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Originally Posted by wbahn
Why should I say in my posts what plan I am doing when it says up in the upper right corner of every post what plan I am on? I have no doubt that if I were to pee on a stick it would turn purple. So what?
Why would you assume I'm not doing Atkins? I never said one way or the other whether I believed you had to or should be in ketosis. That is a completely separate issue from whether you need to be peeing on a stick.
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The reason I would assume you might not be doing Atkins is because you have a wishy-washy attitude about it:
" Well not all low-carb plans do not use below 20 carbs, so below 20 carbs is not really neccessary."
" Not all low-carb plans use ketosis, but they still work, thus ketosis must not be needed".
These types of statements would not come from someone dedicated to Atkins, they would come from someone who thinks they are smarter than Dr. Atkins was.
Dr. Atkins said below 20g was necessary to establish that your body was capable of getting into Ketosis, and to change your blood chemistry and metabolism.
People like you here on this board are encouraging others to abandon the principles Dr. Atkins fought so hard to establish. By telling people that below 20g is not really needed, Ketostix are not really needed, you lose the right to say that you are doing Atkins ... you are following your own opinions which have obviously come from numerous sources which contradict what Dr. Atkins taught.
I would like to encourage you to get back on the wagon mentally and get your attitude back in line with the REAL Atkins diet, before you fall off the wagon and slip into one of those "other low-carb" plans and ultimately fail.
At the very least, please do not discourage others here from faithfully following Atkins. There are people who come here who need support ... not excuses why they really do not have to follow the book. These people need to be told what to do, not given reasons to slack off.