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I haven't told a soul. I don't want to hear the reasons other people (who don't understand what MY body needs... which is limited carbs to function well and lose weight) think it's bad. Don't ask, don't tell. LOL

I did experience a little of this today. I went to buy Ketostix. I looked in TWO stores and could NOT find them myself. So I went where no one knows me (a Target) and asked the pharmacist. He found them and handed them to me. I said, "Yup, that says ketostix, guess it's the right thing." He said, "They monitor ketones in urine... usually diabetics and people on Atkins buy these." I pretended my mom had asked me to buy them and that yes, she had started Atkins recently. He said then you've got the right stuff.

My dh is used to seeing me eat mostly lean protein, fruits/veggies and whole grains since for the last 3+ years I've been on South Beach (fell off HARD and couldn't muster up any enthusiasm for it again). He hasn't asked me why I'm not eating nuts, berries or whole grains though... and I hid the ketostix. He doesn't question what I do. He knows how I am when I'm overloading on carbs (it's NOT pretty... just imagine very bad PMS every day, all day). If I'm happy and losing weight... HE'S happy.

I don't think you need to tell anyone so long as you have a place, like here, to ask questions and get support so you don't feel all alone. It gets tough when you can't eat something and you don't feel like you can share why.... that's the time you have to get creative. Especially if it's something someone has made special. If it has sugar in it, simply say that you've decided to not eat sugar anymore, but thank you for offering... and then CHANGE THE SUBJECT. If it's something like chips, just say you don't "feel" like chips right now or you're not hungry. Or claim you have a headache. Don't feel like you HAVE to say you're doing Atkins yet... eventually they will ask you how you're losing SO MUCH WEIGHT. And then you'll WANT to tell them.