WereBear, truer words were never spoken.

I initially avoided Atkins, d/t health professional bias, LOL.

I did great on Wheatbelly for the first 20 lbs. But then couldn't lose any more without dropping carbs, and a 45-50 net per day wasn't working anymore.

My mom was an inveterate dieter, from the lamb chops every night on the old "Mayo Clinic" diet to WW to who knows what.

When she got sick, and became emaciated, her biggest happiness was that she could eat pretty much anything, because her caregivers wanted her to gain. All those years, following bad diets to the letter, only to regain, had left her with constant cravings.