Atkins diet

[Bushbaby]

Originally posted by Joan
I am goint to post this once and not again.....
If you eat a healthy balanced diet (unlike the Atkins.......) in which you do not need to take supplements, and your energy expenditure equals at least your energy intake ... you will not gain weight.
Toktokkie and I have tried for many moons to convince all that a balanced diet combined with sufficient energy output, will keep weight down.....

Those who need to loose weight, eat less and excerise more.....

Just walk, do gardening, clean the house, whatever , but keep your body active.........

I am not pointing fingers as I do not know whom to point them at, but I do recall all the negative flack I had from the previous website concerning different "bodily functions" blah, blah, blah...

Stop stuffing your face

Follow a slim person for a few days, I am not talking of the anorexic model types, just a normal slim person, and notice what they eat, how much they eat and how active they are.......

Stop stuffing your face? Excuse me! Follow a thin person for a few days? So you mean to say, having a big portion of lasagne for lunch, then off to the pub for chicken pasta with a white wine sauce and three pints of cider and a fag, snacking the rest of the time on the chocolates and chips in the office, and then going swimming twice a week as exercise is ok (based on a 'thin' colleague of mine) but eating responsibly (as some of us 'fat' people do) is not? So, to lose weight, I need to indulge, smoke and drink, and to stay fat I need to do as I have done, eat my healthy meals?

I am sorry Joan, you have wondered why people jumped down your throat on these issues - here is why - you have a completely callous understanding for the multitude of reasons why people are overweight. Overeating is only one of the reasons, and does not apply to everyone.

Come visit us, see how my thin sister lives - crisps, chocolates, pastas, etc, vs how I live, trying to follow a balanced diet, minimal snacking and quite a bit of exercise through weight training, walking and swimming, and then draw your conclusions from that.