One major upside of many low carb diets, such as Rob Faigin's Natural Hormone Enhancement and The Atkins Diet, is that you do not need to reduce the amount of calories you eat. In fact, in many cases, you can increase or maintain the amount of calories you regularly consume and still rapidly lose weight.

Carbohydrates are the only thing you will have to monitor closely. If you want to sustain regular weight loss, you will need to keep your carb consumption well within the bounds of your suggested prescription from your doctor, dietitian, or low carb diet plan.

As a low carb dieter, you won't need to monitor your protein intake. If anything, you will want ensure you are consuming enough. Protein will complement your weight loss--especially if you are following some type of exercise regimen--by building muscle, which allows you to burn fat much faster.

If your muscles are sore after your regular exercise regimen, you should try to boost your protein intake. Otherwise, you are probably consuming enough--and this is not something you need to worry about.

Another thing you should consider is whether or not you are getting enough exercise. Building muscle can seriously expedite your weight loss, especially when you are on a low carb, high protein diet. If you haven