The Atkins food plan has been one of controversy for many years now.

posted in by admin on January 22nd, 2012

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Many people are not aware that the Atkins food plan was first released in the 1970’s. I am mindfu of this because my mother put me on the diet when I was a child. She always had me on a diet because my weight yo-yoed up and down throughout my formative years.

One of the causes for my weight fluctuations could be because of the many eating plans I was exposed to over the years. My first food plan was the Atkins Diet. This program was introduced to me when I was 10 years old. However, the program had been out on the market for a few many years before I had a go at it.
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Fundamentally, the eating plan revolves around protein and water. You need a lot of water on this program as is the case in any diet plan out there. Water is important on the Atkins Diet due to the fact your body loses so much excess weight so quickly that your kidneys have difficulty flushing everything out of your system if you are dehydrated.
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The protein is essential in the plan because your body will actually burn calories digesting a large quantity of protein. You losebodyweight through eating certain meals. Your body uses its stored fat to process the protein. Nonetheless, your body will burn carbohydrates first.
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When you completely (or almost completely) eliminate carbohydrates from youreating habits, your body has no other resource for energy besides its storage of extra fat to burn. The
Atkins Diet is a high-protein, low-carbohydrate eating plan that works wonders at first. You can lose a lot of weight in fairly little time on this program.

I can’t recall exactly how much I lost when I was on the Atkins Diet years and years ago but I do remember that it was an awful lot. I recall getting a lot of compliments on my success but I don’t remember struggling on the plan at all. I did eat a lot of cheese, eggs and meat on the program. Eventually, I longed for some cereal and bread.

Herein lays the main problem with the Atkins Diet. The plan is not realistic. People will go back to eating carbohydrates eventually.Sadly, it takes only a small amount of carbohydrates to throw your work out the window. These carbohydrates include fruit on the Atkins Diet.

I found myself gaining weight quicker than I lost it once I quit the program. The Atkins food plan is a excellent way to lose a lot of weight in a little bit of time but it is not a life-long eating plan that most individuals can follow. If you are looking to lose 20 to 30 pounds in a short time, the Atkins Diet is a good choice. If you are making a life change, opt for another program.