No i havent tried it yet but,monday im going to give it a go.My sister has been on it for about 3 wks and has lost 15 pds so far.I just got both of his books.I also have the atkins book.I have to lose at least 60pds.Im going to give each diet a fair shake ,to see which i will do better on.Ive read and seen things on tv to the effect that i would lose faster on the atkins diet.I have high cholesterol and am allittle worried the atkins wol might hike it up.So im thinking i'll give both diets a try.What i might end up doing is,if i go on the lowfat diet for awhile and the scale doesnt budge i'll switch over to atkins.After i lose the weight than i'll switch over to the lowfat way of eating to maintain it.Im also walking on the treadmill for 1/2 hr everynight.Soon i will incorporate weight training into my plan.Hope this helps.

If you are worried about your cholesterol you might want to look at the South Beach diet instead of Atkins. I haven't done it yet myself but have heard good things about it. Just thought I'd throw that out there incase you hadn't heard about it. :) Good luck with whatever you choose!