Adkins may call it a "lifestyle change", but it's still called "Adkins Diet" with the word "diet" there. So yes, it is a diet, and it is doomed to fail from the start because diets of any kind simply do not work. That's been proven again and again, but unfortunately our society just doesn't seem to get it. We are all in for the "quick fix". We all have to have things NOW. This cultural attitude of ours really doesn't do much for our all around health - psychological, mental, and physical.

I'm sorry to break this to you, but statistics don't lie: 98% of individuals that diet put back on the fat they lost within 18 months, and 87% put back on more weight they began with within that same time period. You want a diet, then you're fighting nearly impossible odds. Simply saying that you want to lose weight does little to your longterm health. You have to change your life around permanently. There's a lot of psychology involved here, but much of your habits need to be undone permanently. There's a lot of brain synapses and patterns that are set from these particular habits that must be broken and redone to make a healthy lifestyle. Adkins doesn't do that, nor does anything with the word "diet" on it. I haven't even discussed all the side effects and potential physiological harm the Adkins Diet can do (damage to liver, ketosis/ketoacidosis, etc.), nor will I fill up space to explain it here. The bottom line that you need to remember is that being a part of a diet will doom you to fail. You really have to change your life around completely.

And yes, that does include eating better and more wisely. You can talk to a dietician about that. But that also includes exercise, which you cannot ignore if you want to change your life and become healthier. You can talk to a doctor or better yet, a personal trainer about this.

Good luck.

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