Hello and Welcome. Here are some answers to your questions.

All vegetables and fruits and grains contain fiber which is a carbohydrate which humans cannot digest, so it passes out the other end. The recent editions of Atkins agree with Protein Power plan that this fiber can be subtracted from the total carbohydrate amount.

So if you eat a vegetable which has 12 carbs per cup, but it has 8 grams of fiber, you only need to count it as 4 grams of carbs. Be very careful to read labels or use www.fitday.com to enter your food and it will figure out your carbs etc.

When that sweet craving hits, a very effective way to take care of it and still stay on your eating plan is to EAT SOME PROTEIN INSTEAD. Tell yourself that you know that you want something sweet and you can have it IF you still want it AFTER you eat some meat. I never remember to go back for the sweet.

About the diet Jello cups: why 2, why not just one? You are allowed as much meat as you need to not be hungry. Wanting sweets is mostly habit. Besides, some people stall from artificial sweeteners so keep them as low as possible.

I'd also advise that you avoid "diet foods" which are substitutes for foods you might never eat again. Stay with REAL FOOD: meat, poultry, fish, eggs, cheese, vegetables and salad instead. And you CAN have butter, creamy salad dressings or oils - all the usually forbidden foods.

It will only take a few days before you wonder why you ever liked potatoes.

All the best.