| I tried a regulated vegetarian diet before and a diet like the Atkins diet before and experienced the following: Veggies) Bad: -I typically felt kinda "blah", like I was on the verge of getting a cold -generally low on energy -injuries took forever to heal -my joints ached after being on the diet for about 6 months -I felt hungry almost immediately after eating -I lost much less weight than on Atkins Good: -It's hard to describe, but I felt "clean" all the time. Like I had just taken a shower. -I also tended to feel light, like moving about took less energy, but I felt like I had less energy overall Atkins) Bad: -I felt kinda "gross" all the time, like oil was oozing from my pores and follicles. -Expensive -Most of the foods I wanted to eat were not on the approved list, and I got tired of eating on the diet after about 6 months -I felt hungry all the time -Hair and nails grew really fast...like freakishly so. I was cutting my finger nails like every 2 days at one point. -I felt "heavy" Good: -I had super, non-stop, bottomless energy -no midday loss of energy -I could exercise for hours -I lost tons more weight than on the veggie diet (about 3x as much in the same amount of time) -Injuries healed super fast, maybe twice as fast as normal, and I got injured far less often than on the veggie diet, maybe 1:3 ratio -I felt stronger, so even if I felt heavier, it was less effort to move about -I packed on muscle, my bench press (without actually doing any weight lifting as a form of exercise) went from 140 to 210 in 6 months. |