Hi Brenda,

I started CALP on 3/1 and I have lost 12 lbs!!! I do the same thing you do, basically. I eat bacon in the morning (no carbs, get the no sugar added kind), salad or celery with cheese or maybe a hamburger with no ketchup and no bun for lunch (minimal carbs in dressing) and then balanced RM--but no dessert. My RM carb is pasta side or potato, maybe a roll. If I need a fix, I get low carb chocolate and nibble--1 bar lasts me a week. No diet sodas for me, except at RM.

You might want to cut back the dessert, see if that works--or make it your carb, i.e the third of your RM which is carb is dessert--no pasta, potato, etc. And remember, you can't eat all of your dessert if you haven't eaten all of your protein and CRV. I eat a bite of protein, bite of carb, bite of CRV to make sure I maintain balance--that is harder to do with dessert, but worth a try! Continued success, you are still 8 lbs. lighter!!