I've been on the Intervention phase (30g carbs/day) of the Protein Power
Lifeplan for 4 weeks and am starting Transition (55g carbs/day) today.  My
carb weaknesses were pasta and chocolate, and I'm pleased that I no longer
crave these things.

I saw a story on Fox News about Kirstie Alley they said she weighs 275
pounds. People magazine will have a story and pictures in this weeks
issue. Wouldn't it be horrible to be a celebrity that's gained weight
and have your picture on magazine covers.

Technology to the rescue
By Steve Friess, Special for USA TODAY
Month after month, Deanna Isborn avoided going to the hospital.
Her surgical wounds weren't healing properly and were causing great

So there I was sat in the staff room at work, chatting with a Atkins curious
colleague, when someone else over heard.
No problem, we started talking about Atkins, and considering that I have
lost a fair chunk of weight, I'm kind of the in house expert (I work in a

Have you gotten some email from me lately?  I've been wondering if all
my email's been getting through, or getting out.
Take care,
Carmen

Hola,
A Chipotle Restaurant recenty opened in Gainesville, FL and I went
there to check it out.  (I love Mexican food).  They have this nice
Burrito Bowl that it's everything but the tortilla.  You chose the

IN the radio there is an ad saying some LC diets require you to stay
under 36 carbs a day, and the strict ones require you to stay under 20
grams. I guess the number 20 comes from Atkin's induction, but were did
they get the "magic" number 36 from?

I weighed today I lost 2 pounds this past week. I'm down a total of 9
pounds for March. I'm a happy camper.
420/328/160

this stuff is amazing. 1 cup is 100 cal. 4.6 fat, 12 protein, 3 gms of carbs,
(sugar 2 and 1 of fiber). no sugar alcohols. just splenda, whey proteins and
milk. kinda thick and creamy. nice over ice or with chocolate soda for a very
real tasting egg cream. the manufacturer is hood. ...

I guess this will be sort of also an introduction of sorts for me since
I have pretty much only replied to others posts.
I am 34 and on a somewhat modified version of a low carb diet, as I said
in the quick 8 questions survey i started to modify my WOE and lifestyle

A teaspoon of garlic powder has 1.7 net carbs! For black pepper it is .3
carbs and mustard has .6 carbs per tablespoon.
How carefully do people count their spice and condiment carbs?
doug

Before LC life I drank juice most of the time. Occasionally I would
drink Slice, Mt Dew...or any other lemon/lime kind of pop. I liked tea
too. I never drank just plain water.
Now, I can't have juice (too much sugar). Diet Pop really should be

Per person:
1/4 C  baby shrimp or crawfish tails
1/4 C buttermilk
liquid crab boil (optional)

Could someone please advise me how many carbs, if any, boiled crawfish have.
Thanks in advance.

The rear end accident I was in a couple weeks ago, its caused problems
with my jaw, left side. Ear and jaw pain, ringing in the ears,
swelling. Going to a TMJ specialist next week. Cannot chew foods right
now, too much to handle.