Whether you've lost weight by doing Atkins and want to make your success permanent or you're new to Atkins and are concerned about your health and controlling your weight, Atkins for Life is for you. Filled with advice and tips on navigating the everyday challenges that can come with eating low carb in a high carb world, the book provides a simple and straightforward lifetime program that anyone can follow. With Atkins for Life, finding your goal weight and staying there has never been so easy!
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It is bread and not butter that is the enemy in Dr. Atkins's popular and controversial low-carbohydrate/high-fat diet. In In Atkins for Life, he continues his decades-long crusade against low-fat eating. Atkins argues that low-fat meals are high-carbohydrate missiles, causing the body to produce excess insulin, which then produces fat, slows down metabolism, and tips the scale. Instead, he urges readers to stop counting calories and fat grams and start counting carbs to rev up their metabolism and burn fat as an energy source. The question of whether "ketosis," the fat meltdown he advocates, is healthy or harmful is a central question of this sequel to the bestselling Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution. Packed with recipes, menus, carbohydrate counters, and strategies for staying with the plan, this book is less clear than its predecessor. It veers back and forth between how to begin and how to maintain "a controlled carbohydrate lifestyle." It is also more promotional, with photos of satisfied slim folks and pitches for the branded Atkins products. Still, with its pages of testimonials and studies about weight loss, lowered cholesterol, and increased energy, it is hard to argue with Atkins’s results. He puts his proof in the pudding. --Barbara Mackoff
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Publishers Weekly
Atkins, cardiologist and founder of the Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine in New York City, has advocated his high protein/low carb diet regimen for some 30 years (Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution was published in 1972, and Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution in 1992). While fans of the butter-eggs-steak diet have long supported the Atkins program as a way of life, until this past year, the medical community has not warmly endorsed the plan. However, recent students show that the Atkins plan has enabled dieters to both lose and maintain their weight loss as well as reduce their cholesterol levels. This book, which can be used by people familiar with the Atkins plan as well as those who have not followed it, offers detailed questionnaires designed to help readers understand the preferred food choices. Particularly helpful are the charts of "eat regularly," "eat in moderation" and "eat sparingly." Some of the inclusions may surprise readers but Atkins offers explanations of which foods fall into the "higher carb" categories (potatoes, bananas, rice cakes) and therefore must be limited. First-person success stories are sprinkled throughout the book. The second half of the book includes a month's worth of meal plans, holiday menus, and 125 recipes for a variety of foods, including jerk shrimp, potato salad, brown rice pilaf, zucchini latkes, rhubarb applesauce and chocolate souffle. While this diet won't work for everyone, especially vegetarians, this guide is a comprehensive overview for dieters who are ready to embrace the Atkins philosophy.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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324 of 336 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As many people know, losing weight is often times easier than keeping it off. Atkins addresses this issue in his latest book, "Atkins For Life".
The book "Atkins for Life" is an excellent resource book. It is filled with practical advice and tips on how to make your low carbohydrate weight loss a permanent success.
Over the years Atkins name has been maligned and sneered at as he pioneered the idea that its not the fat in our diet that makes us fat its the excessive amounts of carbohydrates we have been consuming. The low fat diet was presented to Americans as the best way and the healthiest way to lose weight. However, recent research has revealed the low fat diet to be a miserable failure. As the fat has been taken out of the diet carbohydrates have been added in their place and many Americans have become obese and unhealthy. Dr. Atkin's proposal that eating less carbs can lead to weight loss and better health has been vindicated.
The Atkins weight loss method is a 4 step approach. Phase 1 INDUCTION is where you limit your carbs to 20 grams per day to jump start your weight loss program. Phase 2 OWL or ONGOING WEIGHT LOSS allows you to slowly add back carbs until you discover the amount of carbs you can eat and still lose weight.
Phase 3 PRE-MAINTENANCE has you slow your weight loss by adding in more carbs so good eating habits become ingrained. And in Phase 4 LIFETIME MAINTENANCE you learn to enjoy a wider variety of foods and maintain your weight loss. This book "Atkins for Life" discusses each of the phases but is mainly concerned with Phase 4 LIFETIME MAINTENANCE.
You can learn what to do to lose weight with this book, but for in depth information, you would be better off selecting "Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution".
This book covers in great detail how to maintain the weight you have lost. Part One: A Lifetime Plan recaps the Atkins program. It includes information on the diet, the effect on your body, putting it into practice and how to benefit from exercise. Part Two: Eating for Life teaches you how to get your kitchen in order, and gives thirty meal plans with carb counts. It includes twenty meal plans for special occasions. 125 recipes for success are also given.
YES you can eat carbohydrates. You can have bread, cake and pizza or even wine. The key of course is knowing how many carbohydrates your body can handle each day without gaining weight. And using techniques to get the most bang from your carbohydrate buck. These techniques are taught in the book. For example if you crave bread Atkins has several pages of information to help you make the best selection. Breads are ranked on their ability to effect your insulin levels. There are also tips on how to enjoy bread without overdoing it such as eating the crust only. Atkins shares techniques like this for a variety of foods.
