Last Monday was my first week back on the Atkins diet. I haven't done it in years - since the first time I used it to drop a significant amount of weight. No, I didn't yo-yo back up. However, every winter I do gain about ten pounds, and then lose it in the summer. Last summer I never went back down to my "summer weight" of 230; rather I stuck at around 235. So I started out with a handicap last fall. Over the winter I had a really, really bad cold that kept me from working out for nearly a month. That was enough to push me toward the mid-240's, and that I can't abide. So, I'm doing Atkins for the month of March in order to get a kick-start to my lighter summer "fighting" weight.

Here's a chart of this week's progress:

Atkins, week one