[JulieB]

No where in the book does it say to breathe or shower, but I choose to do both regularly. I feel that I can use any tool I find helpful as long as I am not breaking any of the rules in the book, and am not eating anything that isn't on the list of allowed foods for induction. I don't think ratios or Fitday are necessary to do the diet properly, they are simply additional tools I can use to help me succeed. Using them is not, in my opinion, "not doing Atkins correctly" - it is helping me do just that.

Nobody on this board tells anyone they have to use Fitday or ratios - use of either of these is suggested in response to questions from people who haven't read the book, didn't completely understand it, or have such a distorted idea of how to eat properly (like me) they have difficulty knowing when they are "satisfied".