I started doing Atkins after watching him on Larry King Live (well, I had known about it for years, but, I guess LKL was the impetus to actually get the book and reading it).

I had tried Weight Watchers (and starved to death every day), The Zone (and felt hungry after each meal - not to mention having to count 4 peanuts, one slice of apple and a piece of cheese for a snack was a pain..), but I had never had much success.

I'm 27, and my doctor had also been harassing me about my cholesterol (not "high", but, not what it should have been either).

I decided that I had little to lose, other than excess fat and weight. So, I tried it.

In about 2.5months, I've lost 4.5" from around my waist, almost 30 lbs, and my old clothes are literally falling off of me! My Triglycerides are WAY down and normal, LDL is down (but, still not perfect--although, given my age and other risk factors, it's not an overly big deal), Total is down. HDL is in the normal range. Even my Hemoglobin A1C is perfect, as too my creatine levels.

I'm lucky in the sense that my wife is an incredible cook, and has been very supportive over my diet. We've found some great cookbooks at Costco for low-carb cooking, and a bunch of websites with low-carb recipies. I've even found some Chocolate at WalMart that has 0 net carbs!

My parents were so impressed by the weight loss, that they too have started doing Atkins. So.. Am I amazed/impressed by the Atkins diet? Absolutely!

Anyways, just wanted to post some positive results for everyone else!

Legolas