Atkins Diet: Low Carb Emergency Kit
August 3, 2010 by Low Carb Website
Filed under Atkins diet
Additional contact methods: Twitter: bowulf Blog: www.network-admin.net IM or Skype Contact Me First How to Atkins Diet TV: www.ustream.tv In this video, I deal with the issue of planning and how to resist temptation with a tool that should be in every low carbers possession, especially new ones. That is a low carb emergency kit. This kit should help resist temptation by reminding you why you want to lose the weight and take care of any hunger pains. What’s in it: (Food) * Beef Sticks — no sugar or corn syrup * Summer Sausage * Nuts (portioned 1 oz packages) * String Cheese * Protein Shake * Flax granola / cookie Non-food: * Before Photo * Why you want to lose the weight (Negative / Positive) * List of the Atkins Induction Acceptable Foods List Much thanks for ideas of the list to 2big4mysize and Laura Dolson (About.com low carb guide)
@0madmadame Since we seem to be already to cast universal aspersions, I have MOST vegans and vegetarians ready and willing to paint eating as a morality play and meat industry and eaters as the villains / uneducated / morally bankrupt.
Sorry you can take your dogma elsewhere, and perhaps you might find fruit there. Your “wisdom” falls flat here.
@0madmadame I would suggest that perhaps it is your bias against meat that is the real cause of your complaint than any lack of science. Any suggestion is that our species is not able to tolerate meat is refuted by thousands of years of anecdotal and hundreds of years of scientific evidence to the contrary.
“maybe I would have a little more faith, but as it is it looks terribly unhealthy and unatural.”
Well maybe that is your issue, you treat as a matter of faith not science.
@bowulf well I live with people with very different diets, but ALL of the vegetarians and vegans look healthy. I am not convinced by your testimony….mainly because of the toxins in meat caused by the meat industry, and by our species not being developed to tolerate meat. If atkins could be done without the meat and eggs, maybe I would have a little more faith, but as it is it looks terribly unhealthy and unatural.
@bowulf In fact if you look at Ancil Keyes, an originator of the low fat movement and a person like Jack Lalanne, an original person noting the dangers of sugar, you see the dramatic difference between a really infirmed person and an extremely active elderly person. I’ll take the active low refined sugar approach any day.
You failed to answer my question though -what good does the amount of refined sugars / flours do me if I can readily get energy from more beneficial sources elsewhere?
@0madmadame While my youthful appearance might be due to diet / exercise, I don’t think you can discount that Atkins was the plan I followed.
As for tossing out “get wrinkly, tired looking, and generally age very quickly,” I would think there would be evidence of how a diet rich in the necessary proteins and fatty acids would make one more likely to appear aged. In fact, there is evidence contrary that ketogenic diets are protective of lean body mass and skin. Most see improvements in skin.
@0madmadame More myths – no energy and 7 days to digest….
How do I have energy? Fat contains more energy than carbs do, and I have had zero problems with energy. I have more energy now than ever before and energy in abundance if running marathons or 50 mile bike rides are any indications.
The food in my digestive tract processes in 8-12 hours just like everyone else’s. The myth about meat taking 7 days to digest is bunk. My regularity is better now than before.
@bowulf yeah you do look younger than you did before, but I think that is because being overweight makes you look older, not because the atkins diet made you look young, I think any kind of diet or excersize could have done that for you. when I said that people on atkin seem to get wrinkly, tired looking, and generally age very quickly.how do you have any energy at all without carbs and sugars? and meat sits in your system for up to a week, so how are you not bloated all the time?
@0madmadame Well I am happy for your mom that she found something that worked for her. For myself, a vegan diet would be torture to endure, and the sugar in my former diet made me the over 400 pounder I was. What is the benefit of mountains of refined sugars, flours, and starches that people eat?
As for aging quickly, I have no idea what you are talking about. I have been told often I look 10-20 years younger than I did before.
