Weight Loss/Maintenance

If I eat a carb-rich lunch like brown rice, steamed veggies and black beans -- I'm golden, no snack attacks no nothing.

If I eat the same calories in white pasta or bread, I have NO energy the rest of the afternoon and find myself looking for coffee or sweets.

Eating a meat-heavy diet just makes me cranky and unsatisfied in general.

For anybody who is not happy going low carb, try low gluten! Take the wheat out for a week and see what happens. For me this has been working great. It's not only losing weight - it's how you feel while you are losing it. It only takes 3 days for me to feel my energy soar on no gluten, and although I miss bread and pasta, I've learned that small amounts of healthier carb foods such as baked potatoes and brown rice pasta and corn tortillas work much better for me.