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January 05, 2004

Living the Low Carb Lifestyle

Ever since I made the mental commitment to living an Atkins lifestyle, things have been different.

For starters, since November, 2002 I've managed to lose and keep off about 65 lbs, (+-) and I've changed my eating habits as a result.

While I'm not sure whether or not I will ever get to my goal weight, I've enjoying the fact that I've been able to keep most of the weight loss off and while I still run into challenges every now and then, and while it is easy to "cheat" in this diet, if you do cheat, the only one who you are cheating is really yourself.

While I didn't consider exercising before, I'm now entering a new phase of my diet where I am trying to exercise at least 3 days a week with the hope that besides being in better physical shape, I may lose the additional 15-20 lbs that I've been hoping to do but haven't done just yet.

If there are others considering Atkins and not sure whether or not it is right for them, check with a doctor. If the doctor says "ok", all I can tell you is that the diet works - but you will have to change your eating habits and you will need to learn how to deal with living in what seems to be a carb focused world.

I just noticed my local 7-11 stores are promoting "living a low carb lifestyle."

I wonder how long it will be until the fast food restaurants realize that there are people living a low cab lifestyle whose family members still eat fast-food so they decide to carry some of the low carb bars and other food products at fast food restaurants. My hope is that this trend starts in 2004.

I've already started seeing "Atkins Specials" on the menus of some restaurants in the Hamptons. I won't be surprised to learn about the advent of Low-Carb resturants opening up in the near future...if I knew anything about the resturant business I would have considered doing this myself.

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Posted by jeff on January 5, 2004 12:04 AM | Permalink

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