How long have you been doing Atkins?

The more you cheat, the harder it is to stay on the diet because your cravings and blood sugar swings will sabatoge you and eating carbs will make that worse.

If you're just starting out you REALLY need to not cheat. If you feel like you're obsessing on a particular food, try to find a 0 or low carb substitute for it. A lot of people will tell you not to have artificial sweeteners but if its a choice between going off the diet or having the AS, have the AS by all means!

I think you might be mentally rebelling against the restrictions of the diet. I think the way to solve that is to not get to the point where you feel deprived by the diet. That means eating meals that you find are extremely yummy. Substituting in artificially sweetened things you enjoy. If you start feeling deprived then perhaps that is when you obsess over something to eat. But the longer you stay away from sugar, the less your cravings and obsessing over carbs will be.

The longer you're on the diet without cheating, the easier it gets.

Some people have used supplements and said their cravings were less.