jamiejen, as for email subscription... if you scroll down to the bottom of this page you'll see a link that says "subscribe to this thread". Click on it and it will guide you from there. You can also find all your subscribed threads by clicking on the "profile" button on top of every page after you've logged in.

As for lowcarb/lowcal - no way Jose. I think South Beach is leaning towards calorie control, but on Atkins we don't count kcals - unless one has an eating disorder and/or _binges_ food.

If you stick to 20g netcarbs (total carbs minus fiber) and see to it that your fat% is around 70% of your total daily intake, you'll probably feel good and see results. Eat natural foods, avoid LC junk food (bars, shakes etc) and drink lots of water to help flush the ketones out.

www.fitday.com is an excellent tool for tracking your daily intake. www.atkins.com is a fenomenal source of wisdom about how to make this work. All for free. All it takes is some time of yours to endulge in the knowledge and then you're set to go.

Best of luck to you!

/gil