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03 April 2007

Atkins must be hellish. [More:]
I don't eat meat very often, and when I do it's during a full meal -- say, a pasta dish followed by meat and vegetables or something. Today, though, because of unusual circumstances that are not relevant here, I only ate two big pieces of filet mignon, medium rare. And a Coke. And only a few hours later I'm hungry as HELL.
posted by matteo 03 April | 12:39
FEED ME!
posted by matteo 03 April | 12:40
Really, all-protein diets must be a goddamned nightmare. I'm about to eat my cell phone.
posted by matteo 03 April | 12:40
Word. Every now and then, I need some BREAD, some CHIPS, some FRENCH FRIES.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 03 April | 12:42
OMG love french fries. Damn you TPS!! :)
posted by tr33hggr 03 April | 12:43
I've found the opposite to be true - all protein makes me not hungry at all. Starch, on the other hand, makes me ravenous as hell. Not carbs, per se, but starches like potatoes and flour and rice -fills me up short term but makes me crazy hungry all day. Like, the worst thing in the world I could eat in the morning would be oatmeal or toast - then I am literally counting the minutes until lunch. But if I eat nothing or have, say, yogurt or eggs, then I'm fine.
posted by iconomy 03 April | 12:46
that cell phone sure is tasty
posted by matteo 03 April | 12:52
if a bit chewy
posted by matteo 03 April | 12:53
Is it a Chocolate? I mean a real Chocolate.
posted by iconomy 03 April | 12:57
I've found the opposite to be true - all protein makes me not hungry at all. Starch, on the other hand, makes me ravenous as hell.

Agreed- if I just eat a starch, I'm hungry again shortly thereafter. Protein first, then a little starch on the side.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 03 April | 12:57
I have cut down my carbs. . .and make sure to have some sort of protein with every food intake. . I AM feeling better and losing weight, although I don't identify as being on the "atkins diet."
posted by danf 03 April | 13:08
Yes, my daughter used to refer to Atkins as the Pork Rinds & Diet Dr. Pepper diet, because that was the snack we ate at the drive in when we were on it. Godawful. And making hors d'oeuvres that were just slices of salami rolled up around cream cheese - ugh. Also, it didn't work, at least for me. My anecdotal experience is that it works okay for men, less well for women that I've known.
posted by mygothlaundry 03 April | 13:09
It works. It does lower your appetite. Like any diet, Men tend to loose more/quicker.

The kicker of it is, now that I'm kinda off of it, I have retained the sense that things like salami and cream cheese are "good" foods, but add in a bag of crackers, and it's just unhealthy and not weight loosing-ish. Weird.
posted by rainbaby 03 April | 13:49
My cats are on a pretty protien intense diet. They never seem to crave bread or pasta.
posted by birdherder 03 April | 13:51
I eat meat and fruit and not enough of anything else. I don't miss carbs except a croissant once in a while (and then I'll go ahead and get one).
posted by small_ruminant 03 April | 14:28
The best diet is the one proposed by the late Richard Jeni. The "Get off your ass, you fat bastard."* diet. I really need to go on that diet.


*The actual quote may have been, "Move your ass, you fat bastard." It's been many years since I saw the routine.
posted by King of Prontopia 03 April | 14:28
Usually what I crave lately is papayas.
posted by small_ruminant 03 April | 14:29
K of P, that's all that really worked for me -- "move your ass" as in "burn more calories than you take in, and do it consistently until you see results."

I found that when I started throttling back on the caloric intake, my body interpreted that as incipient famine and kept on the pounds, but I didn't have as much energy. With steady exercise, my metabolism's ramped up to the point where I don't really see much weight gain from eating, even if it's not all balanced nutrition.
posted by PaxDigita 03 April | 14:57
Pinky:
Word. Every now and then, I need some BREAD, some CHIPS, some FRENCH FRIES.


No, what you need is Chicken Fried Bacon!
posted by PlanetKyoto 04 April | 01:18
Berkeley represent! || Yikes.

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