Hi Lonely! (I hope our responses will help you feel less lonely!)

I too am an emotional eater and turned to Atkins in desperation. I have been a very slow loser throughout (it's taken me 7 months to lose the 22 pounds so far with a 3 month stall in between). I've lowered my total legal calories and went back to the induction limit on carbs (I was pushing 30-35 carbs/day on some days) and I've finally started losing again. Maybe calories don't count as much for everyone -- some people on this board eat way more than I do and still manage to lose weight, but it seems that most people eat far less than me and are definitely losing faster.

My next step is to try strength training in the hopes that building more lean muscle mass will raise my metabolism. I've heard it works wonders. I've been doing regular cardio, but it hasn't helped me to lose more pounds in the past three months.

Pam