Karen- I saw in one of your posts that you "wonder" about lurkers. Well, I have been lurking for about a month. I am VERY reluctant to join any kind of online community, but I think this one is great. I've been living low-carb for about three weeks (well, off and on for three) weeks, and even with such a lackadaisical performance I have lost inches already! And some very annoying health problems are clearing up (irritable bowel, for one). Oops, my boss just came in! More later! Have a great lwo-carb day everyone!

Well, I just wanted to say that I'm so excited to have found this WOE after struggling for months and months with a low-fat diet that always left me hungry. Sometimes I do get cravings for something sweet, but since I now feel how yucky I feel when I eat refined sugars and carbs, it's starting to be just not worth it. Oh, I fear I have nothing new to say that you all haven't heard before! I am not weighing myself so cannot report pounds lost. The way I got to this WOE was when I didn't lose any weight for the zillionth week in a row on low-fat, and something (the mind of God?) just planted a little idea in my brain that said: try low carb try low carb try low carb try low carb. I felt I was betrying all my low-fat gurus (I won't tell you who). But now I am free, and I know what works for me.

Cheers!
Gwen

hi gwen! welcome aboard! lowfat diets!! i gained 20lb in 10 years eating an ultra lowfat psuedo vegetarian diet! i thought i was eating so healthy, but i was just gettin fatter! i'm glad that you weren't trying lowfat for too long. it's a lot easier to change habits that are only a couple of months old.
i'm glad to hear that your health is improving! lost inches are the best evidence of weightloss! let's hear more about you, when your boss isn't around! hehehehe!