Watched one what? What isn't meant for an athletic lifestyle?

Atkins? Based on what information? Define athletic lifestyle.

Looking at the Atkins website I see A LOT of information on being athletic.
The best exercise programs combine aerobic and anaerobic activity.

Everyone Can—and Must—Find Time to Exercise With three weeks to go before the Hawaii Ironman event, triathelete and physician Stuart Trager stresses the importance of exercise and shares his secrets for how to find the time to fit it into a busy life.

Making Up Your Mind to Be Fit

How Much Exercise Do You Need? More is better, but it may not be necessary to do as much as you think. The important thing is to get started.

Exercise: It’s Non-Negotiable

Read some of these quotes from - How I Became an Ironman

Twelve months later, standing at the edge of the Gulf of Mexico at 6:30 in the morning with the stereo sound system blasting U2's "It's a Beautiful Day," I think it finally hit me. I had returned to Panama City Beach after 12 months of rigorous training, careful attention to nutrition and a pretty significant number of sacrifices to once again compete in Ironman Florida. But this time it was all on the line. Sure, I had done other challenging things before, but this was different. Within minutes the guy who couldn't run the length of the football field in high school—that's me—was going to dive into the ocean and try my hardest to qualify for the Hawaii Ironman. (Only 100 spots are available; a participant has to finish in the top 4 percent to 5 percent of his or her age group.)

And then, with the bang of the starter pistol, we were off. Just under nine and a half hours later, when it was over, I couldn't help thinking that it really was "a beautiful day." I had finished 39th overall (in a field of approximately 2,000). Of the amateurs who finished, I was number 16, compared with 23 professionals who beat me. I also logged the eighth fastest time for my age group since the race has been run and third in my age group of 329 competitors. I had improved my previous race time by over an hour, qualified for the World Championships and earned an opportunity to compete in Hawaii this October.

I had done all this while following the principles of controlled carbohydrate nutrition. That's right; I used the Atkins Nutritional ApproachTM to lower my percentage of body fat, and did my training, up to 20 hours a week, all on the Lifetime Maintenance phase.

Does that sound like somebody who isn't athletic? Qualifying for Ironman Hawaii isn't exactly easy and requires a HUGE amount of fitness.

None of the above links talk about the exercise qualities of lifting your remote control and the finger exercise of flipping stations. The book Dr. Atkins wrote about the whole deal talks heavily about being fit and living a healthy lifestyle, and the links above go deeper into it.

So if you want to believe that Atkins is a sedentry-couch potato lifestyle, that's fine....it's completely wrong and unfounded, there's more than information available that shows that it isn't true. It's just another myth about what the whole thing is about (among thousands of other myths).

Andrew