Yep, I'm doing just a little carb counting just to watch what I eat. Just trying to shed those holiday pounds from this summer. The thing with Atkin's is once you're seriously on it, you're basically on it for life. I don't remember too many of the specifics (I try to tune out my dad sometimes:) ), but it really messes you up if you go back and forth with it. For people like my dad, though, it's good for them because he's overweight; he's lost 46 pounds this year from it, but he still has a long way to go.
As for whether or not to trust the Atkin's diet, well I'm biased. I think my dad is one of the best gastroenterologists that I know, and if he says it's worthwhile, then I trust him. And he does say it's worthwhile. He's got a lot of my aunts and uncles on it as well as some of his other GI friends.
Just my $0.02
JD
