Wow! Congratsto your step daughter atiaran!!! Four pants sizes! My daughter would give her eye teeth for that kind of success. Thanks for the input LilaCotton.The trick of course for any teenager is appearing "normal" and going along with the crowd. Whenever possible we do just as you have suggested and pack or purchase nuts or other acceptable snacks. My daughter actually made it cheat free through induction where she lost 3.5 pounds. Thsi is week 6. Two soft pretzles have been the only non-allowed items in the 4 weeks since induction. She gained back 2.5 lbs and the scale hasn't moved since. We stick to 25-30 carbs/day. Next week I think we will have to try stopping the one Advantage bar she eats daily and see if that helps. Occasional "cheats" are going to happen I think. To make this a WOL one has to live...then get back on the wagon and keep going.