NAME..............START WEIGHT............CURRENT WEIGHT.........January 1st GOAL WEIGHT

Khrussva...................210..............................211......... ..................200
Kinmount..................187.2...........................186.4......... ................170
Jeannette..................156..............................156......... ...................144
SuzyQ.......................242.4...........................240.8....... ..................220
Cybes.......................210..............................210........ ....................180
Sniggle.....................190...............................190....... ....................190
bluesinger..................135..............................135........ ...................135
walnut.......................185..............................185....... .....................179
zoogirl.......................107.4...........................107.4..... ......................110
ForeverLC (JoAnn).......116.7...........................116.7..................... .....112

Welcome to all of you who recently joined this challenge. We have a nice group of dedicated low carbers here looking to stay accountable. Lets do this. So far my first week was just so-so. All was OP eating, but I'm looking to have the scale move in the other direction. We had company this weekend. I stayed out of the pizza and the muffins that showed up on the kitchen table. I also avoided the Halloween candy that my wife loaded up on in advance of the trick-or-treaters. I did have my wife put it away though. Out of sight, out of mind. In the 'bad' old days, I was always dipping into the Halloween treats before and after the 31st. These days I know that I have to stay out of it -- completely out of it -- to have any chance of staying on track. I can't do 'fun sized' candy in moderation. Abstinence works - moderation does not.