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I was a big bread eater when I first went normal-carb in April. Didn't know how I would be able to give it up long-term because I liked it so much. Seven months later, my cravings for bread are completely gone. To the point where I can have fresh bread put in front of me at a restaurant and not even be tempted. I do have a slice of whole wheat or whole grain bread occasionally, as you do, but it just isn't something that I desire anymore.

I did try the low carb bread. Once. That was enough for me. Maybe they should make cigarettes with the same kind of recipe. That would make people quit smoking!

One thing I notice among fellow normal-carbers such as myself on these threads. Many of them are looking for "low-carb" substitutes of foods they just shouldn't be eating in the first place. Ice cream, pies, cakes, cookies, candies, etc. I find it easier just to give that stuff up once and for all.

Basic ditto, except bread still tempts me. There are few better aromas!

But hey, if it doesn't tempt you (like the song says) "I'm happy for you, I'm really happy for you." Myself, I just have to look on it as Step One back to gross fatness and misery. But I can't tell myself I don't wish I could eat it without those consequences.

Dan

One thing I notice among fellow normal-carbers such as myself on these threads. Many of them are looking for "low-carb" substitutes of foods they just shouldn't be eating in the first place. Ice cream, pies, cakes, cookies, candies, etc. I find it easier just to give that stuff up once and for all.

You know, this is one of the Big Debates within the low-carb community.

For myself, I don't care too much about finding a low-carb ice cream, or low-carb pretzel or bread, etc. I don't miss carbs too much. But then again, once in a while I do, and over time those once in a while's add up to where I feel I should be able to indulge in the tastes I used to love and not worry about falling off the wagon. But everybody's different and YMMV.

For the country at large, I doubt that the major agribusinesses would be able to change en masse to exclusively extremely-low-carb products even if they wanted to. But if they could get it so that the average potato chip, Doritos, ice cream, Cheerios, spaghetti, and pizza dough had 1/2 to 2/3 the carbs they have today, then the country's obesity problem as a whole would simply fade away.

With all the refinements they're discovering to low-carb recipes & ingredients, and the inevitable genetically engineered lower carb plants, I think that kind of incremental change is doable, and probably a more reasonable goal to hope for in the long run.

p.s. CONGRATULATIONS on your minus 100 lbs! WOOHOO! We want new pix!

re: One thing I notice among fellow normal-carbers such as myself on these threads. Many of them are looking for "low-carb" substitutes of foods they just shouldn't be eating in the first place. Ice cream, pies, cakes, cookies, candies, etc. I find it easier just to give that stuff up once and for all. )))

You have a good poing. I did do without these things for almost a year with little problem--and no one loved taters and bread more than I. But having a sandwich (Nature's Own, 5 impacting g's of carbs) does add to a sense of "normalcy." Something to hold your devilled ham...

Nabisco's Snackwell's Sugar Free Shortbread is mighty nice to have with some hot tea.

Variety keeps me on track--and I'm happy to find a few treats now at the grocery store.

Breyer's sugar-free, but blessedly high-fat, ice cream...chocolate...