Mac1, I have been eating low carb for 2 1/2 years now. My life is not limited, my weight is very low, my life style includes splurges now and then, and I am very happy with the wide range of foods that I prepare and eat.(Both my teen daughter adn husband have been so impressed by my results that they too have jumped on the band wagon ) Low carbing DOES work. Low carbing is sustainable and maintainable. All "diets" fail when they don't teach a change in lifestyle. Low carbing is a WOL. If you learn to make the changes to make low carbing not a diet but a WOL then by all means Atkins works.