Dale - my dh and I did Atkins and the pounds did just melt off - it was great. But then you go back to eating a more normal diet and that includes too many carbs and having seconds and thirds of meals and grabbing that box of Cheez-it crackers and your self-control goes out the window and we've both gained all the weight back.
My dh was diagnosed with metabolic syndrome (diabetes, high bp, high cholesterol) about 2 years after losing weight and gaining it back. He has had the typical shape of folks who get ill - the skinny legs and butt with a tummy. That abd fat will kill you . . .
He has lost about 25 pounds, mostly through not eating such large portions and riding a bike but the weather has curtailed the exercise and his weight is creeping up . . . his labs 3 months ago were bad . . .
I'm not much help when I eat badly too . . .
If only we were rich and could afford a trainer who would follow us around all day and cook us healthy foods and get out the whip to make us get up from this computer and go work out . . . . . .
steph (who is eating a Dannon Light and Fit yogurt to counter-act the Cheetos . . . .
Would you like to comment?
my dd left a box of Cheez-it Twisterz by the computer and of course I was forced to eat about 40 of them . . . .let's see, there is 6 grams of fat in 17 crackers and 140 calories . . . oh, you do the math. 
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