Dear Karen:
I have been enjoying this site for over two months now and I have to thank you. I also was hoping I could ask your advice regarding the Atkins diet.

I have been following Dr. Atkins' way of eating for eight weeks now as well as incorporating daily 45-60 min cardio, some light weight training and yoga. I've noticed my clothes fitting a bit better and some people have been asking me if I lost weight. The best thing tho is I've lost all desire to compulsively overeat or binge.

I was feeling positive untill....I delibrately did not weight myself for eight weeks, then yesterday, to my horror, I stepped on the scale and not only didn't I lose weight but I gained 6lbs.!>!>!> Honestly, could this all be muscle? When will I lose weight? Is my age a factor (44)? Are there just some people who can not lose weight on this diet? I have been on this WOEing before and only lost 10 and couldn't lose more. I am currently 60 lbs overweight. I feel discouraged as I've worked so hard these past 8 weeks. I'm starting to think I could have lost more if I wasn't on Atkins, just from all the exercise alone.

Thanks for reading thus far!

Marg