Wow, good for you Annet! I did Atkins last year and lost about 14 of my 25 lbs. I decided to take a break and try to keep the weight off, which i did, for the most part. now spring is back and so i'm back to dr. a to try to lose 12 more. Needless to say in almost a month or more i've only lost 4 lbs. I WANT TO SCREAM!!!! So, whether I should have or not, I went off on sat & sun and restarted back mon with the LC and my journal. I realized looking back at my old entries over the month that I said I hadn't been cheating but....I really had. They were just so minor, minor enough to slow me down to almost reverse. So my advice is, keep a strict journal, even of your "cheats" so you can look back and give an honest answer if you plateau or not. Good luck!