sorry it is a little dark, we were in the Dominican Republic and hope to go
back if Curt is healthy enough
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Lori

I was wondering if anyone here had a plateau after using products with sugar
alcohols? My weight loss was massive for about 8 weeks, until I decided to
use some of the low carb bars ice creams and other products containing sugar
alcohols. In the three weeks since I began using them, ...

Meat, seafood, poultry, fish, four ounces of cheese a day, and three
cups of salad greens.
That's it. Nothing else is allowed.
There have been a lot of questions along these lines lately. Somebody

Does it mean you are in Ketosis when it goes Dark? Mine came up a litle
darker than the notch one back from darkest. mine are red .

Ok, this is not meant to start any flame wars, this is a serious question
about the 2 pound diet.  Am I correct in thinking that this diet limits one
to two pounds of food per day, but you can drink as much water as you want?  
If this is so, do you take the water content into ...

I miss potatoes, so I decided to make "Jicama Fries".  I used my food
processor to make approx. 1/8" slices, then deep fried them.  When
they took on the color of golden fries, I removed a few from the hot
oil.  They were very tasty, but had an almost chewy texture.  I let

http://www.lowcarb.org/josh_yelon/topic3.html
There are 3 listed studies.  The first explains the
biochemical basis for the standard post-Induction pause,
the reason that most folks lose best near that CCLL not

As promised, I checked out the story on the SlimFast low carb shake.   I
thought I'd remembered seeing that the first ingredient was maltitol and
that the actual carb count was 18 gm.
When I went to Stop & Shop today, the only SlimFast shakes they had were the

DRINKS:
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- I drank about 10-12 glasses of water per day. A total of ~4 liters (a
gallon!)

Saw a promo on "Good Morning America" this morning that all next week
(Feb 2 - 6) they are going to have various chefs cooking low carb
recipes.  Emeril Lagasse and Wolfgang Puck were among the chefs mentioned.
Pat

I appreciate all the advice and ideas I've received from everyone. My scales
are very consistent. My husband has weighed on them and gone to the doctor
and his weight is exactly the same. I'm comfortable that the problem is not
with my scales.

I was on a seratonin upper and doing well then when I went on the low carb
diet the weepiness has returned. Is anyone else experiencing this?

Anybody notice changes in sleep habits?
After week two I started waking up early., before the alarm clock,
before the tick from the timer that turn on the plant lights. I now
wake up after 5 to 6.5 hours of sleep. I still want to sleep. For

He's a very large man who FINALLY began low carbing AFTER a scare about
Diabetes.
He's lost 22 lbs and has no more heartburn AND walks and jogs on the
treadmill daily!  He received his glucose test results and they were

Ok, forgive me for my insipidness, but I was recently informed of a
lady I know from work who does a "modified" form of Atkins diet..
There is a 1 hour window every day where you can eat ANYTHING you
want, the only stipulations to the diet are that the other 2 meals