mdginzo wrote:

>>That's why the "go on a diet" mentality -- the idea that you can change
>>the way you eat just until the weight is lost, and then "go off the
>>diet" is so pervasive.
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> Which is exactly what Atkins says to do. Just because "going off the
> diet" is what Atkins recommends is no less "going off the diet".

He did not. Atkins advocated lifelong carbohydrate restriction. His
diet details how to increase carb intake to a level where one stops
losing weight, and no more. There's no suggestion that you can go back
to cereal for breakfast and pasta for dinner.

Dana