Some time ago there was a thread about Atkins diet and exercise. I am wondering if anyone has some good advice about using this diet when you are an athlete. I work out every day, whether it's 4,000 yards in the pool, or 3-4 miles on the treadmill, or dryland training (weights). I went on Atkins a week ago to lose 10 pounds, so far I've lost 4 and feel terrific. Last Saturday I had a 5000-yard workout that was the best in ages. So much energy!
I'm just wondering if it's because I've added much-needed protein to my diet (I'm a carb junkie). A fellow athlete poo-poo's the Atkins plan and says it's a bunch of hogwash, that athletes HAVE to have some carbs and they won't kill you.
Anyone?
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With a 95% failure rate among all dieters dieting, perhaps people in general really don't know what works for them. If you ask each person out of that 5% successful catagory what works--I'm sure there would be about 20 or more different themes.
In my opinion, the processed, giant portions, hydrogenated fats, hormone inflicted foods and diet fads are a big part of what's caused this country so much trouble...along with more and more people becoming sedentary and increasingly stressed out.
When I was a personal trainer--all day long people would come in and tell me they want to loose their spare tires, and fat thighs. None of them knew what to eat. Sure this was a specific sample of people, but rare was it that an athlete would come in and want to improve performace. This ultimately made me get out of it. "If I have to talk about abbs and fat thighs one more time!!"
I thought over and over.
(tangent there--oops!)
Anyway--Mag, I think you were referring to what works for you, and that's great. It sounds productive.
Now it's the keeping up with it that counts.
jerrys
With a 95% failure rate among all dieters dieting, perhaps people in general really don't know what works for them. If you ask each person out of that 5% successful catagory what works--I'm sure there would be about 20 or more different themes.
In my opinion, the processed, giant portions, hydrogenated fats, hormone inflicted foods and diet fads are a big part of what's caused this country so much trouble...along with more and more people becoming sedentary and increasingly stressed out.
When I was a personal trainer--all day long people would come in and tell me they want to loose their spare tires, and fat thighs. None of them knew what to eat. Sure this was a specific sample of people, but rare was it that an athlete would come in and want to improve performace. This ultimately made me get out of it. "If I have to talk about abbs and fat thighs one more time!!"
I thought over and over.
(tangent there--oops!)
Anyway--Mag, I think you were referring to what works for you, and that's great. It sounds productive.
Now it's the keeping up with it that counts.
jerrys
