Weight Loss Occurs

After 4 days on the Atkin's Diet, I've lost 4.5 lbs.

As opposed to the 1lb I lost eating a balanced diet and working out almost everday for the month before that.

I don't recommend the Atkin's diet to just anyone - it has a very specific target of people.

However, if you've attempted the balanced and calorie controlled diet, have exercised regularly, and have decent cholesterol and blood pressure and still have not lost any weight, I would strongly suggest discussing this option with your doctor.

Its target is Insulin-resistant people. And its "low-carb" associations are mostly myth - such as you are only allowed a certain number of over-all carbs a day. This diet requires you to get fiber in your system in large quantities while limiting the amount of carbs that affect your blood sugar levels. Fiber doesn't do this, but simple sugars do (like what a candy bar is largely made up of). So in the first phase, I'm limited to 15-20 "net" carbs (carbs that are not fiber or sugar alcohols), I can get about 5 Fiber carbs for every one simple sugar I eat - if I pick the right foods.

Its working, so I guess that says everything, right?