I got the FTS book last weekend. Started to change my life this last Monday and I've become obsesed with looking at the carbs of supposed healthy and diet foods. Shocked beyond belief how unhealthy and poisonous even diet foods are. Example: Special K Red Berries cereal bars. Sure only 90 calories and 1.5G of fat (old way of thinking) but 18g of carbs plus 8g sugar. OMG that means instead of helping me eating one of these for breakfast it was actually a head start for storing fat for the day. Last night at work I came across the usual bowl of Hershey's Minitures that is on just about every desk. Tempted? Heck yeah... grabbing 2 or 3 of these while cleaning my way through the offices used to be an every night no big deal occurance. Now that I'm actually thinking, I looked up the carbs in the little devils and found 1 serving size is 5 pieces... carbs per serving...25g.  When I realized that even one piece (5g carb) is as much or more than an actual meal, that was enough for me to take a huge gulp of water and move one, leaving the candy alone. Proved to me that "one bite or one piece won't hurt" is a total falsehood.

Thank you Umpa and Tony

Doug, thanks for encouragement. I shouldve made myself clear. I am ridding myself of the poisons judt not the house. My 25 yr. old son lives with me and hes not convinced he should do this with me seeing how hes not over weight. So he will be eating with old habits. I did mean Im going to est right keeping track of all carbs and limiting them to 20, burlt youre right about a limited diet this month...lol next month i will have lots of variety and cant wait to try recipies that i currently do mot habe all ingredients for now.