well, I'm a carb addict too! I did wonderful on high protein for 2 months and then had to go out of town and stay in a motel to solve some family problems with my mom and adult kids (mega-stress) and the diet went out the window. It was so hard to figure what to eat when there was no facilities to prepare food. It's taken me a month to recoup and I'm back at it. I feel so much better when I eat high protein, but I still need to integrate exercise--I'm such a slouch. One thing I find helps my craving for fruits (I was a fruit and o.j. junkie) is a sugar free popsicle. It's 5 carbs but it does help--both the cool and the fruitiness. Also shredding the zucchini to make "mock hash browns" is terrific. The recipe calls for doing it in the skillet but I use the oven broiler and put extra grated cheese on top (also mix the required cheese and egg in to the zucchini before hand) It's kinda a life saver for me--staves off boredom. Welcome MochaGirl--i was once one of those two. LOL~~Bella