I read your carb conspiracy, and S....you are ABSOLUTELY correct! I remember researching the Atkins Diet before I went on it, and it just simply *clicked* with me. I felt like I had been exposed to a great secret. Like everything else...this is a 'secret' for the taking...one just has to know where to look!.
I have gotten my niece on the diet...she has lost 40 lbs...my nephew has lost 60, and my daughter has started this lifestyle....she has lost 20lbs.
Ha ha...I remember a friend telling me, when I informed her I was starting the lo-carb lifestyle, that Atkins was *unhealthy*...I quipped..."Um..Alisha....Look at me!!!!...THIS is unhealthy!" She sings a different tune now...especially since her husband can not stop staring at me.

Weight Watchers was a nightmare for me...too many choices...too much preparation...I was starting to obsess all over again...Atkins is a natural for me....no obsessing...

Freeing up my struggle with eating has allowed me to grow as a person, because I no longer am pre-occupied with all the stinkin' thinkin' that comes with overeating.

Thank you ST1....and I have to say this because I am Jody...I am sorry if I have offended you in the past...you are an enigma to me...You have such insight...I guess I felt I needed to 'help' you find your softer side....okay...so I still have control issues...I am not perfect ;)