I love my sweet things too which is why Atkins was the LAST weight loss option I considered. But I have found a way!

For a start, in the first two weeks you will have to sacrifice and cut the nice stuff out. I myself felt crappy for about three or four days. After that, I felt healthy for the first time in a long time. Getting rid of all the articificial toxins and crap in my body was wonderful.

As I have gone on, I have developed substitutes to satisfy my sweet cravings. For instance, instead of regular chocolate, I eat Lindt 85% cocoa. It's horrid to begin with - very bitter - but you do develop a taste for it. There is low-carb ice-cream in most supermarkets these days.

There are also websites where you can get low-carb recipes.

www.atkins.com

http://www.carb-lite.au.com/

I love in particular a flourless chocolate cake made with splenda and the lindt chocolate. I make the cake, cut the cake horizontally at two heights and then fill the middle with the low-carb ice-cream. I've served this at a dinner party with non low-carbers who couldn't tell the difference.

I use the Atkins bread mix (but you won't be able to use that for the first two wees) and have two slices for breakfast every morning with butter and vegemite. Like you, I can't eat a bacon and eggs breakfast every morning.

Atkins is extraordinarly flexible and if you want to eat something bad enough, there's a substitute out there.

Good!