Got a PM asking how it was going, so I figued I copy my answer to the thread.

Just wondering how Mr. Atkins is treating you. I had great success the first time I tried it a couple of years ago, losing over 40 lbs. (though I eased into Weight Watchers for the last few). However, I've tried to do Atkins a couple of times since and I've had little or no luck. I lose a lb., I gain a lb. I'm afraid to keep eating the meat/cheese/eggs diet for much longer. Seems like the food choices died out with Atkins and it's just hard to be around other people and try to maintain the low-carb thing; they get cheese pizza, you get a piece of cheese. Anyway, ********* has had the same experience and I was curious as to whether you were having success this time around. Good luck with it!
Well, I've only really been back at it for 10 days now, so I still consider myself to be in the induction phase - you know; triggering my body to start burning fat.

I dropped about 5 pounds in the first 5 or 6 days, but that'll happen with any diet. This morning, I stepped on the scale, and I was down to 233 - 234; that's the first time I've dropped below 235 (morning weight) since I started, and I'm hoping that it means my metabolism has shifted to burning the fat.

The food selection is pretty limited; what I've done is I go to the health-food store, and stock up on about 10 or 15 different flavors of lo-carb/high protien meal replacement bars - 2 each. That way I have a varied diet, both in flavor and texture, and in the balance of nutrients the different companies consider important. I try to start the day with a thin marinated breakfast steak (beef or pork, $5 for 4 - 5 steaks) and scrambled eggs if I have the time - takes about 5 to 10 minutes to cook up; the meal replacement bars keep me on the "every 3 hours" schedule during school in the daytime, and I just resign myself to meat and cheese in the evening for now. Later I'll be adding some vegies or doing salads with some diced meat for dinners.