According to
The Smoking Gun, the medical examiner's report said that he weighed 258lbs. That's not of whale proportions, but it is fatter than the Atkins people would like to admit.
He was around 200 when
admitted to the hospital, which is what I stated. The 258 lbs. was after he died. I don't know if "around 200 lbs." is 205 or 225, but that is what I read. After being in the hospital for a couple of weeks, in a coma, a lot of people will gain weight (mostly water retention) from all of the meds/IVs. Could he actually retain around 60 lbs. of water in a couple of weeks? I doubt it, but who knows.
It doesn't really matter which "diet" someone chooses, there will always be others to tell them how unhealthy it is. For me "Atkins" is easy, and it works. Two guys I work with started it about 2 months ago, because they saw how it worked for me. One is in his early 50's and has lost 23 lbs. with no exercise. The other is my age (31) and lost 34 lbs. with some exercise. Instead of eating pizza and burgers at work (our normal lunch), we usually eat salads with grilled chicken. Instead of snacking on chips, candy bars, and Coke, we drink water and eat pork rinds, or sugar free Jello, or pepperoni and cheese chunks. It might not be the best diet, but we are eating healthier foods than we used to eat. Some food is a lot healthier, some is just a little better.
The main reason I think the low carb diets work for me is because after you do it for a few days, you lose the cravings for all of the snacks. Now when I eat I feel full, quicker. I'm also not hungry all of the time, unless I cheat and eat some stuff with tons of carbs. This just makes me consume fewer calories, and that is how you lose weight. You have to eat fewer calories than you burn during a day. Or you can eat the same and do a ton of exercise to offset the difference. I'd rather eat a little healthier and do some exercise, for the biggest "gains". Would I like to eat a large pizza, and then a whole gallon of ice cream, washed down with a 2 liter of Root Beer? HELL YEAH! Will I do that? NOT ANYMORE! Now, after I'm on the "diet" for a month, I will splurge for a day (sometimes the whole weekend) and eat whatever I want. This gives me a reward to look forward too while I'm eating food that is better for me (but isn't exactly my first choice for taste) even though I would rather be eating a Baconator and large fries from Wendy's.
Hopefully not too long.... Cause after awhile you run the risk of protein poisoning.
Not if you follow the diet correctly. You need to eat some fats with this diet, and you also need to drink lots of water. Protein isn't stored in the body (like carbs after they are converted), so if you are constantly dehydrated, you will overtax your kidneys and end up with problems. If your body doesn't need the protein to build muscle, it gets rid of it. You would have to eat basically no carbs and very lean meat, for a long time to even begin to see the effects of protein poisoning. This is just what I've read from researching the diet before I started it.
Roger