@bowulf my mum has about 100 grams of sugar a day at least, she has a very high salt intake, she has been vegan for 20 years. she is forty something, and is still getting ID checked in shops for stuff you have to be 18 to buy. she looks young, she is very atractive, slim, and highly inteligent. I don’t think that sugar is bad for you at all, and all of the people I have seen on the atkins diet seem to age very quickly.
@justlegal21 But I am glad you drink water just like every Atkins follower does…
Good for you, but I am done on this little anti-Splenda rant. You still have not progressed, so good luck and hope your lil’ bit of sugar never does you wrong…
@justlegal21 Show me a recipe with just a little sugar. The recipes for cookies, desserts, whatever are in the TBS and multiple grams. Start trying to find products without HFCS in the market. It’s a cumulative effect, and just a little sugar (what the heck is a lil bit anyhow) can indeed blood glucose spikes just like a little alcohol can cause a binge to an alcoholic.
Why the angst over Splenda? Sheesh that’s like complaining others like to ride in sedans as opposed to your mini-compact.
@bowulf oh wow…so then ill be diabetic if i use a lil bit of sugar for a sweetener is that what ur saying? and no i mean something thats not coke and doesnt have 54 grams of sugar or caffeine..and yea i rather drink water
@justlegal21 Let’s see if you can understand this. A little sugar will cause a blood glucose spike, the blood glucose spike triggers hunger and an insulin response, the repeated insulin response will make the desensitized and require greater amounts, and this will eventually to diabetes.
“people who use splenda and drink soda” leads to obesity? Really obesity is something that just started happening?
“why not just drink something healthy ” U mean like 64+ oz of required water each day?
@bowulf but why not just use real sugar.but in low amounts.. people who use splenda and drink soda which is one of the reasons why american is Fat usually start eating and drinking more crap… so in the end it’s not going to work..why not just drink something healthy and change the diet instead of eating low amounts of crap…
@justlegal21 3 servings of day of any artificial sweetener. The acceptable daily intake is multiple times that. Let’s see a substance that will jack up my blood glucose levels or one that has non-effect for most people. I will take the latter.
If you choose otherwise, watch someone else’s videos. The Splenda has been proven safe for me as well as others in the amounts the Diet allows.
@bowulf 3 servings a day? of diet coke? and splenda is not healthy at all.. is better to just use low amounts of sugar than what people are using splenda… and 3 servings of coke a day, well I dont think that’s gona be good for you..
@justlegal21 Where did you ever hear me say that you had to eat it? Diet Coke with Splenda is allowable though. It’s limited to 3 servings per day.
@bowulf diet coke and splenda..? is that supposed to be healthy now?
Thanks sooo much Kent! I found those 2 videos, and a few more you have too, and they were really REALLY helpful! Thanks again!
Have you seen my Why am I not losing video Part 1 and 2 (what to do about a stall) video? There are a variety of causes, and hopefully something resonates with you.
Hi Kent, I am 11 months into my Atkins and have lost 115 pounds with 100 more to go. But, I have been at a stand-still now for 5 weeks with no weight loss or weight gain for that matter. I’m getting frustrated. I went back into induction last week to try to kick-start my weight loss again, but still nothing. I was wondering if you have a video or information on when you hit a plateau…?? I would REALLY appreciate it!! And thanks for all the GREAT recipes!
When you are in a fix or emergency situation, you don’t want to have to go hunting for something to fix it. Good luck in starting!
great idea. it’s like the crash cart we use at the hospital! dh and i are starting atkins this monday.
Check out my video on how to ensure the best weight in possible. It deals with what might cause intermittent bounces in weight.
hi, this is my second time on atkins. I weight 140 lb today and I lost 7 pounds at my first week on Atkins. But for some reason today scale said I gain 2 lb which I don’t know why because I do everything right. Why did I gain 2 Lb ?
Thank you for all your videos they really helps.