Hi CJ...My name is Rachel and I'm new here. Thanks for posting this!  I have been pressured by quite a few friends that have had gastric bypass or lapband procedures done who think that I should have it done also.  I didn't feel that was the right path for me, but was getting very frustrated at struggling to lose weight (when they were peeling off 6 or 7 lbs. per week) and wondering if I had truely made the right decision to not have surgery....until I discovered the F2S book and read it. I am on day 3 of eating low carb and I LOVE IT!! I'm never hungry, the scale is moving in the right direction, and I don't have the energy/mood swings I used to from the constant overload of sugar. I am hoping tomorrow to be under 200 lbs. for the first time since before I was pregnant with my 2nd son (he's 18 months old).