Thanks for the input... one problem is, I am well past the "novelty" stage - at first I found it horrendously hard, and did everything the way everyone describes, it had one effect, I had barely time to sit down - a full time job in it's own right.... freezing pre-cooked food, chopping peeling grating and cooking was taking me HOURS and totally wrecking me, especially as it takes a lot longer than it used to - but at least then I did lose a reasonable amount of weight, and most urgently, I went from being a gibbering idiot - hyperactive then hypoglycaemic all day, back to normal! SO, even with the viewpoint of it all being a MAJOR success, I was fed up with it all in NO time!

Within a very short time though, the weight loss ground to a total halt, and the effort became the big problem, within weeks, the only weight loss being possible by TOTAL starvation, just as before, with my very low potential for exercise, I can lose weight... but only by eating NOTHING or very close to it... the good news was, I could stay within about 1kg of where I was simply by eating ALL day, whatever I wanted as long as it wasn't carbs, so I must say, I tend to do a fair bit of just that, it's a hard thing to miss out on when it has so little negative effect!

That was a Novel situation, being "almost" satisfied by food without gaining weight... that hasn't happened before! Thing is; eat crap, or well, it made almost no difference, and in fact the easy junk makes me happier, and I usually feel much more full too, something I am a bit of a stranger to, being full is something that only ever happens by me grossly over eating, and even then it never lasts long! (Leptin resistance? My Endocrinologist hasn't tested, but even he is certain it is a significant factor!)

I am no stranger to major weight loss - I had successfully dieted using low calorie, high fibre, low fat eating back in 1996, when I lost 9.5stones (133 lbs) and stayed pretty "sensible" until about 2003, sticking with a high carb diet which was high fibre, low fat and fairly balanced; largely with the aid of masses of exercise and a lot of opiate painkillers... (yet still tolerating highly unrealistic MAJOR pain too) - unfortunately the drugs chemically castrated me, and when I had a worsening of my condition, and some minor back surgery, I "fell apart" and gained weight spectacularly quickly... no surprise as my hormones and metabolism were a complete catastrophe.

Now of course even with the hormones substantially improved, weight doesn't come off like it did then! (something we all know!?) Some years of being a "basket case" meant I lost any fitness I had, so even when I got much of my health improved, the exercise just isn't happening, as I am much worse than I was back in the 90's and I can barely keep my life together to do what I do now, let alone think of going back to the gym routine I needed to do before!

I have found I don't even NEED to look at recipes, always being a pretty accomplished cook, food ideas have never been a particular problem, even now, I can think of lots of thigns to eat that taste good, just now DOING it is the bind and ultra-chore! Remove the carbs from food, and for me it just does not "touch the sides" So when I do go to the effort, and I do in fact actually enjoy a home cooked meal, it's digested and gone in an hour and a half, barely before the pile of dirty dishes is washed, however I hurt like I had been beaten thoroughly with a stick (and lose sleep because of it if I go too far!)
Compare that with eating "crap," I feel just as full, if not more so, but have none of the excess pain and discomfort that preparing food brings, nor was it a chore, so I am happier, but just a bit bored, and so as you can see the temptation to eat JUST crap is a big drive that after nearly a year and a half is hard to bypass!

I like almost everything that grows... so no, I am not a finicky eater, vegetables are a big deal to me, and in fact are also those I miss most... POTATOES! ;-)

Yes, I eat eggs too.. fine, but in the same category as eating blocks of cheese... ie. ultra high calorie, exceptionally unsatisfying, and exquisitely BORING! One thing I find I have in all the time, (as a potential ingredient) and often end up chucking out as they epitomise the boredom! Probably the reason there are no "Egg Takeaways or Restaurants" around towns and cities! :-) (no, I tell a lie; I know of ONE... "Mr Egg" in Birmingham, the original one, not Al.!) IN fact, ALL comfort food is carb based, so that's why it's so hard to get ANYTHING ready prepared that's genuinely low carb, anywhere.

Nuts, yes something I eat in fairly high proportions... and one of those items that are spectacularly expensive (and recently rising a LOT!), about twice the cost of meat!
After 16 years of nothing but benefits and pension, I could no more afford to have food delivered than I could fly, for one thing, the only way I can keep control of having food fresh enough to eat is shop at LEAST 3 times a week, fruit and vegetables (salad items for example) just do not survive longer. the only supermarkets that deliver are the expensive ones.... (eg.Tesco, Waitrose, Sainbury's) so add delivery to that higher cost food, at a fiver a shot... and that was about the weekly amount of cash on food I could live on, pre-low Carb times! I have had to become a MOST fickle shopper, of the type supermarkets HATE!

Blood chemistry (high Haemoglobin/Haematocrit) problems have me keeping off liver and offal (like them though!), (then again, pate without toast or say, crackers is an odd thing to eat, believe me, it totally changes the texture into a mouthful of emulsified fat!!) and I only eat red meat very occasionally for that reason, so I get fed up with chicken, and turkey is something I actively dislike. Fish is 4 times the price of meat, and offers less satiety than ANY food known to man other than plain water! So It's a rare thing, it just doesn't fit into my income bracket often!

Coconut... must admit that's not a bad idea, it's something I haven't eaten for a good while... at 10% carbs, not ultra low, but it's got some degree of "filling" quality to it! Might work well with yoghurt too. probably a bit of a job to find it unsweetened here, but must do some looking for that.... a quick 'Net search seems to make that harder than I thought!

Oh the other thing... I don't drink at all now, nothing I CAN drink that fails to set off the insulin/low blood glucose roller coaster is anything I WANT to drink either... had 3 single drinks in 18 months, none for about a year! It's a real laugh-a-minute this Low Carb Hell!
The fact I can't just blow the diet for a day and eat and drink all I want is the big factor... in the past having a day off the diet was always an option, and if nothing else you come back to it again, refreshed and keen to start off again, but if I do that I am ILL! Even with carb-blocking tablets, I can't go THAT mad!