hi Silvia,
Welcome aboard! Whereabouts in Italy are you? To those of us freezing our butts here in Canada, it sounds wonderful.
You seem very keen and eager to learn. Normally, I would suggest you borrow the various lowcarb program books from the library, so you can read all of them and decide which one is best for you, your body and your lifestyle. Since you probably can't do that ... pay a visit to our Tips page ..
http://www.lowcarb.ca/tips.html .. lots of great info there ... in the Lowcarbing Basics article, you will find links to the official lowcarb websites, and a list of uaeful books. Since lowcarbing truly is a Way of Life (WOL) ..
Information is Everything.
Thousands of people have had wonderful weight loss success with Carb. Addicts. As long as you are able to maintain the control to limit your carbs to that one hour Reward Meal. Others find that it just triggers more night-time cravings... everyone is different. For me, I find it best to distribute my carbs more evenly throughout the day.
Try to fill up on lean proteins... poultry with the skin off, fish, seafood, eggs, tofu if you can find it, lean cuts of red meats...... keep an eye on the dairy - cheese, cream, sour cream and the like.... it can cause problems for some lowcarbers if overindulged .. Eat lots of green, non-starchy and non-sweet vegetables.... asparagus, rapini, rabe, broccoli, aubergines (eggplant), spinach, mushrooms, etc.... Use olive and vegetable oils as dressings and dips for veggies and meats.
It's true about the doctors... they are not gods, and do not have power over your food choices. It would be so wonderful for you to be able to go back and say, "Look, here I am healthy and I lost weight, and I did it lowcarb".
Good luck to you, please keep us posted of your progress ... it's good for the weight loss efforts! ..
Doreen
p.s. - Stephanie, nice to hear from you too! Happy lowcarbing.
[Edited by doreen T on 24-02-01 at 08:30]