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Works for me too. Down 14 inches and 102 pounds since April. Selling the burgers wrapped in lettuce is a great idea. On occasion during this diet, I would feel like ordering a fast food burger without the bun but I always felt like a dweeb doing so. So I'd order a regular burger plain and throw the bun away when I thought nobody was looking. This will bring me into those places at lunch time a little more often. However, I'll never be a regular at one of these places until they offer a real vegetable as a side dish as vegetables are a major part of my diet. Such as steamed broccoli or asparagus. Those processed fried "potato" sticks don't cut it.

Contrary to popular belief, this is not an "all you can eat meat" diet. This way of eating is balanced and healthy. I eat no more meat than I did before the diet and I eat a lot more vegetables, eggs, nuts, yogurt and berries than I ever did before.

We need to encourage these places to develop a mass-market low-carb french fry. I make them at home, but it's a tedious process - and it shouldn't be. I julienne-cut turnips, coat them in a batter made from Ketato mix and egg, and deep fry them. (You have to batter them because turnips won't crisp by themselves.) The strong turnipy flavor is mostly killed by the deep-frying. Salted and low-carb ketchup'ed, they're yummy.

But they're such a pain in the butt to make...I should be able to buy bags of these already frozen, ready to deep-fry...

I don't know if I've responded to you before on this topic, but I just want to say your posts are an inspiration to me as I struggle with the twin issues of insulin use (which can cause weight gain) and diet (so I can maybe get off of the insulin).

It has been a difficult year for me, physically, but when I see your posts I just make myself think long term, keep plugging. Fortunately, my doc is in agreement w/my eating program. I've had docs who weren't. Worse, I've had diabetes nutritionists who couldn't get behind low carb, so at least I'm not getting any negative vibes from people who don't understand how necessary this type of eating is for diabetics.

Thanks again.

PS - I think you have a long wait coming if you think McDonald's is going to offer asparagus. : )