I've been doing this for 10 months and I have never considered giving up. I have never even gone off plan for the day. I have occasionally eaten more than I planned to eat, and I haved ocasionally allowed myself a special high-carb treat (a small piece of cake on my birthday, a piece of pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving), but these treats have been limited and part of what makes this a way of eating and not a diet.

Realizing that it was carbs that made me get so fat has made me treat this like any other medical condition. I have a bad reaction to carbs, therefore I know I can't eat them, just like someone who breaks out in hives from shellfish knows that he cannot eat that. I almost view it as an allergy to carbs and I have no inclination to get near something I am allergic to.

Of course, I am motivated by my improved health and feelings of well-being, but I view that as all part of over-coming my medical condition.