When doing Atkins in my 20's, I ate all of the protein I wanted and lost 40 pounds. After not sticking to the WOL and gaining, I went back to the Atkins WOL in February of this year and gained. I lowered my calories from 1200 to 1000 to finally 800 before seeing a loss. I have now finally lost 5 pounds in the past week (I was 229).

Sorry to interrupt, I just felt like sharing my experience.

My doctor says my 30 year old body does not need the calories my 20-something body did.

Thank you for listening/reading,
Julie