Thread: New to the Site

Hi all,
I found your site about a week ago and I've gotten alot of good info from it. I started Atkins Aug. 31st and I've lost 24 lbs.
I feel I must be one of the lucky ones. I have seen alot about the Atkins bars and I have eaten them pretty much since day 1. I eat a Breakfast Bar every morning. I haven't had any weeks that I haven't lost weight. I was just wondering if anyone else out there has been able to eat them with success? I kind of got a little scared when I saw the replies about them stalling weight loss. I am thinking maybe I should stop using them. Does that make since??? or would they have already affected me if they were going to?

Hi Laurie. I think most people will tell you to stay away from those bars.
Try eating some real foods and keep drinking your water.
Laurie

Hi, Laurie T. Congrats on your success so far. You've been lucky with those bars, but everybody's experience is different.

One of the goals of Atkins is relearning eating habits--and that usually means trying to enrich our nutrition with real food, as Greeneyedgirl points out. An Atkins bar is junk food in low-carb disguise. The same is true of many commercial low-carb products. And besides, they're expensive!

There are better, more satisfying, and more nutritious choices.

Stick around here, and Best wishes!

Barb L.
Started Atkins January 2003
162/141/130

Thanks for the advice. I do get all my veggies in and lots of water the rest of the day, I just eat them(the bars) in the morning. I didn't realize they were junk food though. I might have to come up with an alternative.

Laurie