So, my wife and I have been on the Atkins diet for eight months now and between the two of us we’ve lost about 70 pounds.
No applause please.
It was easy for us to do it together. And we’ve stayed pretty much in the induction phase most of the time, even though we’re not supposed to. It’s just easier this way.
It was wonderful for me, a diabetic, to go from four pills a day to none, saving about $60 a month on medication.
We’ve done it despite the government’s failure, over their promises to the contrary, to provide safe hormone-loaded meat. The only time my wife wants to say “mad cow” is when she’s having a fight with my mom (just kidding honey!) and not when we’re sinking our teeth into a 20-ounce medium rare ribeye. That’s 20-ounces for each of us!
But now leave it to the marketing people to jump on the bandwagon to make a buck. If it’s not the alcohol industry peddling their low-carb beers, it’s fast food restaurants wrapping a burger in some lettuce with cheese a la Hardees and Subway with their Atkins-endorsed wraps. Even upscale restaurants here are offering Atkins-friendly menu items.
The latest entrant into the low-carb pool is Frito-Lay with its Doritos Edge and Tostitos edge (click for Fox News article).
The company says it will use soy proteins and fiber as substitute ingredients. (Man, I can’t wait to get me some o’ dat!)
Now let me think. Wasn’t it Frito-Lay that came out with the Wow chips containing olestra? This, if you don’t remember is the fake fat that came with a warning: Eat at your own peril (and stay near a toilet with an extra pint of blood handy).
I got a lot of faith in these guys. Don’t you?
Anyway, I think I’m stickin’ to macadamia nuts and almonds.