Ok - here's how it went. It didn't, not at all. I find that the main reason I really LOVE Atkins is that I don't have to go hungry. So eating only 1000 calories a day just isn't going to work. I was so hungry last night that I finally cooked and ate 12 oz of bacon! (hey, it coulda been worse, coulda been 12 oz of Chunky Monkey Ice cream) And also I thought, hey its Christmas! I can do low carb over the holidays with no problem, but who wants to be hungry? Sooooo, I'm evaluating my stall again, and the one thing I keep coming back to is that I am not drinking water like I did last time I was on Atkins and was very successful with it. Also, I was walking five times a week and I'm not doing that now. So I'm going to <sigh> join the gym and make myself drink my water and I'll report back in a couple of weeks.