One more question for you. I weighed 146lbs when I started. I need to lose 8 more. Although I wasn't obese this extra weight was still very hard for me. Currently, I've been losing about .5 to 1lb a day (granted I'm sure a lot of it was water)

So my question is, do I do LC just like everyone else? If that was the case I could realistically lost the weigh in a week or two. (even though sometimes the less you have to lose the harder it is) Or do I up my carbs, or what do I do. I want to keep this weight off for good, and in Atkins book he doesn't talk much about people that need to lose 15 or so lbs. I just want to do it safely and permanantly