Thread: Atkins Tips and Tricks

Wow thank you this post answers a lot of my questions as a newbie about to start Atkins

Thanks

Michelle

I agree with most of the stuff on this post except for the 'exercise wont help you lose weight' bit. Ok yeah true you might not lose weight on the scales as muscle weighs more than fat but you will lose fat off your body. The main energy consumer in your body is muscle. The more you have the more calories you need to get you through the day. Therefore the more muscle you have the more fat your body will need to burn to keep itself functioning. Even if you do cardio you are making your muscles use more energy, which means they need to burn more fat to keep them going the entire day. This will result in more fat being lost which is what everyone wants right? You can still lose weight without exercise but you will lose weight faster if you do exercise. Even if it's just a 10 min walk! X

Also, insulin is not energy and cant be stored as fat. Its an enzyme Drinking drinks and eating food with sweeteners makes your body think it has had sugar so it releases insulin. This lowers your blood sugar level which can then lead to sugar cravings and you end up caving in and eating sugar which is obviously bad. Sweeteners themselves don't actually stop weight loss unless u consume a lot of it x

actually insulin is a hormone...but I do agree with the rest to a certain extent x

Brill thread, thanks

Great thread. Thank you.

just re read this again....i need to behave myself it seems!!

Me too Marty - think I missed this earlier - am going to print it out at work!

Great thread, very informative. Thank you.

Heya all!

I'm not sure where to post this kind of question, hope it's okay that I'm asking you about it in here. I would like to know if it's okay to drink dark/brown sugar and cocoa powder or not? And is it okay to drink cappuccino or no? I would really appreciate if anybody answers this. Thanks in advance.