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Hi Bruxa

I started following the Atkins diet some years ago and lost about 15lbs on it very 
easily. Since then I have not been rigourous in following it and at times some weight 
creeps back on so I'll either low carb again or try another approach (such as NoS 
which I really like!) until I'm back on track again. 

Typically, while I was in the weight-loss phase, a day's eating would be:

Breakfast: Bacon and eggs
Lunch: Roast chicken portion, mixed salad with oil/vinegar dressing
Dinner: Smoked salmon, roast lamb with green beans, cheese with celeryand/or 
peppers

No bread, no pasta, no rice, no potatoes, no cakes, no biscuits, no pastries. 


It's not a difficult diet to do but in the long-run I find that I miss toast and 
other crunchy food too much to keep it up! (Toast - one of my all-time favourite 
foods!)

If you're tempted to do it then I would strongly recommend that you buy either the 
Atkins book or one of the similar plans and read it thoroughly before starting on it. 
I would also recommend Eat Right 4 Your Type which considers which diet is 
appropriate for your own blood type. His theory appears to hold true for myself and a 
number of friends, including the one who cannot bear low-carbohydrate dieting.

Back on the real topic of this list again:

I really like the NoS approach. I find that I can happily go through the week without 
snacks or sweets because I know that I can have them at the weekend, it's not a 
'forever' ban which is too big a concept for me to handle. However, when the weekend 
comes... I find I'm not that bothered about eating them. Maybe because they're legal 
and not forbidden fruit??? Thanks to Reinhard for inventing this method 
:-D

Best of luck, hth

Alison
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Bruxa 
To:  
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 11:07 PM
Subject: [nosdiet] Re: Need feed back!


Hi Alison,

you said u r on a low carb diet. How do you defifine low? Could you 
give a example of what you might have in a day?
thanks
Bruxa
--- In , "Alison PB" <alisonpb@y...> wrote:
> Hi everybody
> 
> It sounds like it could be any diet sufficiently low in carbs that 

you excrete ketones in your urine. Atkins describes this state as 
Benign Dietary Ketosis and advises that you can test for it using 
Ketostix, available at pharmacists and usually used by diabetics. 
I've heard on another newsgroup that for optimum weight loss you 
should not go deep into ketosis (deep purple on the sticks) but stay 
on the initial margins of ketosis (pale pink).
> 
> As for danger? Well, there seems to be a lot of research into the 

diets of the Inouit, the Masaai and other such groups who survive 
(indeed, thrive!) on very low carbohydrate diets that only supports 
a lot of the current thinking regarding cholesterol levels etc.
> 
> In my own experience, I feel very well and suffer few colds, 
coughs etc whilst low-carbing but I don't necessarily believe that 
one diet suits all. A friend of mine cannot stand low-carbing and 
feels physically sick whenever she tries it - perhaps the Eat Right 
for Your Blood Type approach has something to offer here?
> 
> I think that it's worth reading up about this so that you can make 

an informed decision before you decide to go for it. If you do 
decide to do it, don't lose sight of whether you feel well on it or 
not.
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> Good luck to all 
> 
> Alison
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: cat 
> To:  
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 2:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [nosdiet] Need feed back!
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- its not dangerous however once 
you reduce your carbs to that level you may have a hard time ever 
adding them back to your diet.. i had the book but lent it ot my 
chriopractor and never got it back :) 
> basically it talks about how you can do exercise on a low 
carb diet and dont need to have the carbs that everyone thinks you 
do when you work out
> From: bruxa2000uk 
> To:  
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 8:34 AM
> Subject: [nosdiet] Need feed back!
> 
> 
> Hi There!
> Have any of you heard about the "Ketogenic Diet"?
> What is your view about it? Do you think it works? or can be 
> dangeours?
> Thank you
> 
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