Mike:

I'm Chinese, too, but giving up rice was easy for me. Sugar, on the other hand, it's a different story, I stopped cooking rice at home on a regular basis (for a couple of years now) and DH doesn't really miss it. When I do cook it for him, it's brown rice or wild rice. Have you ever looked into food combining like Susan Somers' books? I remember reading something on the FAQ in the Atkins website about it, and they said it was possible for those who are at goal to do that.