[chloeandj]

My mom is yo yo atkins dieter, every other month she is on, she is off. SHe too is addicted to Diet Pepsi. I'm talking atleast 5 times a day she goes through the drivethrough at Mcdonald's for an extra large soda. She has done this most of her life. She went on atkins once without the soda and lost weight really well but couldn't stay off the soda and now loses weight much slower, but to her it's worth it. She can't stand the withdrawal. But one thing to remember is drink lots of water, since the diet has a diuretic affect on your body. You will get dehydrated and get bladder/kidney infections and will not lose as much weight, have horrid breath and so on. The ketones you are burning need water to get out of your body.

You have to go from one diet to the next, if you get off atkins, go directly on another one of it will come back, that's why I want to do weight watchers after losing on atkins

The other thing, is those ketostix. They are like a mini weightwatcher's meeting and keep you motivated.