The only one who seems fazed by it is my next door neighbor. Even though she's seen me eat many times, her question, each time it comes up, is, "But what do you eat?"

She's Hindu, and, while she eats some meat, she's mostly vegetarian. So the idea of not having beans and lentils, etc, is crazy out there to her.

Her husband told me one time that he'd done Atkins for about 6 months, but she was so worried that he'd get sick that he quit. He's actually slender; was doing it for his health, so it's too bad, really.