What is it about? Just curious.

``Eat everything. Concentrate on whole grains. Drink milk. Balance
protein with carbohydrates. Avoid processed sugars. Do some
exercise. The idea that a diet book making such proposals comes as a
pleasant surprise shows just how far afield we've gone in the search
for new ways to be fit. The only thing new about this diet by the
editor-in-chief of Men's Health is its name, and this, one can
presume, is because nowadays, a book simply called "Sensible Eating"
wouldn't sell. The book's title is indeed misleading; only the final
chapter deals solely with abs. The rest is full of rational
recommendations for a realistic diet plan: eat more and smaller meals;
have oatmeal in the morning for a nourishing breakfast; don't starve
yourself; drink plenty of water; and stay away from sodas and foods
that contain high-fructose corn syrup. Whether readers will, in the
end, walk away with abs of steel is not really the point. They'll
control their weight in a healthy way, without counting calories,
cutting out whole food groups or supporting the beef futures
market. Best of all, this book tells readers why it works: increase
your body's metabolism, gain some muscle and fat burns away. The
authors make this seem like a fresh and very attainable ideal.''

this and a promise of a sixpack in six weeks make me a little bit
cautious... Sounds like a lot of promises for a difficult to reach
goal.

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No.  Plateaus are best relieved by exercise.  You were exercising right?
Then bump up your program.

Look very closely on how you selected your goal.  Atkins won't
take folks below their objective ideal weight and it is *very*
easy to select a goal weight below that.  For example insurance
tables usually run 10 too low so if you used an insurance
table to select your goal then you're already at your ideal
weight.  It takes low calorie to go lower, but it that worth
it given that it takes staying low-cal forever to stay forever
under your ideal weight?

Also note that the last 10 are supposed to take a year so if
your rate fell to 1 per month you were still actually doing
fine.  You can increase your loss rate by going low calorie but
at the potential price of needing a permanent reduction to
maintain.

Anyways it is very worth a careful inspection of your average
caloric intake after a loss because weighing less means you
now need less calories.  If you're still eating the same total
portions after losing, adjusting in proportion to your loss may
be all you need.

Sorry, can't help you on the Abs Diet.