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mdginzo > wrote:
>>That's why the "go on a diet" mentality -- the idea that you can change
>>the way you eat just until the weight is lost, and then "go off the
>>diet" is so pervasive.
>Which is exactly what Atkins says to do. Just because "going off the
>diet" is what Atkins recommends is no less "going off the diet".

Where does Atkins recommend going off the diet? When I read the book
it was pretty clear to the point of repetitiveness that it was meant
to followed for the rest of your life.

You can eat more carbs while maintaining weight than you can while
losing weight, but you will never be able to go all the way up to
your pre-diet levels. Even when you are able to increase carbs, you
are still supposed to greatly limit things like sugar and white flour.
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