I had an appointment scheduled with my diabetes educator (RN) for today, but she cancelled. We had an opportunity to talk, though. She, unlike Dr. Swartzbein and other lc proponents, did not think that a low carb diet was good for diabetics. She said that diabetics, according to the ADA, needed to get about 60 carbs a meal. I have not lost anything since I started on Feb. 24, but I feel better. I am able to go to the bathroom without constipation or diarrhea, a luxury I was denied for some time due to irritable bowel syndrome. (If I have grossed some of you out, forgive me ) How long have many of you been on a lc diet or WOL? Have you been successful in keeping your weight off? Have you heard such woes from your health professionals? I know, personnally, I could never go back to the way I used to eat. It was so unhealthy. I have not been totally successful with the lcing, but I am working on setting patterns I can follow for the rest of my life.

Shelia