When you're eating a nice, juicy steak you've fixed just for yourself at home and your BF wants to know where his is, tell him Taco Bell and the liquor store are just down the road since he wants "real food". LOL

Ok, so sarcasm probably isn't a good idea......hahaha.

Sharon

you should be lol- i am sure i cant answer all these ? but let me start stabbing at them
1. breakdown cals/fat - lots of good threads on here debating the exact calorie goal, lok under the stickys in newbys ?, i believe the starting point is 10to 12 x your weight- you probably need 2000 cals/day to feel good and loose, might be able to go as high as 2600 cals per day and still progress down hill(as you loose weight you will naturally decrease your daily calorie intake)
most of us get 60 to 70% of those cals from fat.- remember though most of us dont need to count calories - concentrate on the carbs.
2. SMALL being the key word -sure 1 or 2 Tablespoons of tomato sauce(of course SF) should be fine. Stay away from the cheese whiz, pull a few recipes for hollandise sauce, make your own and keep it for veggie cover-ups!
3. the boyfriend-hummm 2 thoughts here, watch out because if he starts eating all the high fat food w/ you and doesnt go into ketosis( by minimizing carbs) he will rapidly gain all kinds of weight 2nd thought once you get past induction there are all kinds of REAL food things to eat- when you start making casseroles and protien bread and zucchini bread and cheesecakes and waffles the bf wont have any thoughts at all of junk food. Its just the first few weeks- maybe one month that is pretty tough on this diet but it wont work if you dont go through them.
O.k. i've opinioned enough here -will let someone else go
take care.