[Miss Marple]

I am with you. I feel much better (although I had one bad day when the lack of caffeine and the cravings made me a tad grumpy right at the start). But I knew to expect that, and I now feel great!

I tried low-calorie, low fat diets and I couldn't stick with them. On this I am not hungry, and in fact I think I am eating less in calories as well because I don't feel the urge to snack and I am not stuffing myself due to excessive hunger.

[SamAdams76]

Before going on the low-carb diet, I was a big coffee drinker. With lots of sugar and cream. Every day, I had to go to Dunkin' Donuts at least once. And of course, I'd usually have a donut or muffin to go with the coffee. I felt that I couldn't function without coffee to start the day and so bad was my "addiction" to coffee that I remember spending Christmas mornings driving around looking for a Dunkin' Donuts that was open!

Well when I went on the low-carb plan, I had no plans on cutting back on my coffee intake (which was about 3-4 cups a day). But it just happened. About six weeks into my plan (mid-May), I just stopped having a desire for it. Still, I went and got it anyway but ended up only drinking half of it or a quarter of it and throwing the rest away. Finally, around the beginning of June, I stopped going altogether and I haven't had a drop of coffee since.

That's not to say that I'll never drink coffee again. But I certainly don't have the desire for it anymore. Not when I get up at 5AM and go for long walks!

[Savage Beast]

I went to a dinner party this week. I ate the salmon and passed up the vegetables, dessert, and even the wine! When the host offered me more salmon, I didn't want it. I was amazed.