Why do you think Atkins is the best?

[Yoly1001]

Hello all it seems to me that it is diet and excercise season up at my job. We have a challenge up here called the Biggest Loser, everyone weighs in once a month, and pays twenty dollars to be in the challenge. At the end of the semester we all weigh in, whoever lost the most weight wins a certain amount of money, then there is a second and third place.

Everyone at work is doing something different. I of course do Atkins, some are doing weight watchers, others are doing the Eat Clean diet, still others are just watching calories and fat.

I know what works for me, it's Atkins, it's worked in the past and it will continue to work as I get closer to my goal.

But I was wondering why do all of you think Atkins is the best diet plan? What about Atkins keeps you here and eating all legal food? I thought it would be helpful to hear others peoples reasons and subsequent motivation.

For me I guess it's that I don't like feeling hungry. I know that with Atkins I have the liberty to eat however much I want and I know with a certainty that I never have to feel hungry.

Anyone else ....

[*Emma*]

It's just the only "diet" I've ever been able to stick to, knowing that one cheat spoils my whole week as i try and get back in to ketosis is a real booster for staying on track...
Also the way it makes me feel, energetic, fresh, great skin, healthy looking hair, not bloated, minimises PMS, need i go on?

[*Alexa*]

Yep as you guys said:
- the fact a some foods are just off limits in terms of messing things up
- the food is really tasty, fats are a great ingredient, easy to cook with
- no hunger
- I think some people a really sensitive to carbs, so this deals with that

It's fab! I have been on this plan for a year and half, other diets have tended to last less than a month because I'm so hungry

[kate58]

• I believe it works and is a healthy diet. I believe in the science behind it
• I am never hungry
• I can stick to it - I have been 4+ months cheat free, on other diets I don't think I've ever done 4 days (or sometimes 4 hours!) without some cheat!
• I like the food, no other diet lets me cook with butter, eat proper cheese and enjoy the lovely crispy skin on my chicken!
• It fits pretty easily into my life - easy to cook meals all the family or any guests can eat and easy to eat out
• It kills my cravings, I don't even notice the vast ranks of bars and sweets when shopping anymore
• I feel much more energetic and less moody
• It equips me to deal with my weight for life, not just while losing
• IT WORKS!! I'm losing weight!

[Boo1667]

I like it because I hate feeling hungry, and I'm not hungry with this WOE. Plus, I absolutely hate struggling with temptations, my hubby loves his junk food, and it was always a daily battle to fight the urge to tear into the cookies or chips and just start munching, but now it doesn't even bother me. I don't give any of the junk food I encounter a second look, and it's a relief to me. I've also always been a fatty food lover, more so than a sugar freak. Although I like pasta and bread, it was so hard to give up butter, sour cream, cheese, ranch dressing, steak, bacon, the whole egg not just the whites, and on and on. I'd much rather have a big juicy steak than pasta any day.

Plus I don't want to ever cheat, because unlike calories, I can't just make-up my mistakes at a later date. You've got to be in it for the long haul, or pay later on the scale. It keeps me accountable.

[Yoly1001]

Boo1667 I just wanted to tell you, I was reading everyone's responses and I read the line in you siggy and busted out laughing!!! I read it to a friend over here at work and she snorted, too funny!

[Boo1667]

Originally Posted by Yoly1001

Boo1667 I just wanted to tell you, I was reading everyone's responses and I read the line in you siggy and busted out laughing!!! I read it to a friend over here at work and she snorted, too funny!

Thanks, lol. I was looking for some kind of quote about committing to your goals, when I came across this little gem, and I couldn't resist it.

[Prya]

Not being hungry is a huge reason Atkins fits me so well. It's also really nice not to have to measure/weigh every bit of everything I put in my mouth; that kind of diet makes me obsess more about food, not less!

Most of all, I feel so much better eating this way than when I fall off the wagon and have all the instant-gratification-regret-it-later foods.

[ttdriver]

Cuz I can EAT FAT and STAY THIN !


Betty

[Atkid]

All excellent answers! I was kind of afraid to come into the thread at first, I was afraid it was an Atkins attack!