OK y'all, I just finished reading CALP. There's a lot to like about this WOE. Call me crazy, though; I feel if I'm not flogging myself and totally depriving myself, then the method isn't hard enough on me and probably won't work! (Although I see examples of that on this forum that run to the contrary.) I don't know how I would handle the slower rates of weight loss, though....impatient person that I am. I know it's not supposed to be a means to an end, but a habit. Still....

While I noticed talk in the book about insulin levels, I didn't see nearly the emphasis on dropping cholesterol levels as you would see, say, in Atkins. I am curious to hear from those of you doing CALP. How have your cholesterol levels dropped....and what about specific examples of insulin dropping (say, for example, from 135 to 95, or something like that).

Something else that took some getting used to is not seeing how many carbs there are in the recipes in the back of the book!!! I haven't even picked a method yet and already I'm accustomed to seeing carb amounts on EVERYTHING!!! Another reason why in the back of my head it doesn't seem HARD enough to be effective....*shrug* I know that sounds really weird, but I think you know where I'm coming from.

Anxiously awaiting to hear from the CALPers!

da BAT