I guess whenever I go home I make a lot of excuses about why it would be ok for me to go off and thats why I fail when I do venture home. But when I get back to my little world of no friends or family around I feel sooo bad about going off LC but I have done that so many times I dont get too far down on myself about it. But being able to travel home and staying LC is something that I am going to have to accomplish, because being a college student I do like to go home when I can. Thanks for the advice Tofi, you are exactly right about how I would feel seeing the scale go down some more. SO for the next few days I will prepare a menu and go shopping when I get back. I feel good because by the time I go home I will be 8 days into LC so the cravings wont be so bad. But I will do my best to prepare, it seems like we all know these things but it helps alot coming from other people who are also trying to stay lowcarb......so thanks a bunch and any other suggestions would DEFINATELY help!