Thank you, everyone, for your replies and help so far.

mudknife, I know that guys are all individuals, but my experience has been that men & women (generally, as groups) tend to approach diet & nutrition differently. I have been known to have long conversations with girlfriends about this diet or that one, or which exercises we like, etc. When I go out to lunch with another woman we nearly always comment on the menu options. I very rarely have these types of conversations with the men in my life and I've never overheard them saying these things to each other. My husband has always eaten whatever he wants, whenever he wants, and I think he considers it a little "girly" to do otherwise. So that's why I felt it might be helpful to have other men's perspectives on Atkins and the low-carb WOL.

You are absolutely right about this requiring committment and a new mind-set from him and I don't think he's there yet. It was a huge breakthrough for him to admit that he was willing to try changing his eating habits at all. I have never pushed him to lose weight or asked him to diet with me (although I have tried to get him to walk with me before and I do tease him about his excessive soda consumption). I am very careful not to "nag" him about anything. But now that he's asked for my help on his own -- well, I feel like I've got one shot and I'd better not blow it.

Thanks again for your response,
Rosa