Hi Jim - Thanks for the reply. I'm not diabetic so I wouldn't have
the same problem. But I am planning to start on Monday and this week
I have been drinking caffeine, eating sugar and other carbs like
crazy - don't seem to be able to stop. So I do anticipate some
serious withdrawal symptoms.

One of the big reasons I want to eat this way is to lose weight - I
shudder to think how much I'm gaining this week, with my
out-of-control eating - and I do consider myself a carb addict and I
believe that the only way I can keep from overdoing it is to cut them
out altogether, like a drug addict with her drug. Cuz that's what it
is for me.

I might also say that I have a headache, heartburn and brain fog. I
*know* I'll feel way better once I start this WOL - after I get
through the withdrawal period.

Zoe


>Zoe,
>    The biggest problem I had for the first few days was going
>hypoglycemic because I was still taking all my meds.  After I cut them
>out everything was fine. I did get occasional cravings for things like
>pastries, junk food, but they didn't last long.  To a certain extent
>eating meat (the forbidden, politically incorrect food these days) was
>so satisfying I didn't miss the other things I didn't eat.  Also, not
>taking my diabetes meds meant if I cheated and ate something I
>shouldn't,  in about an hour I was feeling pretty bad.  Built in
>physical reinforcer.
>This, plus the ability to eat when you want, really helps.
>                Jim