hi shelly, im not taking any artificial sweeteners, coffee or tea.. and i dun feel much of a difference in the way i feel (hunger pangs, cravings) even though i've been on atkins for abt 1 month.. really duno wat's wrong.. coz i've been sticking to the foods allowed for induction, staying off even those that may cause cravings or stalls.

n slimmin, the numbers are in kg... which is the unit of measure more oftenly used here where i stay..

thanx for all the advice.. tink i'll maybe go off atkins for awhile but stay on some other kind of plan. coz im worried that i may not haf the discipline to stick to it for now, with the discouraged feeling and so on. if i eat the high fat foods atkins allows and cheat on carbs or even binge, it might be worse...