Hi mrimbamom, miss margo and I.W gurl. I was having problems with my email and have been unable to check in for a few days. I'm going to have to come across the river and check out the L.C store there. I have heard too many good things about it. I really want to check the monthly meeting out sometime. And you are lucky! A burger joint with L.C. menu? WoW. Do they have legal shakes? Miss margo, I admire your resistance to "big" temptation hope you can say no to the baked goods. Temptation at church. Have to LOL at that. I wonder if you are like me in that when I am ready to drop the fat I get real hungry. It is like my body is trying to get me to eat even more to keep the weight. I hate that trick. Mabie you are not eating enough protein and fat. That always seems to help me. Up those two and your water. I.W gurl, I like the low carb store in Lake Oswego (L. Grove) they are located off I-5 at the exit before Tualatin, There is a GI Joes across the street if you turn right at the light It is behind a resturant on the right 17937 McEwan Rd. They are in the phone book. Kind of a small store but they Have quite a lot of stuff. I just hit the 20 lb mark and I could not have done it without the support I have found on this site and ones similar. Keep in touch. don't you wish that every day it rained we dropped another pound! We all would be skinny and wet. Julie