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(This is part 6 of a multi-part series on How to Tweak a Low Carb Diet . It discusses my weight loss journey so far. If you didn’t read part 1, you can do so by clicking on the how-to link. Part 1 also includes links to the rest of this series.) At one time or another, most dieters get caught up in the desire of wanting to lose weight fast. That actually worked to my advantage because Lyle McDonald originally created his Rapid Fat Loss Plan (a whole foods PSMF Diet) to deal with crash diets safely. While McDonald’s focus is on bodybuilding, muscle retention, and metabolism, maintaining muscle mass during dieting is to everyone’s benefit – quick weight loss or not. The Kimkins fiasco brought the protein content of a low carb diet into the limelight. Dr. Eades’ did have recommendations for low carbers to shoot for. He talked about large, medium, and small servings of protein (five, four or three ounces) at each meal depending upon how much you currently weigh, getting 35 grams of carbohy...

Lately, I’ve had a few readers ask me, “What is Atkins 72?” Since I use that term quite often, I thought maybe more of you might have the same question. Most people think of the book, Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution , whenever they talk about a low-carb diet. But that became quite confusing over the years because every new edition Dr. Atkins put out carried the same name, even though the diet had changed. The basic principles of the Atkins program stayed fairly consistent, but the Rules of Induction, food quantities and types, how you add carbohydrates back into your diet, and even the way you count carbohydrates changed – depending on which edition you were following. That made it difficult to help someone who didn’t understand how to do the Atkins Diet correctly, or to give advice when someone was stumbling or had stalled. To make it easier, the low-carb community began using the year the edition was published attached to Dr. Atkins’ name in order to distinguish one plan from anothe...

(This is part 3 of a multi-part series on How to Tweak a Low Carb Diet . It discusses my weight loss journey so far. If you didn’t read part 1, you can do so by clicking on the how-to link. There, you will also find links to the entire series.) In 2007, I was not gluten free, dairy free, or corn free. I didn’t know about the Celiac Disease or other food sensitivities back then, so I was working with what I did know. Looking back now, I can see why a very low carb or no carb diet did not work for me. Untreated Celiac Disease and food sensitivities keep your intestinal tract inflamed. An inflamed digestive system interferes with the way the body absorbs dietary fats and other nutrients. In addition, corn allergies and sensitivities can be especially problematic for low carb dieters because most of the meats, poultry, and fish at the supermarket are contaminated with corn. Plus, many fresh vegetables (including organic varieties) are waxed or gassed. Around this time, there was a rise in ...

Is a Low-Carb Diet Sustainable? (Photo by Alpha ) As most of you know, I’m extremely partial to the 1972 and the 1992 versions of The Atkins Diet. The ’72 version was based on Dr. Atkins own experiences following a low-carb diet and a few initial clinical observations. The original ’92 version (the first edition) was based on the feedback that he actually got from his patients. Many of them were cheating by adding a few vegetables to Induction along with the salad, which they eventually admitted to. Since Dr. Atkins patients still lost weight easily eating that way, Dr. Atkins decided it was okay to add 2/3 of a cup of cooked vegetables to his Induction Plan. Because of that addition, he lengthened Induction from one week to two. The second edition printed around 1999 was exactly the same as the first one except for a one-line comment he made about how he couldn’t find anything unreasonable about deducting soluble fiber grams from the total carbohydrate count – the type found in the ps...

you want raw beef son? -raw beef. -you want beef son? huh?! cow walks up to you and bite it in the ass and slap it. that's not it at all. keep it raw! now i know you might be thinking that raw beef is scary and intimidating, and i'm with you before i actually started having it in korea, i was petrified. but since i've had it, i have fallen in love with it. i've had it like 20 times one of my favorite types of beef to get, and i've never gotten sick from it. you have to try raw beef. it is safe and it is so delicious. here it comes~~ yay~ awwww yeah~ ooooohh, that's a really pretty presentation! now there are different ways you can be served yughoe a lot of places will serve it with like a raw egg yolk on top and it has been tossed in a sesame oil and soy sauce. and it might have some pears underneath it. but this place we're at is pretty swaggidy. you should get it at like a shop that you are grilling at and they're just kinda like chopping it up and giv...

