About the hunger - you will feel hungry, but it won't be the crazy, mad-dog, gotta-eat-right-now-get-out-of-my way kind of hunger from the carbs. I think it's odd that even tho I am now eating a lot less food than ever before, I've never gotten so hungry that my stomach growled. I'm wondering if the old growly-hungry stomach was from eating too many carbs.

Do eat real food. I made the mistake early on of eating Atkins bars & shakes. If you have questions about cooking low carb foods, lots of people here can give advice on that.

Best of luck to you!