[hobbes1]

I also had a hard time keeping my strength up during the diets use when I worked out,

I find that curious. Everytime I've used, (excepting the three day adjustment period...) I Noticed pretty good stregnth gains....

[HELLRAISER II]

I'm a power lifter & protein is one of my main supplements so it was great from that standpoint, but you get your energy from Carbs & as I began to thin down by Bench Press peaked at 425 lbs & I was stuck there for several weeks. As soon as I began to take the Creatine & my bi-weekly weekend splurge of Carbs my bench began to get better again.

Another thing that I disliked about the Atkins diet was stomach cramps & constipation, man that was terrible & painful. If your going to stay on a diet like this, make sure you buy some Metamucil your going to need it.