Reply #30: A friend of Mrs. Ironflange's has been on Atkins for quite a while [View All]

[ironflange]

She looks terrible. She doesn't seem any skinnier, prolly just lost some water weight, and she's always complaining about her cravings. I understand her husband is even worse. I thought that damn Atkins was supposed to be cravings-free, but it obviously ain't.

Now, without claiming to be a paragon of virtue, I have personally lost almost 30 lbs in about a year and a half. How? Patience. I don't go back to the stove to finish off what's left of dinner, cook lighter, cut back on the snacking, and get off my (formerly) fat ass and walk around the block once in a while. It's been slow, yes, but I'm down to the weight I was when we got married 22 years ago. I admit I'm not made of stone, and sometimes go on a bit of a binge (especially if BBQ ribs are involved :9 mmmmmm, ribs), but I've learned to do penance when that happens.

People are in too damn big a hurry to lose weight, nowadays it has to be 10 lbs in the first two weeks or forget it.