Hi CityGirl:
Welcome to the thread and thanks for the birthday wish.

We have someone here who has combined BFL with PP - she is real busy this week, but I think we may hear from her more after that.

As for the carb cravings - try feeding them protein. I feed mine things like deli meat, cheese, chicken drumsticks (a make those in batches and keep 'em in fridge for snacks) - it takes 2-3 days, but they go away if you don't feed them much in the way of carbs.