See? That's scary to me. If you're hungry, eat. I see nothing wrong with eating until you are no longer hungry. Dr. Atkins specifies in his 1972 version of the New Diet Revolution to eat and not count calories, everything on his list of permissible foods.

Why should you be hungry? If you're hungry, you're not going to stick with it. There's an excerpt of the induction and I think, Level 2, of his book on this thread as a sticky note.

Check it out.