I have been an Atkins Yo-Yoer for a few years now. About once a year I would start for two months and then quit.

Hopefully this time I can stay on for the long haul. The main reason why Im serious this time is because my father died of a stroke a couple months ago (he was 49 and healthy)

I am 287 right now and I should be 165. Im not in a rush to loose however i would like to loose one hundred pounds by Christmas 2004.

I'm assuming Ill be under a lot of resistance in terms of weight loss since I did it before, huh?

There's no way to know until you try. Yo-yo dieting is so hard on your body, it may well take you longer and be a bit harder for you, but it's also MORE important than ever to not give up. You need to heal your body, and give it a chance to be healthy.

It's important to find a way to make it easier to stay with it this time. I highly recommend the new Dr Phil book, sice it has SO many helpful ways to figure out not only why we find it hard to stay with it, but how to teach yourself a new way of thinking that makes it easier. The food plan isn't low-carb, but the book is still useful with ANY plan.

You soundvery realistic and intelligent. Good luck and we're here for you.

Great decision...start with the plan and do everything you can to be comitted to it. If you run a clean induction, the results will be inspiration enough to keep it up. Coming here every day is also part of the journey for me. It keeps me honest with myself and watching peoples numbers drop constantly inspires me to stay with the program.

Much Luck!

Karen