Dale,

Yeah the book will really help. You will find several flavors of the book. I am using the "Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution" which was an update from his 1972 book.

The differences were the addition of the concept of netcarbs which is carbs - fiber. Read the book this will give you the science behind why it works and how it works.

BTW... Atkins is very guy friendly diet. So don't feel bad about grabbing another burger (sans bun) or steak.

I would suggest that you start a journal and post in it and use a tool like MYPLAN (found in the menus at the top of the page) to record your eating.

This will help lots.

The next thing I suggest is to visit other journals and find some of the crazy insane people who hang out here. Post in their journals, and they will post in yours.

It will happen.

John