Atkins

You can argue about this forever--and the 60 million obese Americans will still not understand why they can't lose weight---but the truth is this:

Permanent and significant weight loss isn't just about calories. It's about understanding individual body chemistry: age, overall health, hormones, food allergies, insulin tolerance, metabolism, body type. Obviously, most people won't be able to determine that without sophisticated testing, but there's nothing wrong with trying different philosophies and listening to your body. If Ragu dropped a bunch of weight eating no meat, that's his answer. If Dooley dropped a bunch of weight on Atkins, that's his answer. You want to lose weight, find your own answer.

Diets don't work. You'll lose weight...and then what? The diet is over. You get fat again...unless you understand why you lost weight in the first place. There's so much good information out there about weight loss...I'm amazed by what people don't know (or don't want to know) about what they put in their bodies. They care more about the kind of gas they put in their car.

 

For a second I wondered why there was a thread about Colorado Rockies third baseman Garrett Atkins in Anything Goes.

 

I didn't say you should do something inherently unhealthy just to lose weight. It won't work long term anyway, because your body can't and won't allow it.

I'm saying it's all about chemistry. My best friend and I weigh about the same--around/under 120--and are both 5'6. She can eat white carbs (pasta, bread, etc)....she eats anything and everything. But she never finishes a meal, ever. She can take five bites, and she's done. I, on the other hand, won't touch the carbs, I can't. But I eat as much as I want, of the foods I want. Neither of us has gained a pound in a dozen years. But if we switched dietary philosophies, we'd be blimps. She can't handle the calories, I can't handle the sugar. Chemistry.

 

Now I'm hungry, dammit.

 

He's having a terrible year at third base.

 

But he is 2-2 with a three-run HR and 4 RBI after two at-bats tonight against San Diego.

 

Not really.

 

On that diet, JuJuBees are veggies.