The key to any diet being successful is discipline and sticking to the outlines of the program. This has never been truer than with the Atkins Diet. This diet elicits a biochemical response from following a prescribed regimen of certain foods going through prescribed phases. If you deviate from the plan you will not have success and may even gain weight. So the first key to success is to stick to the plan.

Secondly, just because the Atkins diet plan allows you to eat fat that doesn’t mean you have to go out and eat everything fatty that you can find, you should still eat mostly leaner meats and fish and only eat meats like steak for one of your meals. Another thing you can do that will help you is to do as bodybuilders have done for years and eat several smaller meals instead of three large ones.

I know there are many diet plans on the market that claim you can “melt the pounds off while you sleep” and “lose weight without exercise”. Believe me; these methods will not work long term. Have you ever seen someone who lost a lot of weight but still look out of shape and devoid of muscle tone? This is because they lost muscle and still have fat on their body.