Atkins Diet Quick Hits: How fast should I lose?
August 3, 2010 by Jim Made
Filed under Atkins Diet
In this Atkins Diet Quick Hits video deal the question “how quick did I lose the weight?” and “if you lost it slower, do you reckon loose skin would be less prevalent?” I responded that I averaged about 4.3 pounds per week during much of the weight loss phase, and over 3 pounds throughout the 15 months of the diet. I advised against intentionally slowing down the diet by overeating or eating when you aren’t hungry. I do HOWEVER recommend eating above one’s Basal Metabolic Rate to avoid starvation mode and crash dieting, such as water restriction. I have read a tale where the winner of the first Largest Loser gained 35 pounds of water within 3 days after their weigh-in due to lost water weight. Eat according to the plot and ~3-5x per day, and you should be fine. The whole point is to lose stout cells not muscle mass as much as possible. If you are worried about lost muscle mass, keep exercising and gauge your long term performance as a key indicator.
@look4ansers I used and use protein as supplements to my protein and as an ingredient in some recipes, but I believe using them long term as a meal replacement is only asking for distress as one never learns how to eat real food correctly. It leads to only “a diet” mentality, and diets can be shrugged off. Small term or in a pinch, it can be fine.
They are typically too low stout though to be used for long.
I know that Atkins diet calls for using whole food so I wanted to question, what is your perspective on using Protein powder/ Meal replacements powder as one of the meals instead of eating real food? Thanks!
@herairness A low carb diet can cause dramatic spot reduction (although you can’t pick the spot) of weight loss as the reduction of water and initial stout is burned away. It’d be fantastic if you could target the loss to just one spot, but it hits everyone differently.
@herairness I also wanted to question you a question about muscle tone. I have noticed that I am feeling my muscles under my stout-lol. Is this possible in such a small time? Even my jawline has tightened. I also took off about an inch at midriff and hips. Thanks again for taking the time!
@bowulf I wanted to tell you of my progress. I did check out Fitday and I couldn’t be tied to that. So, I tweaked my own program to their principles. I used to be on Weight Watchers so I incorporated both programs I write down everything I eat and give it a point and net carb value. I am finding this better. I have lost 2 and a half pounds since we last spoke. I thank you for being so kind to answer my comment and help others with their problems.
@herairness Those can do it to you every time. We start using them as a crutch to our former lives. I am glad you reckon you found the cause. Looking forward to seeing the success report in a few days.
@bowulf I checked out your other videos and I reckon the problem could be the Atkins bars or diet soda so I’m giving both up. I am going now to check out Fitday. I thank you so very much for your answer. I’ll keep ya posted if you don’t mind! I’m pleased you lost all that weight and are healthy now!
@herairness Check out the Not losing on Induction video of mine on YT. There are a number of reasons it might happen. Are you tracking your daily menus at Fitday?
I’ve been on Atkins now for 3 days and haven’t seen any weight loss. I know it’s ONLY 3 days but I thought I would see something. Not even inch loss. Please help!
MSM supplement helps with skin shrinkage.
@leftwingnazi I can only give a comparison of my weight lifting before Atkins (normal high carb) and on Atkins. I can lift as much weight or more now on a strict low carb ketogenic diet as I ever did before Atkins. My weight workouts last 40-70 minutes, and I haven’t seen a detriment in terms of premature muscle fatigue,
Some guys swear by cyclical approach, but to me, resistance training, marathon running, and eating all work together. I shouldn’t have to alter one to achieve the other.
Hey, thanks for the vids buddy. I see you’re really active in your responses which shows me helping others is a passion of yours. I’m just starting a diet similar to Atkins but, I have a read carb day once a week, one meal and the end of the night. I’m a recreational bodybuilder and have heard of a lot of success through this Atkins off-branch diet. What are your opinions of a diet that incorporates heavy refeed meals in comparison to straight Atkins concerning bodybuilding? Thanks.
Your ignorance is incredible. You’re just like those liars who claim that Darwin converted to Christianity on his death bed.
Well we just confirmed something MsDiarrheatician, you eat feces. We all heard it and confirmed it.
What’s it like working at the free clinic?
Thanks for providing your insight!
Ever heard of such a thing as ‘gluconeogenesis’? I guess not! Your body can make its own glucose needed to survive! Don’t just yell about fraud when you have no knowledge to back it up!
I’m a nutritionist and a vegetarian, I’m trying out the diet (not overweight but curious how it works) and it feels fantastic. Weight loss has been superfast and no more cravings! I really don’t see why medical professionals or vegetarians would have something against it. Scientific proof is overwhelming- low-carb works and it’s healthy!
I agree with you 100%. I hope to inspire people like you have, keep up the excellent work Kent!!
It’s hard to argue with success and low carbers like that, but some will still try. I reckon partly you have ignorance in the people below and partly you have vegan ethical or moral bias against the diet that just simply despise any success that involves something they see as an atrocity. I see it as part of being a steward.
I like Dr Atkins and I am a huge supporter of this lifestyle not diet. I have family that has been doing this for years and are nearly 80 yrs ancient and still thin and trim. As for me I have lost 25 pounds and plot on loosing more.
Wow for a dietician you have unbelievable command of the English language. Unfortunately, that won’t help you off my block list.
Apparently your heart doctor must be a really ignorant one because two notable cardiologists made both Atkins Diet and South Beach Diet. So excellent luck to you, and I feel sorry for those around you.
Really because some of the more notable diabetic researchers and educators, Mary Ross Vernon and Richard Bernstein. advocate a ketogenic diet similar to Atkins for diabetics.
“it is UNHEALTHY..period”
Well since the fantastic amozarti has spoken, so shall it be. Since apparenly you have no desire to discuss and you have place the final period to our conversation, excellent luck to you and your overabundance of carbs. For me, I am fantastically healthy on Atkins.
Really, you’re incorrect. We just confirmed this at the hospital…he was pulling a greasy ham out of the oven and fell on the floor cracking his head open on the stove. Must have been too much stout in the food. Perhaps he should have had a pasta dish!
What are you talking about here? So you want to slowly kill yourself by shutting your body down over 60 years….a heart doctor at the hospital just saw this a laughed so hard we all had tears in our eyes. thanks for making all of us laugh on this slow new years eve day at work!