I hear you Thor on the alcohol. my alcohol carbs are figured into my weekly routine regardless! There's beer on weekends, wine a couple nights a week. it's a given. but when i look at my fitday graph on calorie (they don't have a carb graph) consumption, i'm even all week until weekends and then it rises. but i'm not here to lose 40 lbs in 40 days. lordy! according to fitday and my goal, i'm to lose 2.32 lbs a week until my goal. that's livable!