I FIND ATKINS AND PP REASONABLY INTERCHANGEABLE. WITH PP, I HAVE TO WORRY LESS ABUOT THE CARBS, AS IT ALLOWS MORE. ON ATKINS, AS SOON AS I WENT OFF INDUCTION, I GAINED, BUT FOR SOME REASON, WITH PP, I CAN EAT MORE CARBS AND NOT GAIN . STILL, AS LONG AS IT WORKS, WHO CARES?

HAVING THE CANDIDA IN MY DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MAKES LOSING DIFFICULT. I AM LOSING LIKE A POUND OR TWO A MONTH AFTER THE INITIAL 9 OF INDUCTION (4 OF WHICH WENT RIGHT BACK ON DURING MY T.O.M.). I STARTED ATKINS ON 14TH MARCH, AND I AM 12 POUNDS DOWN FROM THAT. IT IS SLOW, SLOW, SLOW, BUT FOR SOME REASON, IT ISN'T DOING MY HEAD IN. USUALLY, I PANIC AND START BEING STUPID (THE OLD EATING DISORDERD MENTALITY). AS IT IS, I AM DOING PP, AND IF I LOSE A POUND AND KEEP IT OFF ONE WEEK, I AM HAPPY AS IF I HAD GOOD SENSE. I MEAN, EVEN A POUND A WEEK IS 50 POUNDS IN A YEAR. WHEN I LOOK AT IT THAT WAY, EVEN HALF-A-POUND-A-WEEK DOESN'T SOUND BAD. WHO IS THIS TALKING? IT CAN'T BE ME!

AS FOR THE EATING WHILE YOU ARE AWAY, BASICALLY, YOU CAN DO IT IF YOU WANT TO BADLY ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE "I WANTS". MY MOTHER IS ALWAYS GETTING SIDETRACKED BY CAKE. IT SEEMS SHE ALWAYS HAS A FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SHE SAID TO ME TODAY THAT SHE "HAD" TO HAVE A BIT OF HER FRIEND'S FATHER'S DAY CAKE YESTERDAY. I SAID, "BULLS**T! IF YOU WANTED IT AND YOU HAD IT, FAIR ENOUGH, BUT DON'T BLAME OTHER PEOPLE." MY MOTHER AND I HAVE THAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP I JUST HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE DON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS. I BLAME MY UPBRINGING

HAVE A GREAT TIME WHEN YOU GO!