>I think though that weighing in the
>fact that I no longer eat lots of expensive snack and convenience food
>(candy, deli meats, ice cream, super-expensive glutenfree baked goods), for
>me the diet may actually be more economical!.

Given what I used to spend on Fast Food in a week. . . hell yeah.  I was a
corn-oil addict, feasting on those complex potato carbs in an elaborate
fat+carb combonation gauranteed to make my body a reflection of the world I
live in, "overpopulated, poluted and over weight."