I don't believe that way
"If you were never able to stick with Atkins, then maybe it's not the right diet for you.") Sweets and carbs keep your blood sugar up and that makes you feel hungry. The problem is that your blood sugar keeps spiking, not that you are "hungry." Hungry is like-- I am going to starve to death for real. Blood sugar spiking is more like-- I am at a good weight, or over weight, and I feel hungry.
Keto diets lower your need for food. That is because you are eating the fat that is inside of you. It takes about 4 weeks for you to get into that "un-hungry" mode. A lot of people give in to their cravings before that. I don't know about you, but the diseases caused by obesity include some of the worst. I would rather not have diabetes, or heart disease.
What motivates me is that my brother, died of diabetes, my sister died of heart disease, my father and mother died of either/ or.
The latest medical information is that exersise makes no difference to weight loss. It is great that you like to exercise. I like long walks better than treadmills. Running is horrible for your joints as well. You can lose weight without exercise.
Writers like Gary Taubs try to point out how "political" our diets are. Unfortunately, we get information filtered through personal preference, and in some cases outright discrimination. If a scientist goes against the status quo (or norms) he is often shunned by his science. That is how this whole "exercise" obsession got started. Scientists did not want to vilify any one food group, so any theory saying that the human body did not need carbohydrates (one of the only foods that is readily available, and cheap), would not be listened to. Since Dr. Atkins was in private practice, he was not controlled by the scientific establishment, however he was the subject of a witch hunt, and even had to testify before congress. He was a very brave man, really.
I love fruit too. But I won't eat it because I want to lose weight. You either want one thing, or the other. Many people start a diet and spend all their time trying to figure out how to get the benefits, while cheating on the diet. I think most people fail because their candy bar or whatever is momentarily more important than their weight loss. It is sort of like someone with cancer given 2 choices. Choice one, is something that is bland and only slightly tasty that will save your live, and choice two is something you really love to eat, but will lead to more pain, and a quicker death. Fruit is Fructose and Glucose. It is just the same to your body as eating several spoonfuls of pure white sugar. Can you get the fruit "flavoring" through essential oil zero calorie drinks or Crystal Light?
Fiber One bars may as well be candy. A snicker's bar probably has more nutritional value. General Mills or Kellogg are not your friend. They are great advertisers who tell you pretty lies.
That's about all I can say...