Last post poses a good question I think - How do you know when to eat (b/c one is not to starve on Atkins) and when not to eat?

My experience is this - in my early days on Atkins I ate whenever I was hungry just enough to feel satiated. I've now been following this WOE for 3 months and find I don't feel hungry as often or as intensely as at the beginning. However, for those times when I do feel hunger I ask myself how long has it been since I last ate and is there any good reason to feel hungry. If I ate quite recently I ignore the feeling and it subsides. I also have started NEVER eating after 7:30/8:00 no matter how hungry I get to allow my body to enjoy a 12 hr fast in order for fat to be burned while I sleep.

My hunger also fluctuates with hormones so that is another time I won't eat when hungry until an appropriate meal time arrives.

Hope this helps.

An interesting thread.