Hi! I am a newbie here but thought I'd post my story and see if any of you had "been there, done that" or had any advice.

I started Atkins on July 9, 2001 and was totally amazed at how good I felt and how fast it came off!!! By Thanksgving I was down to 148.

I took a week off at Christmas and wound up gaining to 159! YIKES!!! I hit it again and got back down to 150 but then I got married and went on a cruise for my honeymoon. BOOM! 162! YOUCH!!!!

I can't seem to find the motivation to hit it back hard. I have to admit I have been cheating. A tator tot or 2 here, a pice of candy there.

Part of it is because I keep getting stuck for so long at a time! have any of you been through this? Did you hit goal?! I only have 25 to go......why is it soooo hard now???? You'd have thought it would have been the 1st part that was hard!