Thanks for all the comments thus far!

Regarding the drop-out rate from low-carb eating, my personal nemesis is sweets. After 3.5 months of very low-carb eating, the only thing that would lure me away is sweets, like cinnamon rolls, cookies, and pie.

I don't miss potatoes, corn chips, high-carb veggies, legumes, potatoe chips, pizza, or even bread all that much.

They say that after a certain amount of time eating low-carb, you lose your desire for sweets. I don't think that will ever happen for me.

So I'll head over to the recipe section for sweet things first, which I assume will involve artificial sweeteners. Thus far, I even get excited about eating a Metamucil fiber wafer which is artificially flavored.

-Steve