would like to hear from anyone who has been on atkins diet  

Atkins i not only about carbs it is holistic thing involving exercise as well as diet, leave out any component and it all falls down. It is more about portion control than anything else, and the high protein components keep you full linger. Look if you eat smaller portions and foods high in fiber and exercise moderately you will lose the weight. Also there issues of negative stress lack of proper sleep that compound things.

What i am trying to say it is about life change and life change rarely easy.

hi! i have a friend at my former work, who's been using atkins diet or this low carb diet, and it really works. He had lost a lot of weight and i can really see the difference on his body. He used to be chubby, with his face bulging on the sides, but then suddenly, he became fit. It was really a hard work for him since we, filipinos, eat rice thrice in a day. But then, it paids off because the result is awesome.
Actually, I wanted to try it before - downloaded articles, tips and those plan diets, but i end up, not trying it because I love foods with carbs.. Actually, dieting.. its just a matter of self discipline or how you can control yourself from the urge of eating something that should not be.

I used the induction phase of the Atkin's diet to lose weight before a formal event and it worked because I stuck very strictly (which was difficult) to under 20 grams of carbs per day and followed the suggestions outlined in the book. I lost approximately 10 lbs in the 2 week phase and looked great for my event (I'm not terribly overweight.) I did not, however, continue with the other phases of the diet after my formal event. As a result, I began eating as I did before I started the pre-event diet. The bounceback from the low weight actually caused me to gain more weight than I lost while I was on the diet.

These results, however, are personal. I didn't stick to the rest of the diet after the initial 2 week induction phase, and that probably affected my results. I am currently looking at alternative diets and exercise plans for my weight loss needs.