gregnb, do yourself the biggest favour you can do for yourself and read the book that goes along with your chosen plan. You are messing around with your body and if you don't know the basics and all the stuff that will take you into lifetime maintenance, you will be in trouble down the road. The 2002 edition of Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution is great! Use the forum as a resource for things you are unsure of. Facts and opinions abound here.

There is virtually no way you can lose muscle with a LC way of eating if you are doing it properly. Muscle loss is a dangerous side effect of low-calorie diets.

Karen