Tony, Thank you

Just wanted to stop back and say how great this WOL is! Spent 6 days at an all inclusive, yes had alcohol, came home to find I had gone up to 172, got back to my normal WOE and moderate exercise and today am sitting just over 165! Thanks again everyone.

It is extremely frustrating to watch (and be disappointed) in the scale. This time I am setting my goal as the plus and minus of consistently following the FTS game plan. When I eat a meal consistent with the plan, it's minus one. If I slip and eat "sugar" it's plus one. I'll let my clothes dictate how the plan is working.

Hello, I love your book! I have read Atkins, S.Beach but it wasn't until I read your book that it all clicked in a very simple explanation. I feel that I am armed with all the tools necessary to succeed and that I have this inner desire to be the person I want to be but and, this is a BIG but I continue to fail. I know that failing is part of the process and that getting up off the mat after each knockdown is essential. I feel I begin each day with the knowledge, skill and desire to stay on plan. But again and again and again, I fail to complete. Depressing. I eat a great low carb breakfast, water, black coffee. Lunch is always low carb salad with meat, cheese and olive oil dressing. Then I get home from work and here is where it gets bad. I am very hungry when I walk in the door. If dinner is not ready at that moment, I snack, at first it is low carb but maybe not. Then I have dinner which I consume like it is my last meal. Currently, I have 4 college age kids all home for the summer, all with different eating habits. My wife basically buys food around their lifestyle so there is just too much opportunity to get off track and I do.
I head for bed depressed at myself for the failure. Thankfully I begin each day as a new challenge of sticking to this WOL but the cycle continues. What am I missing? Any small secrets out there to help stay on course. Am I not eating enough that I am starved when I get home from work? Life is so short  and I know I can be successful but I feel I am missing some key link. Is it accountability? Any help is appreciated. Thanks

Hi, I have read Atkins, South Beach but once I read Fat to Skinny it all made sense. Thanks so much for that! I have lost 14 lbs. since starting and want to lose about 15 more. I have recently started a 20 week training program to run a marathon. (Finishing the marathon is my goal) One thing I have noticed is that as I increase my exercise, my appetite increases. Any suggestion on what I can do to stay on track with my weight loss? Thanks

Hi, I have supported the low carb movement for years off and on. Once I read Doug's book it literally changed my life. Looking at carbs this way is so simple. I have read Atkins and SB but Doug makes it so easy to understand. I can't look at an informercial on some exercise routine to lose weight the same way since reading FTS. Eliminate the sugar and sit back and get skinny, (a little exercise helps, but is not the be all, end all). I need some help. I started this on Jan. 1 and to date have dropped 11 lbs. ( 193 to 182). Nice but I seemed to have stalled a bit. No loss in the last two weeks. My problem areas are coffee with cream, which I have switched to black with a sweet n low and dinner. When I get home from work I am starved and though I eat low carb I think I eat too much. (two plates). Am I not eating enough at lunch? Should I try a snack bar or something? I am in sales so every day is different. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. B13