This book will change how you view conventional dieting. you will eat pleanty, never hungry, feel great,and lose fat faster than on any other diet. i have been using his principles for over a year and lost 42 pounds of fat (33 in the first month) while adding 17 pounds of muscle (thru weight training). If you lift weights however u may want to eat sum carbs (complex) before a heavy session and also a high carbohydrate/protein meal after a heavy weight workout, then follow the atkins diet the rest of the time.