2008 Read The Book Challenge

[jimmie 48]

okay, reminder sent... check
list updated....check
assignments for week one organized.... check

let me know if i missed anybody!
blueberrylady
brightstar7801
byfaith
CoolBlackChick
denileigh
DLS
Elizellen
FLdoodette
gbidruglord
Gem238
jimmie 48
liv
Misnagid
momtomany1
OzLover
Petra Star
sharbur2002
Sugar_Ant87
Velcrocat

[OzLover]

I am so ready for this challenge! Book is dusted off, pencils sharpened, new pad of paper & a brand new highlighter!!

[Sherri]

Count me in too Jo!
I'm not a smarty Mod like Eli, but i'll get a few questions right probably, LOL
Sherri

[jimmie 48]

Originally Posted by Sherri

Count me in too Jo!
I'm not a smarty Mod like Eli, but i'll get a few questions right probably, LOL
Sherri

you are added! i think you're a smart cookie too, missy. i'm glad to have your company.

here's our list and unless someone joins in the next hour or so, this is the challenger list in complete form

blueberrylady
brightstar7801
byfaith
CoolBlackChick
denileigh
DLS
Elizellen
FLdoodette
gbidruglord
Gem238
jimmie 48
liv
Misnagid
momtomany1
OzLover
Petra Star
sharbur2002
Sherri
Sugar_Ant87
Velcrocat
tmn.... free pass #1
dglilbit... free pass #2

[jimmie 48]

here are the first two assignments for week one. there are 7 assignments for week one.
for convenience, you may copy/paste the following for your posted answers.

ASSIGNMENTS:

Week One:
1. Considering the Phase you are doing, post the #1 reason you want to lose weight OR the reason you continue to do Atkins.
2. Read ALL the TIPS and KEY POINTS in chapters 1 - 9. Post the TIPS and/or KEY POINTS from chapters 1 -9 that are most useful to you.

[jimmie 48]

i have #1 done and will work on #2 during my biking today. i'll come back and edit when i am ready to answer #2.

Week One:
1. Considering the Phase you are doing, post the #1 reason you want to lose weight OR the reason you continue to do Atkins.
answer: starting Atkins/low carb was started specifically to lose weight and try to lower my blood pressure. with my recent past and the health issues i've had, my objective has somewhat changed. i still want to control my weight but the main objective is to maintain as healthy a body as possible so recovery from possible future cancer and/or surgery will be the best it can be.

2. Read ALL the TIPS and KEY POINTS in chapters 1 - 9. Post the TIPS and/or KEY POINTS from chapters 1 -9 that are most useful to you.
chapter 1- the Atkins Nutritional Approach is composed of protein and fat, both essential to the human body, plus controlled quantities of the most nutrient-dense carbohydrates, primarily in the form of vegetalbes.
i think of this key point each and every time i hear someone say that people doing atkins eat nothing but meat. nothing is further from the truth and they don't know atkins.

chapter 2- Use a carbohydrate gram counter -such as the one bound into this book- to count carbs.
when i first started low carb, i practically wore out my sheets that were printed off. those sheets, listing the nutritional values of so many foods was on my kitchen counter and was referred to many times throughout the day. later came the use of fitday and the additions of custom foods.

chapter 3-The truth is that as long as you are committed, it's going to be surprisingly easy.
this is not a key point but i've already noticed that several challengers have honed in on it. i really love the cheerleading that Dr. Atkins does in the first part of the book.

chapter 4- Tips: Don't ever go more than 6 hours without having a meal or protein-rich snack.

chapter 5- You will also need the two other legs of the Atkins triad: regular exercise and nutritional supplementation.
again, not a tip or hint, but this statement is reffered to so often and i think so important.

chapter 6- Atkins initiates ketosis by restricting carbohydrate intake to 20 grams per day, a level that is then gradually increased as you move on through the phases of Atkins.
how many times have we seen, read or heard in conversation that induction levels of carbs are all we ever get? it is not!

chapter 7- Tips: Count carbs, not calories
Tips: Spread your carbohydrate intake throughout the day to avoid blood-sugar spikes.
i realize that many, myself included, have a problem at times spreading those carbs out over the day. i still have to make a conscience effort to think ahead and plan.

