[ernie]

I've tried extremely low carb diets but ultimately they aren't sustainable for me. I like my fruit and higher carb containing veggies. I don't enjoy eating if I can't get them. So this time I've made a conscious effort to reduce carbs but not to anything close to a 5% level. I just can't do it.

But I did drop it from probably 70ish percent like many people eat in NOrth America down to about 40 so thaat I'm about 40:30:30 on any given day. This is the first time, ignoring some hunger which for me is inevitable it seems, I don't hate my "diet". It's satisfying to me in terms of what I get to eat and I don't find it a chore to maintain. The other thing I realized the past 5 months is that while I love some foods once I have a few bites the "oh my god this is good" has worn off and it's just eating at that point. Once that dawned on me I found it easier to portion control those, shall we say, less than ideal foods.