"GQ" > wrote in message
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> Is there anyone here doing Atkin's Diet? If so, how do you like it and
> has it worked for you?

My husband lost about 20 lbs. on Atkins a few years ago. (He's 6'2" and
wanted to get down to 190 lbs., which he did.) Since then, he's gained back
a few pounds, but he's been able to maintain his weight by following a
lower/smarter carb diet. My (and his) problem with Atkins was all the
saturated fat allowed on the diet. Neither of us was comfortable with
consuming so much of it.

We knew that cutting out (or at least down on) processed foods and "white
foods" (e.g., white potatoes, white rice, white flour, refined sugar, etc.)
was *always* a good idea, so we've been trying to do that. We've basically
been trying to eat lots of fruits and veggies, whole grains (substituting
white pasta with whole wheat pasta and white rice with brown rice), lean
protein, low-fat dairy (or smaller amounts of the full-fat version), and
moderate amounts of the "good" fats. I guess we're more-or-less following
the South Beach Diet in our own way.

Mary