I just had to jump in here and reply to Sunkist (even though I too am no longer on Shwarzbein--loved her book, philosophy etc...--GAINED weight and felt bloated). Tried to go back to Atkins Induction --lost nothing--tried Meat fast eating only roast turkey (I roasted it myself) and legal veggies for a week and GAINED more weight! I was up to 159--Out of desparation (and panic), I started Atkins Fat Fast a week ago Tuesday--did that for 4 days, then started Modified Fat fast--anyway at least as of yesterday I was down to 154.4 (I won't even count it as that unless I am there today--however, I had been holding at 155 for the last 4 days. I guess this tells me that my body needs a higher fat to protein ratio with really low carbs.

Carol