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but I wonder how a carboholic like me could ever survive the first day! LOL.

Well, yesterday was my first day on the diet. I am a total carboholic. I think I did OK. No strong cravings, and the headache I expected never showed up. I'm not under any illusions that the next few days will be easy, but I'm to the point that I have to do something. My husband has been on a low carb diet for about 3 months and has dropped about 30 lbs.

Hang in there 'cuz the next couple of days are going to be rough. The good thing is in a week you will feel better than you have in a long time. And once you have done it once it gets easier.

It has totally changed the way I look at carbs and the foods I let my kids eat. I lost 30 lbs last year and have kept it off while still indulging occasionally. No more 500gms carb days.

Great going! You hang in there. If your experience is ANYTHING like mine, you (1) may have some choppy waters at the first, but (2) will be surprised how quickly that passes, and how much better-than-expected (and SOONER-than-expected) the benefits are.

For one thing, if you go as I did, you'll feel like you're running on high-octane gas, rather than low. It is SO worth it.

Hang in there!

Dan

80 - "Well, yesterday was my first day on the diet."

Congratulations. Keep it up. The first few days are the worst, until you get into 'ketosis'. Be sure to test your urine for ketones, and don't eat any carbs initially. Once you get into 'ketosis' (not keto acidocis - which is dangerous), you will no longer be hungry, and the pounds will 'melt off', initially, mostly water.

After you are on it for a week or two, you can introduduce limited amounts of carbohydrates, and I mean really limited, like a few stalks of celery.

This diet will 'dry' you out, and if you eat carbs, you will go out of 'ketosis' and be hungry again, in fact ravenous. And your body will become a sponge for water. I screwed up and gave in when some friends invited me out for dinner at a mexican resturant, and I had a 'moderate' mexican meal at the Monterey House, not noted for their 'generous' portions, and I gained 8 lbs overnight, and it took me 3 weeks to get back down and into ketosis again. But it can be done.

Hang in there and keep testing for ketones.

I am almost at the end of my first 2 weeks of a low carb diet. There was some discomfort during the first week when my fat screamed out for carbs but I think that is all *behind* me now (chuckle). Stay committed, it will work for you too.