Welcome Mary,

Happy Birthday you youngster!

You have found a great forum to learn all about low carb.
To follow the Atkins DANDR book you read, check the Atkins forum (sticky on top summarizes it) https://forum.lowcarber.org/forumdisplay.php?f=98 and the general LC forum has many posts and answers there too. https://forum.lowcarber.org/forumdisplay.php?f=1

I also liked Gary Taubes book, Why We Get Fat and the DietDoctor website to learn all the latest on LC and Keto https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb

If you like both pasta and vegetables, you might consider buying a spiralizer to make "Zoodles" https://forum.lowcarber.org/showthr...82&page=2&pp=15 Start at post #28 when I finally learned about them

I started Atkins using the 2010 New Atkins book...this version allows way more veggies because it counts net carb and 15 of them must be from "foundation vegetables" One of its authors is Dr. Eric Westman and I now eat fewer veg. on his clinic plan, but that is an alternative. You would likely find these books in your library...along with keto cookbooks. Now that you time to enjoy the library. Congratulations on your retirement too