A Chorus of Disapproval

Bzzzz...
"Hey hon. Just read your blog. Don't do the Atkins - it's extreme, and dangerous and doesn't work...oh and it makes your breath just stink!"
That came through to me within minutes of posting last night's entry from my fantastic pal Wendy.
As I was replying to her, the phone buzzed again.

"Ohhhh hun...just read the blog. What was that doctor smokin'? Don't do the Atkins, it's extreme!"
This was Karen Pulley, who offered to hit the doc up the side of the head for 'recommending fad diets".

Before she'd even read the blog, I was discussing the Atkins diet with d. Mentioned that on the Atkins website, they have daily meal plans, recommending the purchase of their own special snacks and shakes.
"Oh, I don't agree with that," she said instinctively.

Checking Facebook today, I spotted a comment by my pal Mae: "Ugh - Atkins? Don't think you should do that, Tone - you put weight back on quicker once you stop and start eating carbs again!"

Tonight, was out for a meal with Lee and Rebecca. I mentioned I was probably going to start doing the Atkins soon.
"Nooooooo!" yelled Rebecca. "You should never cut out a complete food group, that's dangerous, and you'll put all the weight back on in spades the minute you start eating carbs again. You've done it this far slowly, sensibly..."
"Stubbornly," d muttered approvingly.
"Stubbornly," agreed Reb.
"Every time I think about dieting," said Lee in the Welsh sage voice he occasionally uses to deliver profound insights, "it just makes me want to eat more...oh, and the Atkins is crap..."

 So all in all, I now have voices from a lot of corners of my life telling me they don't think I should do this. The voices certainly chime in with the part of me that says "Bloody Hell, that'd be hard..." - and it's true that the Atkins is apparently a lifestyle, rather than a diet, so if you want to avoid putting the weight back on, you have to keep on it pretty much for the rest of your life at one level or another, and I really don't hate carbs that much...

So we shall see.
Blood was 5.5 this morning - so it continues well. Didn't do any damn exercise at all today, for reasons I may go into tomorrow. But for now, it's 11PM and I'm falling asleep, so peace, out!