Vortex72,
Thanks for being brave enough to post a common sense suggestion. I've thought for a while that (fat % aside) the advice to eat more than 12-1500 calories didn't make sense to someone trying to loose weight. Sure, there's a metabolic advantage to Atkins, but I don't think you should ruin it by eating enough to make up the difference! Most heavy people would be likely to eat more if given permission. I recently dropped my calories to this level and have started loosing again. I going to do my best to stay under 1800 cals/day and see what happens.