Hi everyone,
I don't do Atkins. I do the Protein Power low carb lifestyle. I don't think they are as severe as Atkins is. Plus they don't advocate "high protein" but "adequate protein" for your lean body weight. What made me go low carb is that it works. It works very well for my bg numbers. At least so far. And another reason that I do low carbing is because not only does it impact my sugars in a positive way, it also brings other numbers into line. Such as my BP, cholesterol, and trigs. So that is also a huge huge plus for me.
When I was first diagnosed I was told to not exceed 60 carbs per meal. When I saw the endo he told me if I wanted to lose weight then to drop down my carbs to 45 permeal. Well, I was losing weight. But it was so slow that I decided to keep dropping my carbs. Now my carbs are considerably lower than 45 per meal but if I'm really hungry I will up them at the meal that I am hungry at and feel no guilt over it. I've also cut out all flour and potatoes. That really dropped my weight like a rock.
One other thing that I've found out is that not all carbs affect your blood sugars the same. So quantity isn't necessarily the same as quality. Better to pick carbs that shoot up the sugars really high.
I think the most important thing about doing low carb is to lower your carbs gradually and not try to do low carb from the beginning as if you've always done low carbing. It does take your body a bit of time to adapt to the low carb lifestyle.
God bless us all on this journey.
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