The best diet is to eat small portions of food three times a day, and take your time eating them. You can eat pretty much anything you like (but not many processed carbs) so long as the protions are small and you dont gulp it down in 10 minutes. A couple og glasses of wine dont hurt either. If you must eat between meals it should be something like a piece of fruit, but in general avoid all between meal snacks. Also drink copious amounts of water, and then get exercise. Make this a lifestyle thing and you will be fine.

Atkins wieghed 250 pounds when he died of his heart attack. So much for that.