I'm not sure how I'll be able to cut out food during that time. A typical day for me is working until 4 or 5, returning home, and going to the gym (going there for upper body after this post). After the work-out, I wait one hour to let my body continue to comsume fat cells, then eat dinner around 8 or 9. I usually have a cup of green tea and maybe a small snack around 11 or 12 then go to bed.

If I don't eat every two hours or so while awake, my body gets all out of wack. Dizzy, irritable, can't think.... I keep away from sugar as much as possible.

As for Atkins diet, I'll never do that for two reasons. First, I'm not the least bit over weight. Second, I only have one kidney, so I wouldn't put it at risk on a diet that may be hard on the kidneys.

The diet has worked well for my brother-in-law in the past. But he hasn't kept up with it and his weight has come back.