Hi everyone! My name is Carole and I joined this forum about a month ago. I've been waiting to introduce myself just to make sure that I actually stick to THIS eating program and to see if it works. (I'll be 50 next month and I've done A LOT of diets!!) So it's been a month and I've lost 8 pounds!! Woo Hoo

I started out eating low-carb but found that I wasn't in ketosis (I think that's what you call it) and wasn't losing very fast. Now I am virtually no-carb (I know there's some carbs hidden away like in my coffee, etc.) and I'm at least in the 3rd box from the top (moderate) on the ketostix and sometimes in the 2nd box. And I've started losing at a much quicker pace.

I am a high school math teacher and I also teach a night class at the university here in town. So I am very busy. I don't have time to mess with cooking anything fancy. I basically stick to hard-boiled eggs and hamburgers (no bread and other fixins). When I have the time, I'll fix a steak or some other meat on the grill. If I get a chance to actually sit down and watch TV, that's when I find that I want to munch. So then I satisfy that craving with pork rinds (bar-b-que flavored).

Finally, I just want to say a big THANK YOU for this forum!! It really helps to read the comments from other people who are going through the same thing as I am. I wish I could visit more often!

Hangin' in there,

Carole