Damsel > wrote in
:

> Cindy Fuller > said:
>
>> My sister was on Atkins in the late 90's and is on it again. (Gee, I
>> wonder why she had to repeat--could it be she she regained the weight
>> she lost?)
>
> That's true of any diet that you don't stick to in a maintenance form.
> I lost 40 pounds on Atkins two years ago, but gained it all back.
> The weight gain had more to do with microwave popcorn, M&Ms, and
> cherry Twizzlers than the fact that I had lost it on Atkins. A
> dietician-prescribed diet won't last forever, either, if the patient
> doesn't stick with it.
>
> Carol, who's getting serious about weight control again (not with
> Atkins)


I did Atkins for a year and lost 30 pounds, it was something about being
too anal about the whole regimen that made it hard to stick to it.

It actually all fell apart when I started revisiting this newsgroup!

There. I SAID IT!

Groups like rfc make diet failing so much less MY fault!!!



Andy