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Originally Posted by flatiron
I did the Adkins diet and followed the book along with several friends. As SOON as we went off the diet all of our weight jumped back on us so fast it was kind of scary!
Of the 10,000 diets I've been on, including the two times I was on Atkins, As soon as I went off the diet (any diet) all my weight jumped back on me so fast it was scary. Calorie counting, carb counting, fat gram counting, Nutrisystem, Weight Watcher's when it was an exchange program, Weight Watcher's Quick Start, Weight Watcher's 1-2-3, Weight Watcher's Core, TOPS, Seattle Sutton's Healthy Eating meals, Richard Simmon's Deal-a-Meal, Richard Simmon's Food Mover, Susan Powter's high fiber/low fat "Stop the Insanity," the Zone (several incarnations, including the Soy Zone), The Autoimmune Diet, The Cabbage Soup Diet, The Banana and Hot Dog Diet, The one food a day diet (as much as you wanted, but only of one food), The Glycemic Index Diet, Volumetrics, South Beach and thousands of plans from books, and of my own invention.
The simple fact of dieting is that if you stop paying attention, you will gain all the weight back, plus an extra 10% or so of your body weight for good measure.
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Originally Posted by flatiron
Also I had a guy I worked with who lost a massive amount of weigh (80lbs+) and he would get periodic dizzy spells.... His doctor told him it was because he was TOO extreme with the no carbs things, he was like eating NO carbs.
The Atkins book actually warns about this. Anything under 20g (and for some people more than that) is too low. Atkins does allow you to stay on induction as long as you'd like (I disagree, but that's beside the point), however common sense on ANY diet must prevail - if you're having dizzy spells - first, do NOT operate a vehicle or dangerous machinery (regardless of what food plan you're on, operating a table saw when you're experiencing dizzy spells is just plain Darwin Award level stupidity), and secondly SEE YOUR DOCTOR.
Induction level is too low for me (results in light headedness, dizziness, and nausau), because I have blood sugar issues and am on blood sugar lowering medications. I didn't have to be a rocket scientist to realize that 20 grams of carbs were too low for me, and that regardless of what ANY book said, paying attention to your own body is key. Dizzy spells are dangerous, regardless of the cause, and need to be addressed medically.
Because I have compulsive eating issues and unreliable hunger controls, I can overeat on almost any food plan. In some way, I have to control for quantity (calorie counting, WW points, or an exchange plan). However, I have a very instense difficulty with carbs (even many of the ones South Beach and Low GI plans identify as "good" ones). Carbs trigger blood sugar spikes, which result in insulin release, blood sugar drops (and resulting hunger - insane "even if my stomach is fulled to bursting" hunger). When I eat a high carb food, I find it very difficult to stay on plan - and low carb is the only way of eating that allows me to feel and eat like a mostly normal person.