Maybe it works for you Melissa, but I'd hardly call what you're doing, eating meat only and water, the Atkins way of eating. Vegetables and some fruit are also part of that diet and it seems to be working just fine for me, I've lost 100 lbs since March 13, 2004, following the diet as it is meant to be followed, with meat and the recommended vegetables and fruit, cheese, cream and butter as well as a daily multivitamin and flax seed oil capsules.

I reckon the old adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" might apply here, the Atkins plan as it is defined in the books written by Dr. Atkins work just fine, so why change them to something else entirely and still call your way of eating Atkins, you're lying to yourself and others by saying that.