[CurlyBill]

Well, the thing with me is the fact that I don't have a weight problem. I'm 6'1" and 185... I'm athletic and play ice hockey all the time. The reason I tried Atkins was to see if I could lower my cholesterol. I was at 190 the last time it was checked...

[ET(end tyranny)]

If you're mostly interested in lowering cholesterol, 2 things come to mind. Do NOT remove all cholesterol from the diet. Your body needs cholesterol and will produce its own if you don't take any in.

You could try the Atkins diet for say 3 months and get your cholesterol rechecked and see if it goes lower.

An alternative would be to try some of the high fiber diets. Lots of bran muffins. I tried the high fiber bit, and found I was hungry all the time.

Oh, and for those that miss pasta... you can take cabbage, shred it, boli it and then put spaghetti sauce on it. Tastes really good and has a lot less carbs. I know, it sounds weird, but it really is good.