I miss having a sandwich I have to say..Putting the filling in a lettuce leaf isn't quite the same. I haven't been able to bring myself to try eating bread again though, and I discovered that I couldn't digest the high gluten content of my trial homemade VLC bread ...sigh.

For those of you who also miss pasta or rice, there is a fairly close VLC option: konjac noodles. Ideal for Asian dishes.

But the 'sacrifice' of bread and pasta and rice is worth it I have to say, after a lifetime of the Bulge Battle. This is the first time in my life I have been able to maintain a WOE so easily.

I believe that a big part of the reason people eat so many empty calories is for the convenience of it...takeaway, bread, stuffed potato, pasta dishes etc. are quick to fix and so people have been consuming more of them than they did 30 years ago. Having to prepare a salad and steamed veg takes a bit longer so we don't have to miss a second more of being a couch potato than necessary!

Val