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Thank You Hala,
I had not thought of that. That's why I love OH many briains are better than one!!! I am going to give almond milk a try...downloaded a coupon from Silk.
Melissa

I have not been on the site for a while. Carb wise - not doing so good, and overall made a few really poor choices.  But ... there is still tomorrow, and once i realized, I went back on the program.  Not tomorrow - but today... had a high carb morning, but after that - not doing too badly.
After Easter - I will go back to my low carb style - starting with 1 week induction and then just follow the plan,  Until then - want to make sure I do not gain any weigh.

Today (not so good) food choices:
Coffee + almond milk
biscuit with butter.
fruit salad with whip cream

from this point on - I did low carb:
protein bar
Greek yogurt + proteins
flatout wrap + cheese + pickles
chicken with mushroom sauce, salad.
LNS: cheese

I think it is important to go back on a proper diet once we realized that we are blowing it off. Not the next morning, not later... but just on the spot.

Welcome to the group. I am like you - can't do little carbs. Specially simple carbs. If I start then I want it all the time.  So I decided to do low carb.
But - to be able to start that - I needed to do very low carb for a few days - to what we call it - "Decarb" myself.  Once I got on a really low carb diet (net carbs - I do not count fiber) and stayed on it for a few days - my body slowly adapted and i no longer craved the simple carbs.  It took me 2 weeks to do that - but then I was not on a really high carbs anyway.
Some people can do that in one week, some - may take them 3-4 weeks.  It depends how many carbs you ate before and what type of carbs.

To make sure I do not get constipated - I take extra magnesium and healthy fats.

As time progresses - I noticed that more and more carbs are "sneaking into my diet" so after Easter - I will need to decarb again. 
When i do not eat carbs - I really do not crave them.
It is almost impossible to have no carbs. 
I do not tolerate Sugar alcohols, and I try to exclude them from my diet.  Also - splenda - has some carbs and I developed sensitivity to it so I also try to avoid that.  I use stevia.

My goal on maintenance is 60 carbs- with 30 or less net carbs. When I'm m trying to loose weight - it is 20 net carbs, 40 carbs total, and less than 5 gr of sugar (from natural sources).

Sugar is sneaky.  They add it to almost any foods: processed meat, salad dressings, soups, etc.  some vegetables have more of it than others (i.e. carrots, beets, peas, beans, etc.)

Really measuring the food and journaling will really tell you how much you are getting of each. 

First few weeks are more critical - since you trying to break the cycle - carb addiction. 
After that, you know more, and you can be more flexible.  

Since I am typically on a very low carb style - I usually take 1- 2 weeks of very low carb days to start new cycle. I now can feel when I no longer crave the carbs. During initial phase I avoid fruits and high sugar veggies. Also stay away from milk and even yogurt.  

Once you start - start posting your daily intake and ask for suggestions.  
 

My ketone pee stick is still pale,looks like I am going to have to really cut down on carbs of all kinds,which is what I was trying to find out.so...

B Whey Natural choc protein cocoa
L sausage patty.free range eggs.cheddar cheese
S protein cocoa as above
D lasagna
S cottage cheese
T 46.0 N 42.7