Hi Sonja,
Yes, getting started is quite a trip. To get started I keep trying to think--meat & salad, meat & salad.... I have a boyfriend that I cook for several nights of the week also a son (14 years old who eats a lot of everything right now). I'm lucky right now as my son is with his HS band at Disney World and my boyfriend is caught up with his visiting family.

I try to buy things that I really like and that are convenient. I started out by buying small portions of a variety of meats...just stuff for myself. 1-2 serving portions of steak and chops, frozen fish and a roasting chicken. I will take the breast meat from the chicken and make chicken salad to have on hand. I also bought the pre-washed, bagged salads. These are soooo easy--and so many varieties--romaine mixes, butter lettuce mixes, etc. Then I bought several bottles of my favorite super low carb salad dressings. If you haven't tried it--Kraft makes a good one called Parmsean Romano. I stopped in dairy and bought butter, heavy cream and crumbled blue cheese (which I like on salads or steak). Canned fish like tuna and sardines are convenient things to have on hand if you like these. Most people also get cream cheese and sour cream but I'm not crazy about these.

I plan on trying some of the recipes on this site--they look very good. I love the low-carb veggies but am going to focus on salad during my induction period to simplify things.

Going out to eat is challenging. Yesterday I was successful and was going out with my brother and sisters. I told them I needed to go somewhere that I could get steak or seafood and salad, so we went to Red Lobster. You see, if you order a regular dinner and then leave out the bread, potatoes, soups, etc., you can be left hungry, or at least feeling deprived (which is dangerous to me). They had "all you can eat shrimp" so I had a nice Ceasar salad, lots of shrimp scampi, and substituted broccoli for the potato. It was all very yummy and low carb.

Going back to work tomorrow and dealing with lunch will be a challenge. I'm looking for good lunch ideas. I'm into day 3 now! It is harder when you're cooking for more than one though. I feel like I'm getting a much needed break. Good luck Sonja...let us know how it goes and use this site as a support.

Shelly