eating correctly, why am I not losing weight? How can I be in ketosis and not lose weight? What can I do to break my stall? When your weight loss slows to a crawl or you hit a wall, it’s common to want to know what’s happening. Although there’s no way to know for sure, there are several possibilities. Dehydration One of the main reasons you might not be losing weight is due to dehydration or electrolyte imbalances. When ...

Am I Getting Enough Protein? (Photo by Florian ) With Nutritional Ketosis being held up lately as the Holy Grail of low-carb eating, there’s a lot of confusion regarding protein consumption, and just how much you need. Most of those who are turning to the Nutritional Ketosis way of eating are doing that because they have stalled in their weight-loss efforts. They are not dropping their protein intake because it’s healthier than a traditional low-carb diet. They are doing what they need to do to succeed. So How Much Protein Do You Need? Some of the numbers being tossed around lately are as low as .6 grams of protein per pound of lean body mass, but that’s the bare minimum a sedentary person needs to keep up with muscle repair. That doesn’t cover gluconeogenesis to supply the amount of glucose the brain, red blood cells, and kidney needs to function properly or the extra damage you do to your muscles during heavy exercise. That’s just the bare minimum a person who’s eating carbohydrates ...

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(This is Part 1 of a two-part series. It was originally posted at my Sharing the Magic of Low-Carb Living blog. I'm moving it here because the information is important, and I have other plans for that blog now.) Over the course of my low-carb journey, I have tried several different types of low-carb diets. Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution, Atkins 72, the Kimkins Diet, Protein Power, and a round of hHCG are just a few. Each time I made a change or tweak, I would carefully evaluate my progress to see if what I was doing was working, or if I needed to toss it aside. In the Spring of 2009, I started participating in a 100-Day Very Low-Carb Challenge. The reason I entered into that challenge was because a traditional low-carb diet had stopped working for me. Since the whole idea of a low-carb diet is to find your own personal carbohydrate sensitivity, I thought the basis for the challenge made perfect sense. If you aren't losing weight, then you're eating too many carbohydrates. Perio...

a super creepy "real-life" barbie woman monsterthinks she's going to be able to survive on only sunlight and air howdy folks, trace here for dnews -- valerialukyanova has had a lot of alterations to become a real-life barbie. it's weird andcreepy and gross, but that's beside the point. she has now come out as a wanna-be breatharian.breatharian isn't a word she made up, ohhhh water diet weight loss, no. it's from eastern teachings and centersaround a belief that food and water aren't necessary to survive... she seems to wantto survive on sunshine and rainbows! but she can't. humans don't have chlorophyll to helpus absorb energy from light, we get energy from food. firstly, while there are studies to show intermittentfasting might have a benefit in mice, to completely stop eating is just cray cray. gandhi fastedfor 21 days, and doctors believe humans can go, maybe, eight weeks without food -- aslong as we have water. biologically, starvation invo...

a super creepy "real-life" barbie woman monsterthinks she's going to be able to survive on only sunlight and air howdy folks, trace here for dnews -- valerialukyanova has had a lot of alterations to become a real-life barbie. it's weird andcreepy and gross, but that's beside the point. she has now come out as a wanna-be breatharian.breatharian isn't a word she made up, ohhhh water diet weight loss, no. it's from eastern teachings and centersaround a belief that food and water aren't necessary to survive... she seems to wantto survive on sunshine and rainbows! but she can't. humans don't have chlorophyll to helpus absorb energy from light, we get energy from food. firstly, while there are studies to show intermittentfasting might have a benefit in mice, to completely stop eating is just cray cray. gandhi fastedfor 21 days, and doctors believe humans can go, maybe, eight weeks without food -- aslong as we have water. biologically, starvation invo...

a super creepy "real-life" barbie woman monsterthinks she's going to be able to survive on only sunlight and air howdy folks, trace here for dnews -- valerialukyanova has had a lot of alterations to become a real-life barbie. it's weird andcreepy and gross, but that's beside the point. she has now come out as a wanna-be breatharian.breatharian isn't a word she made up, ohhhh water diet weight loss, no. it's from eastern teachings and centersaround a belief that food and water aren't necessary to survive... she seems to wantto survive on sunshine and rainbows! but she can't. humans don't have chlorophyll to helpus absorb energy from light, we get energy from food. firstly, while there are studies to show intermittentfasting might have a benefit in mice, to completely stop eating is just cray cray. gandhi fastedfor 21 days, and doctors believe humans can go, maybe, eight weeks without food -- aslong as we have water. biologically, starvation invo...

Find Low Carb Success Going Through the Back Door Most folks who start a low-carb eating plan, begin by walking through the front door. They read the book, study the first phase of Induction thoroughly, and then just do it. Some throw out, or give away, all of the high-carb items in the house, stock the refrigerator and cupboards with low-carb foods, and map out a solid plan of action for emergencies. Others take a more haphazard approach. They read the book, but skip over the boring information to get to the food list and rules. They don’t much care how low carb works, or why, they just want to know what to eat, and what not too. They may, or may not stock up on allowable foods, and they may, or may not think about what to do if they find themselves in a tight situation. Both dieting styles can lead to problems sticking to a new diet, because no matter what your degree of motivation, switching to a low-carb eating style brings drastic change. Initially, you might have enough determina...

It has taken me a long time to reach this point. I don't really know how I feel about it all . . . just yet. The additional tests that the first nurse practitioner ran came back quite abnormal. But I didn't hear from her until I chased her down a couple of weeks later. She was very confused and was trying to figure it out on her own. In the meantime, everything in my body was racing. My metabolism was high, but the body was in starvation mode, so I don't understand her personal need to figure it all out. Since Cigna's insurance chart said our local Endocrinology clinic was not set up to take Cigna patients until January, I just wanted her to run the blood work for me, so I could decide if it was worth it to pay for the doctor visit myself, or if I should wait until our new insurance became effective in January. Hubby's company is dumping Cigna for a local health insurance company instead. When I didn't hear back, I called the clinic and asked for a copy of my r...