Hi Richard, I'm wondering if you're trying to be too strict on the low carb days then losing it on the "cheat" days. I tend to do that sometimes too and when I've been low carb for a few days, I tend to get cravings for sweet things. Quite often I lose the plot and eat lots of choccies and cake. Of course I feel lousey for it.!! What works better for me is if I don't try to be too strict on the low carb part of the diet. Stay paleo and avoid sugar and potatoes (therefore fries!) but have more veggies like carrots or parsnip, something with more carbs. That way, I don't get the boom and bust extremes. I think, maybe, that the desserts at the weekend and the odd steal of fries will be keeping the weight on you. I've been battling with the sugar cravings for a while. I've been taking pills to ged rid of candida and that has helped a lot. I've also been taking L-Glutamine now that the candida pills have finished and that seems to be keeping the cravings at bay. I hope that once I'm over the sugar addiction then I won't have the cravings anymore. Alison >From: Richard Geller <[log in to unmask]> >I eat very low carb most of the time but I load up on carbs every few days, >usually with foods I shouldn't eat like some potato chips or french fries >(I >steal them from the plate of one of my family members). If I am going to a >nice restaurant on a weekend I may eat the bread (if it's good) and have >dessert. I try to be low carb most of the time, though, perhaps 50g or so >per day with 100g to 150g every few days. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp