Hi everybody,

I've just recently come across this low-carber forum and have been following the comments for a couple of days... I've been wobbling around on Induction for a while now and hope to make a stronger commitment by ACTUALLY SAYING (er, typing) it out loud.

I'd love to hear anybody's advice or experiences on how to deal with other people while trying to control your low-carb lifestyle/diet.

I personally don't like calling attention to the fact that I'm trying to lose weight---everybody just tries to talk you out of it, for whatever set of reasons. And I find that my life and eating routines are really wrapped up in other people's--my roommates and friends and I are generally very communal, and always share groceries and cooking. None of us eat meat very often, so in trying Induction (which I've just explained to them as 'reducing sugars and carbohydrates') they think I am eating insanely unhealthy quantities of eggs. Between veggie-habits and being pretty broke, we generally live on pasta, potatoes, bread....Also, I've been travelling for the last 7 months or so, and the inconveniences of that, plus tight budget, plus the eyes of other people (eg not wanting to offend hosts) and constant presence of co-travellers.... all makes things feel tricky. I know that if I lived alone I'd have far less trouble feeling in control (did solid chunk of induction on my own a while ago, and really started to see results), but that isn't likely to happen for at least a couple of months.
Typing this, I do realize how overly-preoccupied with other people it sounds... but even though it's not sensible it's still TRUE, and I really would appreciate anybody else's thoughts on this.

And Kassie--I totally hear your frustration about how people interpret 'bi'.... I always thought it was the handiest label to use, but turns out it's not clear at all to so many people.

Well that was a bit of a lengthy intro, wasn't it.
Um, how about Hello, nice to meet you all.

Jane