Great news, SlowwHand . . . .

[chequita guevara]

Fried chicken is not allowed under the Atkins Diet. All that batter is a definite no-no. Ooh, 11 grams of carbs for one chicken breast. That's half your allowed carbs for a day if you're induction, and it's only one chicken breast. Ooh, what a meal.

Yep, chegitz is giving the Atkins diet a try.

[MrFun]

But there's a difference between complex carbs and simple carbs.

Simple carbs are the unhealthy carbs provided by junk foods such as fried potato chips, doughnuts, candy bars, and so forth.

Complex carbs are what you want -- from rice, pasta, crackers, breads, and so on.

[Brundlefly]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Fried chicken is not allowed under the Atkins Diet. All that batter is a definite no-no. Ooh, 11 grams of carbs for one chicken breast. That's half your allowed carbs for a day if you're induction, and it's only one chicken breast. Ooh, what a meal.

Yep, chegitz is giving the Atkins diet a try.

There's not too many carbs in a McNoggin. Give that a try....

[mrmitchell]

I love fried chicken and watermelon.

Me too!

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by MrFun
But there's a difference between complex carbs and simple carbs.

Simple carbs are the unhealthy carbs provided by junk foods such as fried potato chips, doughnuts, candy bars, and so forth.

Complex carbs are what you want -- from rice, pasta, crackers, breads, and so on.

In the Atkins diet there are two types of carbs, net carbs and the rest. Net carbs are the carbs your body turns into sugar, the rest are undigestable. Fiber, for example, is a carb, but you can't digest it so it's nutritionally meaningless.

As for net carbs, you're only allowed so many in a day, in order to get your body to switch from burning sugar to burning fat. During induction, you're allowed 20 net carbs a day. That lasts about two weeks, then you get to increase the amount of carbs you have. When you get to weight maintainance, you get to increase the amount again. During induction, no processed foods, like KFC fried chicken, are allowed.

[Japher]

Beef prices have skyrocketed lately. I wonder if it is because of all you ppl on the Atkins diet?

I', just glad I buy my beef off the hoof.

[SlowwHand]

Same as you used to get your women.

[Japher]

Now, now Sloww, I still buy my pork off the hoof too

ah, man, I'm going to hell

[SlowwHand]

In a handbasket.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Japher
Beef prices have skyrocketed lately. I wonder if it is because of all you ppl on the Atkins diet?

I dunno, but I'm goin' to Winn-Dixie tonight to go shopping, where the steaks are buy one, get oe free (forget the exact type of steak). Sadly, I don't have much room left in my freezer. Happily, on the Atkins Diet, I can eat as much meat as I want.

[mrmitchell]

here's the mitchell diet:

-Eat according to the food pyramid
-Get 8 or more hours of sleep every night
-Have regular meals, 3 times a day (extra snacks of fruits + veggies if you need a boost in between)
-Exercise regularly.

And I guarantee* it works!

*except for acts of God, acts of Congress, and acts of inaction where it's not working.

[Theben]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


I dunno, but I'm goin' to Winn-Dixie tonight to go shopping, where the steaks are buy one, get oe free (forget the exact type of steak). Sadly, I don't have much room left in my freezer. Happily, on the Atkins Diet, I can eat as much meat as I want.

And after that you need to go on the cholesterol-reducing diet, whatever that is.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by mrmitchell
here's the mitchell diet:

-Eat according to the food pyramid
-Get 8 or more hours of sleep every night
-Have regular meals, 3 times a day (extra snacks of fruits + veggies if you need a boost in between)
-Exercise regularly.

And I guarantee* it works!

*except for acts of God, acts of Congress, and acts of inaction where it's not working.

But according to Chegitz, breads, rice, and pasta have no nutritional value, so that the food pyramid is flawed.

[Theben]

Once the reality that Che can't have pasta on Atkins, it's over.

[David Floyd]

Fried chicken is, without a doubt, one of the nastiest things I've ever had. Chickenfried steak runs a close second. I also hate blackeyed peas.

I'm such a poor excuse for a Southerner, although let's face it, Texas isn't really "the South"