My experience with low carb dieting began in the 70s when I ran into Dr. Atkins’ original diet book at the library. At the time, it made a lot of sense. I could relate to everything he shared – and when I tested it, the plan worked better than anything I’d tried. I was 19, weighed in at a hefty 160 pounds on a 5-foot frame, and with virtually no metabolic resistance, that one golden shot earned me maintenance within only 6 weeks. I realized the other day, that’s exactly where I’m sitting again today. I’m back to where I started from in 1975. A whole lot older, hopefully wiser, but despite finding out how to deal with my health issues, I’m still at the same starting line. Yes, I managed to shed a whopping 80 pounds in 2007; and another 30 pounds last year – but that was above where I first began my low carb journey. I’ve regained a good 10 pounds of that last 30 though. So what gives? WHY is weight loss so hard to maintain? Atkins 72: What was the Original Atkins Diet Like? I can tell y...

[music] hey, m'iqus. we have salad stuff, right? okay. i'm gonna have salad withmy next meal, i think. the hardest part about metraining for a competition and trying to be like the jay cutlerpeople know as a bodybuilder, not as, like, just a fitnessguy, as a competitive bodybuilder, is the amountof calories i need to eat. the consumption of food,'cause it's consistent. and i still can't get enough. like, i'm in a deficitnow on a daily basis, trying to eat enough food. i went to bed at 280 lastnight and i woke up at 271. but that's how much i lose. i mean, on the stairsi'll lose 7 pounds. seven pounds everymorning on the stairs, seven pounds of water. the way i balance everything iswhat i wake up to and what i go to bed at and what--when i getto a point where i wake up at the same weight i go to bed at,that's when i know my body's in a good holding pattern. right now, it's out of control. he has a pretty bigbreakfast, actually. but today and f...

[music] hey, m'iqus. we have salad stuff, right? okay. i'm gonna have salad withmy next meal, i think. the hardest part about metraining for a competition and trying to be like the jay cutlerpeople know as a bodybuilder, not as, like, just a fitnessguy, as a competitive bodybuilder, is the amountof calories i need to eat. the consumption of food,'cause it's consistent. and i still can't get enough. like, i'm in a deficitnow on a daily basis, trying to eat enough food. i went to bed at 280 lastnight and i woke up at 271. but that's how much i lose. i mean, on the stairsi'll lose 7 pounds. seven pounds everymorning on the stairs, seven pounds of water. the way i balance everything iswhat i wake up to and what i go to bed at and what--when i getto a point where i wake up at the same weight i go to bed at,that's when i know my body's in a good holding pattern. right now, it's out of control. he has a pretty bigbreakfast, actually. but today and f...

[music] hey, m'iqus. we have salad stuff, right? okay. i'm gonna have salad withmy next meal, i think. the hardest part about metraining for a competition and trying to be like the jay cutlerpeople know as a bodybuilder, not as, like, just a fitnessguy, as a competitive bodybuilder, is the amountof calories i need to eat. the consumption of food,'cause it's consistent. and i still can't get enough. like, i'm in a deficitnow on a daily basis, trying to eat enough food. i went to bed at 280 lastnight and i woke up at 271. but that's how much i lose. i mean, on the stairsi'll lose 7 pounds. seven pounds everymorning on the stairs, seven pounds of water. the way i balance everything iswhat i wake up to and what i go to bed at and what--when i getto a point where i wake up at the same weight i go to bed at,that's when i know my body's in a good holding pattern. right now, it's out of control. he has a pretty bigbreakfast, actually. but today and f...

[music] hey, m'iqus. we have salad stuff, right? okay. i'm gonna have salad withmy next meal, i think. the hardest part about metraining for a competition and trying to be like the jay cutlerpeople know as a bodybuilder, not as, like, just a fitnessguy, as a competitive bodybuilder, is the amountof calories i need to eat. the consumption of food,'cause it's consistent. and i still can't get enough. like, i'm in a deficitnow on a daily basis, trying to eat enough food. i went to bed at 280 lastnight and i woke up at 271. but that's how much i lose. i mean, on the stairsi'll lose 7 pounds. seven pounds everymorning on the stairs, seven pounds of water. the way i balance everything iswhat i wake up to and what i go to bed at and what--when i getto a point where i wake up at the same weight i go to bed at,that's when i know my body's in a good holding pattern. right now, it's out of control. he has a pretty bigbreakfast, actually. but today and f...