Actual results from the diet…

…are good. We're in the Atkins induction phase. We're both the sort that can gain weight on green beans: any sort of carb loves us.  And we wear tutus to skate. Spandex provides a certain impetus to be good.

So we're in the protein-only phase of Atkins. We can have hard cheese, unsauced meat, eggs, and that's about it. I have about 6 ounces of milk every few days, which is the only carb (I know: cheese is milk, but it loses carb somewhere in the cheesification.)

We have one other advantage...