Chapter 20 talks about extreme difficulty in losing weight. It states, 'The inablity to burn fat or lose weight, the phenomenon called Metabolic Resistance to weight loss, is not uncommon.'

He then states 4 major problems that may cause this Metabolic Resistance:

1. Excessive insulin and insulin resistance, usually accompanied by high triglycerides.
2. The use of prescription drugs or hormones which impede weight loss.
3. Underactive thyroid (hypothyroid) function, which can be present even when blood tests indicate no abnormality.
4. Overgrowth of the yeast organism Candida Albicans.

He states then how to overcome these four most common obstacles with the Atkins Nutrional Approach. (to long to type in here though)

A few pages down he then talks about the Fat Fast. He makes it a point that, "the Fat Fast is dangerous for anyone who is not metabolically resistant."

Basically what you do is eat 5 meals a day each meal being 200 Calories. YES you have to count calories for this one. You do it for 4-5 days to see if you achieve what the Fat Fast is capable of doing. After the first 5 days you up your meals to 300 calories each meal. This is if you chose to continue the Fat Fast. Then after another 5 days (for a total of 10 days) at 300 calories he suggest you go back to Induction. This should have given your metabolism the boost it needs kinda like when your car won't start and it needs a jump.

This is just a suggestion. I know you're probably frustrated and "no one should feel that losing weight is hopeles." As Dr. Atkins says himself in this chapter.

Good luck,

Lily