Fashion Board 12-09-03 through 1-08-04

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by purse junkie

Re: caffeine, simply keeping to the sugared version of whatever caffeinated beverage I drank

uh, doesn't that kind of run afoul of the no/low-carbs aspect of the atkins diet?

[idle acts]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Sort of on a dare, today is my first day on the Atkins plan. I expect this plan will be difficult for me since I was a vegetarian for six years (though no longer) and not a big meat eater. I am generally speaking a healthy eater (Interestingly enough, it is the drinking that keeps me from Tara Reid hipbones. Not that I want Tara Reid hipbones, but anyway.).

Anyone done this? Advice for food that can be eaten at work? I just don't see myself with beef jerky, though apparently I will during the next several weeks. I am a huge fruit and cereal person, which led to the dare.

I think the most difficult will be giving up caffiene and alcohol.

Good news for you: bourbon, brandy, gin, rum, tequila, vodka, and whiskey all have ZERO carbs. And beef jerky has more than you think: 3.1.

Details for all your favorites here:
http://atkins.com/global/carb-counter/

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Can't you replace the jerky with carrots or an apple? Surely Atkins doesn't shun simple carbs? If it does, good luck getting up in the morning...

Can have neither carrots nor an apple. As I was reading the book I noticed that practically everything in my house is Atkins-unfriendly and practically everything I can eat is the stuff I don't usually eat.

This is going to be a long two weeks.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by idle acts
Good news for you: bourbon, brandy, gin, rum, tequila, vodka, and whiskey all have ZERO carbs. And beef jerky has more than you think: 3.1.

Details for all your favorites here:
http://atkins.com/global/carb-counter/

Cool website. They mention it in the book but I hadn't pulled it up yet. I am what the book refers to as "carbohydrate junkie." Whatever.

[idle acts]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Cool website. They mention it in the book but I hadn't pulled it up yet. I am what the book refers to as "carbohydrate junkie." Whatever.

I'm more of a meatetarian, myself. But even I couldn't stomach Atkins for very long. All that gin with no tonic...

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Can have neither carrots nor an apple. As I was reading the book I noticed that practically everything in my house is Atkins-unfriendly and practically everything I can eat is the stuff I don't usually eat.

This is going to be a long two weeks.

I still can't imagine why anyone would think that this "diet" is healthy...it may be a decent short-term solution, but sustaining a diet like this may be dangerous. Hello heart disease. It's unfortunate that this country doesn't really give us the option of eating foods with "good" carbohyrdates. Our breads and pastas have been so overprocessed that all of the health benefits have disappeared.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by purse junkie
I'll pass the word along. But you should rethink the precautions. Do you really want to go where Colin Farrell's been without being armed with latex?

Protecting his arm is probably not the first priority.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Sort of on a dare, today is my first day on the Atkins plan. I expect this plan will be difficult for me since I was a vegetarian for six years (though no longer) and not a big meat eater. I am generally speaking a healthy eater (Interestingly enough, it is the drinking that keeps me from Tara Reid hipbones. Not that I want Tara Reid hipbones, but anyway.).

Anyone done this? Advice for food that can be eaten at work? I just don't see myself with beef jerky, though apparently I will during the next several weeks. I am a huge fruit and cereal person, which led to the dare.

I think the most difficult will be giving up caffiene and alcohol.

I've been on a modified Atkins for years. I don't eat any bread unless its whole wheat, and even then, sparingly at most. I eat a small amount ot fruit, lots of vegetables and tons of fish and some red meat.

I drink loads of caffiene and liquor and wine, but minimal beer.

My one weakness is I eat frozen yogurt from time to time.

Bread is a useless food. Its really got no flavor when you think about it. Once you start eating extra protein in place of bread, you'll never crave bread again because the taste difference is so dramatic. That said, it is kind of strange when I order a salad and two plates of cherrystone clams as appetizers while evryone else munches the bread. I've also been accused of being rude when I refuse somebody's grandmother's prized lasanga.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Anyone done this? Advice for food that can be eaten at work? I just don't see myself with beef jerky, though apparently I will during the next several weeks. I am a huge fruit and cereal person, which led to the dare.

I think the most difficult will be giving up caffiene and alcohol.

Hard-boiled eggs and cheese.

As for alcohol and caffeine, I found giving those up to be way too hard-core. I cut down a bit, for awhile -- a glass of wine at dinner, instead of half a bottle -- but that's it. I'd rather be fat and drunk on good wine than a skinny teetotaler.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I've also been accused of being rude when I refuse somebody's grandmother's prized lasanga.

Try explaining no latkes to an in-law.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I've had both Michelob Ultra and whatever the name for the Rolling Rock version is (pre-Atkins). Both are "good", though I like light beer and dislike what most people call "good" beer so YMMV.

The Berkeley Wellness Letter (not as crunchy as it sounds; a very good health info resource) calls bullshit on low-carb beer. It turns out the "reduction" in carbs from regular light beer is miniscule. To wit: "Don’t fall for the new 'low-carbohydrate' light beer, Michelob Ultra. All light beers are low in carbs— just 3.5 to 6 grams per can."

However, they're not real fans of Atkins to begin with, and they don't recommend that you buy anything sold or processed as "low carb."*

*Needless to say, you should also not sell anything bought or processed, or process anything bought or sold.

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Sort of on a dare, today is my first day on the Atkins plan. I expect this plan will be difficult for me since I was a vegetarian for six years (though no longer) and not a big meat eater. I am generally speaking a healthy eater (Interestingly enough, it is the drinking that keeps me from Tara Reid hipbones. Not that I want Tara Reid hipbones, but anyway.).

Anyone done this? Advice for food that can be eaten at work? I just don't see myself with beef jerky, though apparently I will during the next several weeks. I am a huge fruit and cereal person, which led to the dare.

I think the most difficult will be giving up caffiene and alcohol.

Caffeome has carbs? Jiminy Crickets, its a good thing I dont believe in this diet. WHy not just give up sugar and white flour? That way you can have the good carbs but not the bad ones? And you can have booze.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
The all ages shows are not really the problem. There usually is such a tightly-packed swarm of younguns that little harm can be done. It is the more sparsely attended 21+ shows where there are always a couple of socially maladjusted 20-somethings with a bad attitude and a head full of meth. They have enough room to build up some speed and, when they make contact, they are out to do damage.

In the past, I always found that a quick sidestep, with a foot left in their path, takes care of these miscreants quickly enough. If you're standing just a couple of feet in front of a cinderblock wall, this technique works even better.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
calls bullshit on low-carb beer

Sort of like marketing "fat free pretzels."

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I still can't imagine why anyone would think that this "diet" is healthy...it may be a decent short-term solution, but sustaining a diet like this may be dangerous. Hello heart disease. It's unfortunate that this country doesn't really give us the option of eating foods with "good" carbohyrdates. Our breads and pastas have been so overprocessed that all of the health benefits have disappeared.

Coltrane, I totally concur but I think what people like about this diet is that it gives them easy rules and structure. Its a no brainer really. Plus I am guessing its easier to not binge on gray flab slices than on whole grain bread. So its less calories in than they might do with just a whole grains, veggies and fruit and olive oil diet which is proven to prevent cancer and heart disease. So long as it shrinks the fat asses I see around here and I forget about the animal slaughter toll, I say go for it.