Comfort foods are a big issue for many. Atkins tells you what to choose or what to substitute. Eating out is another area covered. Best choices at different restaurants is given in detail. Atkins also includes mental tips to help you avoid backsliding.
Key to the book is the detailed menu plans given for 4 ranges of carb levels at 45g, 60g, 80g and 100g . Just adjust up or down so you are at your level (which you learn from his diet). Meal plans are simple and include snacks. A sample day for a 60 g plan would include 1 slice lemon zucchini bread, with an egg and ricotta cheese for breakfast. Meat loaf with whole-grain bread and salad for lunch.
Jerk shrimp with pasta or collard greens for dinner and 1/2 cup of cantaloupe for a snack. Carb counts are given so you can substitute as desired.
Crab Deviled Eggs, Cherry Muffins, Mixed Berry Shortcakes, Pinwheel Cookies, Roasted Chicken and Feta Cheese Wrap, Chocolate Souffle and Southwestern Style Pork Fajitas are among the 125 recipes. Recipes include nutritional information, but are not pictured.
The 370 page book also includes self tests and quizzes to help you stay on task. My favorite part of "Atkins For Life" has to be the success stories. There are a number of remarkable stories in the book with black and white photos included! Very inspiring!
The book "Atkins For Life" makes living a low carb life in our high carb world easier and enjoyable! I highly recommend it!
111 of 116 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is a superior elaboration on Dr. Atkins' earlier diet books, and is well worth owning and reading. The Atkins diet, quite simply, works as advertised. This book explains how to manage the diet, and it is easy to read and understand. Please note that I am nobody's medical expert, nutritionist, or doctor. The comments here are those of a layman.
As I explained in my review of one of Dr. Atkins' earlier books, in my experience this diet works precisely as Dr. Atkins says. I am a busy kind of guy (attorney) just like many of you. For me, a diet has to have two elements: I can't go around feeling hungry or weak while on it, and it has to work relatively quickly.
Well, this diet does both. I can now wear clothes that I had never thought I would be able to wear again. In fact, I am now at the same weight I was at when I was in college. I literally never feel hungry now that I am on this diet, even at mealtime, and I go through the day never feeling that ghastly weak, craving feeling that a low-calorie regime entails. This was vitally important to me--during the day and frankly all the time, I simply must feel energised. This diet provides that in spades. When I tried the low-calorie approach I was constantly thinking about food. Not on this diet. On this diet you are in control--you are not ruled by your desire for food or looking forward to the next meal.
As far as results go, all I can say is that results exceed all expectations. I'm back to where I was before I decided that there was a problem. I'm wearing suits I simply couldn't wear before I went on the Atkins program. Suits that have hung in my coatroom, staring balefully at me, for the past several years.
I was on this diet for 7 years back in the 1980s and finally went off it in the late 80s because weight ceased being an issue in my life (the diet worked so well). I now see that going off of it was a mistake. I won't be repeating it. This diet is not really a diet. It is a way of life.
The only downside to this diet is that you really have to watch what you order in restaurants. Restaurants love to put carbohydrate sauces and dressings on everything, and you have to watch that. However, this book tells you how to manage this problem. I eat in restaurants every day and I manage fine.
Some reviewers talk negatively about the diet and imply that this diet involves chowing down on large amounts of high-fat foods. Not so. Sure, you can have real cream in your coffee and you can enjoy that nice steak. The difference is that if you do it on this diet you will not gain weight. It is as simple as that. You can have salad and certain other green vegetables in reasonable quantities. Frankly, I probably eat a better variety of green vegetables and salads than I did before I went on this diet. The Atkins program mainly involves cutting out bread, sugary cereals, and yes (alas) most fruit. The few sacrifices it involves (and they are few and well-compensated) are well rewarded by the amazing improvement in one's body, and in the way you feel. This is a great program well-explained in this book.
If you are having trouble managing your body weight (and who, after age 40, is not?) this book and the Atkins program deserve your attention.
36 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is a perfect companion book for those who have reached the pre-maintenance and maintenance stages of the Atkins Diet as outlined in the New Diet Revolution. It gives you all sorts of new and improved recipes and tips on how to keep going even when you feel burnt out on "dieting". It even has four different meal plans based on the amount on carbs you can safely eat and maintain your ideal weight. They can be easily mixed and matched to give you an idea on a day when you don't really have time to think about what to fix that day. It's very comprehensive, gives you good suggestions on what to order when you dine out, and reminds you of the health benefits you may already be receiving thanks to your success.
And when I say I have had success, I truly mean it... Believe it or not, I did lost almost 80 pounds on the diet, am keeping it off and loved it so much, I wrote in to tell him about it.
Still don't believe me? Check out the back cover of the book and the testimonial on page 82 (It's actually my story)
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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It's the same information one can get free on the website. Saw no reason to pay for it. It's good information, that's not the issue, but it's nothing new or revolutionary. Read more
Published 1 month ago by LaurieBSmith
Good but follow the diet strictly.
i starting slacking off and i didn't lose any weight make sure you follow the recipes as ordered to or you won't see the desired results.
