I was just about to start a new thread asking if there were any retirees anywhere...I am so happy to find this thread. I am 66 yrs, retired, started Atkins in June. My oldest grandchild is 14 so guess 4Mrslucky started her family at an earlier age than I did. Mind you, with starting later, I did catch up fast. Had twins when married 11 months and another one before the twins were 20 months. It's great now tho. We share a home with our son and his wife and all four of us are doing Atkins with success. My daughter in law plans and cooks the meals, I clean up afterwards. It works for us.