Atkins recommended that if one were so inclined, another diet could be
attempted for a while.
Jimmy

"Jim Prescott" > wrote in message
...
> In article .com>,
> 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.
> --
> Jim Prescott - Computing and Networking Group
> School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Rochester, NY