Not all bunless burgers

Welcome to the first post of 'No, I *don't* want fries!' . This blog is all about maintaining a lower carbohydrate existence in the face of Real Life. Real Life serves up stress, strange working hours, holidays (religious and otherwise), sweet sweet danishes, and restaurant staff for whom 'no muffins, please' is a difficult concept (and you're a difficult customer for throwing them off their groove like that!)

I've been pursuing this Way Of Eating since August of last year. There have been mistakes. There have been donuts. But my overall health is great and I've lost the equivalent weight of a 17" monitor (CRT, not LCD).

Not everybody makes this lifestyle work. It's not as convenient as the McDonalds drivethrough or a muffin-latte combo from Coffee HQ on the way to work. I don't think the concept of comfort food exists in quite the same way any more, so there's no burying your sorrows under french fries.

You *can* live this way though and there's many people for whom this is the Right Answer. I'm one of them, so's my SO. And from day to day you need to make decisions, and plans to stay on this track. You don't know, starting out, what's a carb bargain and what *isn't*, what you can eat, what day to day life on this WOE is supposed to be like. That's what this blog is about.