Nova, if it weren't for the fact that I do not have PCOS, it could have been me writing your posts - just about everything you said applies to me as well. I am at that stage where I am not really doing Atkins, but I haven't given up either, I just don't know what I am doing. Having "only" lost about 9-10 pounds in 6 weeks and having what the doc considers "bad" blood results, I am trying to decide which way to go. So I feel for you, and I hope it works out.