I have up'd my carbs to about 40 a day. However, they are high fiber carbs and after subtracting the fiber it is still below 20 grams. This has really helped me both by continued weight lose and by added variety. I still can't eat much cheese, bacon or lunch meat, or heavy cream. I did have a wonderful bowl of oatmeal recently and it was interesting that I used it as a sedative. Haven't been sleeping well so after a few nights I made some homemade oatmeal and slept 8 hours. Now am back to LCing but not sleeping well again. I guess when I have lost the weight I intend to I can add oatmeal as part of on-going WOE.

It is taking a long time to figure out what works and what doesn't for me personally. I am grateful for the threads because they give me clues. Thanks for all your support out there.

Susan