Thanks to you both for responding! As for Talon, thank you, it's reassuring to know that I can eat a few more carbs. And I agree, slower weight loss is better. to you too as far as your progress goes!

And to MKGretchen, I'm a girl I think it's awesome that your daughter wants to start LC-ing; I have a little sis that same age who's trying to watch her sugar intake. I feel her pain as far as school lunches go! At my high school, the lunch lines serve disgustingly carb-laden foods. So, I usually take a lunch with me; easy stuff, like half an avocado, some chicken, homemade tuna along with a celery stick. Another quick and easy option is sugar-free Jello (they sell it ready-made, in little cartons) and a diet soda or water When I don't have time to pack a lunch, the one good thing they sell at my school is a ready-made chef salad, which is usually pretty fresh and most of what they have in it is okay, although you'd have to be careful because of the dressing and such.

Okay, that was the easy part! The challenge came from a group of friends I ate lunch with. They liked to eat things the school sold like potato chips, pizza, brownies, cookies, etc. and unfortunately were not understanding of how important Atkins was to me, and sort of teased me about what I ate, because here I was eating good, natural foods and they were eating the highly processed stuff. Big difference in our lunches. They thought mine was gross; I felt the same way about theirs. They just got so annoying I decided that some friendships are best left for the classroom and switched to a more supportive table.

Rarely does anyone else where I live understand this way of eating; there's not a single other student at my high school that I know of that's on a LC "diet". Your daughter may or may not have this problem; I was sneaky about it and told them I was a borderline diabetic (hey, you never know....it does run in my family!) and needed to watch my sugar. It's a lot easier when someone thinks the reason you're not eating white bread and sweets is because your body can't handle it; when I used to tell them I was on a diet, they mistook it for vanity.

If she does decide to try it, I hope she's happy and successful! Thanks to both of ya'll!