chapter 8- Key Points: All fruits, vegetables and grains and starches contain carbohydrates.
Key Points: The more carbohydrate an individual consumes, the less body fat he or she will lose. That's why low-fat diets usually don't work.
Key Points: Choosing foods that are low in carb grams, have a low-glycemic index value and are high in antioxidants is your passport to weight loss, increased energy and improved overall health.
Tips: Eat whole vegetales instead of drinking juices
Tips: Overcooking vegetables destroys nutrients.
don't really know how to comment on these or why i like them. maybe because they deal so much with veggies?

chapter 9- can we type the whole chapter? some key points that i have underscored in the past are as follows:
fallacy #10.... The Atkins Nutritional Approach is the 'most severe' of the controlled carbohydreat plans and is most likely to have immediate advers effects. FACT: Induction's purpose is to jump-start the body chemistry into fat mobilization.
we all know because we've read it a hundred time INDUCTION IS NOT THE WHOLE OF ATKINS.
fallacy #1 Ketosis is dangerous and causes a variety of medical problems. FACT: ..... But the altenate, back-up fuel is stored fat, and this fuel system delivers energy by way of ketones whenver our small supply of glucose is used up [in a maximum of two days]
FALLACY #11 The bad thing about Atkins is that it makes you crave sweets! FACT: Craving is a symptom of addiction and the surefire cure fo addicion is abstinece.
i can not tell you how many times i've seen people want to stradle the fence with their addictions. i won't get on soap box except to say, heed what Dr. Atkins says.
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i only wish we could type out the whole nine chapters.

[tmn]

Jimmie, is it too late to join in? I just saw this in Sherri's journal.

[FLdoodette]

ASSIGNMENTS:

(Apple for our "teacher," JimmieJo, for being nice enough to do this for us!)

Week One:
1. Considering the Phase you are doing, post the #1 reason you want to lose weight OR the reason you continue to do Atkins.
I've used this Challenge to signal a return to the Induction Phase, as I feel I've "hit the wall" and need to recalibrate my metabolism by getting back to the basics of Atkins. The extra weight I've been carting around since I hit middle age has made me feel much older than my 56 years. Plus, I really want to improve my lipid profile.

2. Read ALL the TIPS and KEY POINTS in chapters 1 - 9. Post the TIPS and/or KEY POINTS from chapters 1 -9 that are most useful to you.

1: "Low-fat diets are in effect high-carbohydrate diets and bring on the very problems that they were intended to protect us from." So true! The low-fat, low-carb route just made me fatter!
2: "It is not true that the only way to lose weight is to limit your intake of calories." Besides which, starvation diets make you crazy hungry all the time!
3: How You'll Succeed ... self-explanatory; follow the program!
4: "Atkins is a corrective metabolic approach to metabolic problems." The tip about "Excess weight around your waist is often the first sign that your body is not metabolizing sugar properly," hit home ... and all this time I thought it was just menopause.
5: "Atkins can stabilize insulin production to make it easier to lose weight," and "If you lower your carbohydrate intake you will lower your insulin levels as well as your trigylcerides." Improved health being the key reason I'm doing this.
6: "Atkins initiates ketosis by restricting carbohydrate intake to 20 grams per day, a level that is then gradually increased as you move through the phases of Atkins." As I found out, I can't go too far up the rungs and still lose weight
7: "Burning body fat has a metabolic advantage over so-called 'balanced' or 'low-fat' diets." Low fat made me fat!
8: "All carbohydrates are not created equal" and "Adding some fat and/or protein to a salad minimizes the impact of the carbs on your blood-sugar level." All those years of using low-fat dressing on my rabbit food, for naught!
9: Fallacy: "The bad thing about Atkins is that it makes you crave sweets!" Ho ho, ha ha ... that's the first great thing I noticed ... I stopped craving sugar less than a week into Induction, and I loved sweets!"

Hope that wasn't too much information, Jo!

[jimmie 48]

Originally Posted by tmn

Jimmie, is it too late to join in? I just saw this in Sherri's journal.

hmmmmm.... .... let me see......
because i am the most lenient challenger leader.......

i'll give out 5 free passes to anyone who joins TODAY. you are the #1 free pass.

[jimmie 48]

Originally Posted by FLdoodette

ASSIGNMENTS:

(Apple for our "teacher," JimmieJo, for being nice enough to do this for us!)


Hope wasn't too much information, Jo!

it wasn't too much at all! those tips and key points listed were
the most valuable to you and if the list was were longer, that would be okay too.

apples are good, thank you.... i'm past the fruit rung so i can have that.