Published 2 months ago by Milagros Rodriguez
Too many "success stories"... stick to the basics.
Was looking for a simple, straightforward "how-to" - this book has too many "this is how I did it and the success I had". I wanted a reference book - this wasn't it.
Published 8 months ago by MED
Kept it off
I started the Atkins eating program a year ago because of threat of diabetes (family history) and always feeling run-down and tired. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Tomoshi
Atkins for Life: The Complete Controlled Carb Program for Permanent...
This is a well-written book. If you are jsut beginning, though, I suggest you purchase "New Atkins for a New You: The Ultimate Diet for Shedding Weight and Feeling Great" as a... Read more
Published 14 months ago by lisa a mott
Life changing book
This review is written by Dawnalysce Clifford. I bought this book for a friend because she was reading mine and wanted her own. Read more
Published 19 months ago by tdlclifford
Great plan...
This is a great concept for the change of your life. Weight falls off and if your like protein foods, you're never hungry: but don't cheat.... Read more
Published 24 months ago by B. Winters
Just looking at it
I looked at the diet, but wife and I decided on something else, which I have lost 30 lbs on another diet plan. not a book either.
Published on December 23, 2009 by Mark Holman
Not what I wanted
Sure this explains the diet but wanted info on the diet itself, not all the wheres and whys. It was a waste of money for me.
Published on August 27, 2008 by W. Malan
Great seminal work
Great introduction to low carb lifestyle. But, if you want to know why, beyond just loosing weight, you must look at : Good Calories, Bad Calories
Published on February 5, 2008 by Scott L. Diering
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It really comes down to this: How would you prefer to spend the rest of your life: A. Munching celery sticks, weighing your portions, and never feeling really satisfied with your food? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
low carb white bread, carb ladder, cup granular sugar substitute, custom mayonnaise, low carb soy milk, slice low carb toast, cup plain whole yogurt, chili blanco, slice low carb bread, low carb pasta, soy chips, large green salad, low carb tortilla, cup mixed berries, mocha ice cream, bake mix, packets sugar substitute, small green salad, carb count, small tangerine, decaf latte, carb way, high carb foods, carb intake, cup honeydew Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Net Carbs, Lifetime Maintenance, Atkins Cole Slaw, Chunky Mocha Ice Cream, Coconut Ice Cream, Almond Flan, Atkins Quick, Baihian Halibut, Roasted Red Pepper Soup, Veal Milanese, Bistro Skillet Steak, Jerk Shrimp, Lime Granita, Vegetable Quiche, Bronzed Catfish, Creamy Baked Eggs, Atkins Baked Beans, Chocolate Almond Biscotti, Flavored Butter, Mexican Chopped Salad, Pecan Buttermilk Waffle, Rhubarb Applesauce, Yogurt Sauce, Blackberry-Orange Sorbet, Brown Rice Pilaf New!
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It really comes down to this: How would you prefer to spend the rest of your life: A. Munching celery sticks, weighing your portions, and never feeling really satisfied with your food? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
low carb white bread, carb ladder, cup granular sugar substitute, custom mayonnaise, low carb soy milk, slice low carb toast, cup plain whole yogurt, chili blanco, slice low carb bread, low carb pasta, soy chips, large green salad, low carb tortilla, cup mixed berries, mocha ice cream, bake mix, packets sugar substitute, small green salad, carb count, small tangerine, decaf latte, carb way, high carb foods, carb intake, cup honeydew Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Net Carbs, Lifetime Maintenance, Atkins Cole Slaw, Chunky Mocha Ice Cream, Coconut Ice Cream, Almond Flan, Atkins Quick, Baihian Halibut, Roasted Red Pepper Soup, Veal Milanese, Bistro Skillet Steak, Jerk Shrimp, Lime Granita, Vegetable Quiche, Bronzed Catfish, Creamy Baked Eggs, Atkins Baked Beans, Chocolate Almond Biscotti, Flavored Butter, Mexican Chopped Salad, Pecan Buttermilk Waffle, Rhubarb Applesauce, Yogurt Sauce, Blackberry-Orange Sorbet, Brown Rice Pilaf New!
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- Heart Disease (Your Personal Health Series) by Rob, M.D. MD Myers in Back Matter
- The Essential Atkins for Life Kit: Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Maintaining a Low Carb Lifestyle for Permanent Weight Loss and Optimal Health by Dr. Robert C. Atkins M.D. on page 201, and Back Cover
- The Healthy Heart Miracle: Your Roadmap to Lifelong Health by Gabe Mirkin on page 54
- The Atkins Essentials: A Two-Week Program to Jump-start Your Low Carb Lifestyle by Atkins Health & Medical Information Serv in Front Matter
- Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution by Robert C. Atkins in Back Matter
- Dr. Atkins' Age-Defying Diet by Dr. Robert C. Atkins M.D. in Front Matter
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