DH and I have decided enough is enough. We are going to quit. Bought Zyban -- my doc. says he would like me to loose more weight before I begin -- If I keep to Atkins - no cheating - and keep up my exercise routine would I still gain weight? I am hypothyroid - celiac - PCOS -- etc. My meds seem to be kicking in and I am loosing weight steadily now.

I don't know if you'll gain weight. I've only stopped now for a week and a day, but in that time the scale has held steady (no gain, no loss).

The only thing that concerns me is it seems to have knocked me out of ketosis on about day 5 of stopping, according to my ketostix. I'm one of those that check a couple times a day... it's like compulsive peeing or something LOL.

Anyways, I've been looking for information on quitting smoking and ketosis but haven't found much yet. I know there's going to be a readjustment for the body, so maybe it ties in to that. Either way, I figured I'd give it till the weekend to come back. If it doesn't I'll drop a couple rungs back or maybe even hit induction again for a few days or week.

I'm not overly worried about the ketosis. Eventually one way or another it'll come back, and in the meantime the health benefits of quitting MORE than make up for a couple weeks Atkins glitch

Thank you for answering - wow your picture looks wonderful! You have done well!