Hi everyone. Just stopping by the newbie board to introduce myself. I'm a 26-year old married mother of one from Ontario, Canada.

After trying many diets, I got turned onto the "Lean For Life" low-carb program and had great success ... finally! Unfortunatley, as much as I loved losing the weight, I apparently don't mind gaining it back and am starting at square one on Monday. Strangely, I can't wait to get started, especially since I know it will work and I WILL lose the weight. This time around I've joined a gym and plan on going 3-4 times a week on my lunch. I'm hoping to lose the fat and tone what's left. The good thing is I LOVE exercising, especially jogging when the snow goes away.

I'm glad I found this board for support though. My husband isn't very supportive of my change in eating because he feels it inconveniences him and costs too much for "different" food (yeah, cottage chesse is so strange and expensive!) Most people look at me like I'm from another planet when I say "I don't eat bread" or "I can't eat pasta" ... my husband being one of them.
Anyhow, I've blabbed enough. Best of luck to everyone trying to trim the winter weight!

Hello Nuts4 tim & welcome to the board. I guess you are dealing with the big snowfall today. I hope the tim you are nuts four, is not Tim Horton (a Canadian donut chain).

You know, you can still cook pasta & have bread for the DH - if you can keep from eating it. And it only means that you buy a little more meat than usual for you, and fill up on it instead of the pasta. I was delighted that LC did not depend on cottage cheese because I hate it. And it is rather high in carbs, compared to Cheddar or eggs or beef or chicken. Instead, I can have meat & green beans with butter!

It's amazing how you soon won't miss bread, pasta, etc. And you will be less hungry eating LC. And you won't get that desperate, quivery need to eat. And you won't eat as much food as when most of it was carbs. Not to mention that your blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides etc will get better (even if they were pretty normal to begin with).

And you will enjoy eating good food while losing the weight. The first weeks are the hardest but the results are the fastest during them. In week 3, you might stand still or only lose another pound, so be prepared.

This way of eating is a CHEMICAL change in how your body operates, so trying to sneak in 'just one bite' will put you RIGHT OFF & you might not lose. Be determined to stick with the plan for the whole 2 weeks and you could be amazed at the results.

be sure to read the "stickies" at the top of this forum and the Newbies Questions forum.

All the best.

Hi nuts4tim,

Congrats on your decision to loose !! You have discovered a great forum here. Everyone is very supportive and so helpful.

If you need any question answered this is the place to ask it!!

Another good site is fitday.com

It can help you keep track of your daily food and exercise. It also, gives you all the nutritional breakdown of your foods.

Good luck and much success to you!!