Quite simple: keep reading Atkins and it will tell you what to eat and what to not eat, as well as provide you meal plans. Low-carb plans are not however, and I repeat, are not low-calorie. I you are looking for a low-calorie diet, this is not the place. If you are, on the other hand, looking for successful, sustained and durable weight loss, this is it. Low-calorie is a religious concept based on expectation of reward following severe self-denial (i.e. not eating). Low-carb is a scientific concept based on weight loss following carbohydrate restriction which limits insulin (i.e. the fat-making hormone) causing in turn your metabolism to switch to your own body fat for energy. The low-carb motto is "If you don't eat you don't lose."