Atkin's Diet

[Jeger]

Anyway, this is my understanding of how weight works. Everyone has their own natural metabolism, and their own natural "hunger rate". Your hunger rate cannot be changed except apparently by going through the stomach stapling surgery, but your metabolic rate can be increased by increasing muscle mass.

Not true for me at least. Part of the theory behind the South Beach diet (which I am on) is that you reduce the sugar conent of your blood, which reduces the insulin. Hi sugar leads to high insulin, which uses up all the sugar, and you get hungry.

I have found on the diet that I get hungry much slower, and get full much faster. That's one reason I love it.

I've been on a reverse diet for the last 15 years. It's not going too well though. I've only gained 10 pounds.

Hehe I was that way until about 40. In college I tried to gain weight to help control things in basketball. After weeks of eating myself silly, I lost weight. :/ For your sake, I hope you keep that characteristic, but if not, then try South Beach - it worked for me.