Cindy, I think that 4 days without carbs won't hurt you and you may actually get into the diet easier, but don't go more than these 4 days. You need to add the lettuce and other vitamin rich veggies. You should be eating a big salad at least once a day, but add other veggies too. Like maybe a raw veggie with dip with your meat at lunch. Really, I think they start at 2 servings of raw and 1 serving of cooked veggies per day.

The problem with cutting back too far is that your body adjusts and then you will be in starvation mode. At this point you will either begin to eat away at your muscle (not good--remember that your heart is a muscle) or you will just plain stop losing and your metabolizm will almost come to a screeching halt. Once you start adding more, you run the risk of gaining if you have cut back too far in the beginning.

Good luck.

Carol