Hi Nancy,

I'm in surgical menopause, taking hrt, steroids, beta blockers and I'm 54 - but, I know I can lose weight if I don't eat anything. and I don't tend to re-gain because my calorie count was always low prior to low carb.

Just hard to stop eating and working full time....

I know what you mean about the advantages of low carbing, I already feel it. My head is clearer, I feel mentally stronger, no more blood sugar ups and downs... so, am just going to experiment.

Atkins says cheese is a culprit and so do many other low carb experts so I'll cut it out & see if that works - I eat a lot of cheese, so it's possible that's what's stalling me.

If that doesn't work, then maybe I'll cut out the cream too... though, that will be more difficult (I love my decaf and cream)