Cucu: I think both plans have merit, although the Atkins Plan can be subject to more abuse because of the liberty or choices for the use of processed materials. Many Atkins dieters do go the "pure, unprocessed" route but, even so, they still consume processed mayo, salad dressings, cream cheeses, sour creams, etc. NeanderThin is much purer and an excellent plan for those of us who are intolerant of dairy or grain. The beauty of all the low-carb plans is that everyone has a choice to find the plan that they feel most comfortable with and that works for them, or a combination of plans.

I lost inches more than weight when I first changed over.

I do a combination of atkins and neanderthin. I keep the foods natural, but also keep an eye on my carb counts. I also use a lot of fats.

I am having problems finding a dressing for my salads thatI love and will make, but things are going well. Marty

Yes is like having the best of both worlds, low carbs (only veggies) not fruits nor nuts yet until I am near my weight... away from that all clean diet but having problems deciding how much is a good amount of fat. i.e.
I fry my food on Coconut oil, like the nice Red fatty meat.. then the same with my eggs in the morning, but all this makes my whole day only come up to hardly 60% or less of my total fat intake ahhh plus my olive oil i forgot...,

What dressing do you normally do for your salads?
are you planning to stop the olive oil as some news says it might be bad for diet, might stop you from loosing, not because the fat but because the quality of fat? or in this matter you are more Atkins and enjoy the Pre-made Ranch style 1g. netcarb dressings?

I have doing this dressing myself with Olive oil, raw clove of garlic, lemon or ginger juice raw, peper and celtic salt, some times Yolk from egg, but every day seems like the same, I need more ideas.. or I was even thinking not puttin olive oil as i have read it might be bad.. but then how can I be hi fat?.. Should I start using flax seed oil for dressings?

Maybe I shouldn't worry about adding too much fat, as long as I fry my fatty meat on coconut oil and feel full, instead of looking for a number...

My favourite is sesame seed oil. Cooks at a high temperature and lovely on salads as a dressing.