I'm a fairly new member, and just wanted to add my 2 cents to this forum.

Right after this past Christmas, once again feeling bloated and out of control and unhappy about my weight and fluctuations of mood and health, I thought about going on a lo-carb diet (as low fat never did anything for me except keep me snacking all the time and feeling hungry). So I went to the bookstore and looked at all the books and bought Dr. Schwarzbien's latest book. It made a lot of sense, but after a few days of trying it out, I felt it was too purist and I couldn't stick to it. So I got all kinds of lo carb books from the library and found this site and did tons of research and reading. I began to really restrict my carbs and I was losing weight, but I felt I was leaning toward a lot of unhealthy aspects of lo-carbing, (LOts of artificial sweeteners and shakes and protein bars. I was also getting really obsessed with carb counting and what and when I would eat. Then the weight loss stalled and I thought to myself, I just want to eat healthy, and not be so obsessed. And since the lo-carb has given me more energy and more even moods, I knew I could never go back to the amount of refined carbs and sugars I had been eating most of my life.

To make a long story short, here I am again, committed more to my health and trying not to obsess with the weight loss, and back to the Swarzbien principles. I realize that the weight loss is an attractive short term goal, but ultimately I want to eat healthy whole foods and feel good about my WOE. I've also committed to more resistence exercise as is suggested in the book, as in the past I've always leaned toward more cardio, as a way of "controlling my weight, and "feeling" more like I'm burning fat. Now I really want to change my body composition.

Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else has felt this way, that we may not make the immediate great losses in body weight that other lo-carbers boast about, but we may find a WOL that is very healthy and satisfying.

Thanks for listening, (or should I say "reading")......JAYJOY!