Note to my mom....Quit eating all that bread..!

And noodles, and rice and those other processed-to-death things that you like so much.

Anyway, to answer your questions (she says in a nicer tone):

Breakfast:
Egg salad made with two eggs, mayo and dijon mustard
Three sausages (typically brown n serve turkey cuz I can nuke them at work)

Lunch:
Tuna salad made with mayo and dill. No onions. No relish. Nothing that would turn to sugar in my body.
Wrapped up in lettuce leaves (preferably romaine lettuce)

Dinner:
Chicken strips fried in butter (yesh - I said butter) and coated with parmesan cheese. Usually about four ounces, which is one of those Perdue pre-prepped chicken breasts in the bags - you know, the individual serving ones?
Cauliflower steamed in the microwave and then mashed up with butter (yesh - more butter) and bacon bits and some cheddar (nom-nom-nom).
Big old salad with lettuce, spinach and cucumbers (no tomatoes, but you know how squidgy I am about tomato guts)

Snack:
Two deviled eggs (four pieces, so two whole eggs) made with more mayo and yellow mustard or dill or celery seed. NO RELISH. Or maybe cucumbers (with the guts removed) and celery or jicama with some ranch dressing or blue cheese dressing. I used Maries dressing.

I also drank one cup of coffee a day with three splendas and creamer - real creamer.

I didn't eat more then 20 carb grams a day. I didn't notice a lot of weight loss in the beginning, but that might have been because I was addicted to my treadmill and building up muscle again.

Not seeing a weight loss did not mean I was going to go back to the way I was eating. I am really not on a diet, so don't worry about ribs showing. It is a way of life, and changing bad habits never have a quick fix to them. I need to be healthy inside instead of just looking good on the outside.

I drank ALOT of water - and I exercised. You should try exercising too. I know how much you hate it, but even walking around the block is something - do as much as your RA will let you, but don't hurt yourself.

Okee-dokee?

If you want to try losing weight this way, I am more then happy to lend you my books. Read and learn. Learn and experiment. Experiment and grow.

Not that the viewing public needs to know, but when I got um...bathroom challenged so to speak - I had one piece of sugar free candy...WHOOSH! I shouldn't be eating it, but my system needed to adjust and after the first week, I didn't need the candy anymore. Of course, you should use psy - silly - psyllium? Whatever - I couldn't say it let alone know where to look for it - though I now know it is metamucil. (ick - er, yum!)

Oh - also find a low carb community to stalk. *insert creepy chuckle here* There are plenty of low carb, inexpensive recipes online too. Find some that look interesting and try out your mad cooking skills. Unlike me - you are not a klutz in the kitchen (did I tell you I sliced off a good chunk of my finger on a mandoline I got from work?), so your recipes will probably turn out better then mine.

Finally, if you want to try it - wonderful. Give it two weeks and let me know how you are doing. Getting your body past the addiction to all that sugar is a lot of work and a lot of cravings. You will not always succeed, but you need to look at the big picture.

Personally, I feel pretty good and I know from the way I feel that my blood sugar has not plummeted to below 80 like it had that night you and gram highjacked me and stuck me with gram's diabetes poker thingy to take my blood sugar.

Anyway, read the books and then try it - you might like the way you look and feel. Oh yeah, before I forget - go to Fitday - sign up for an account and log your food in there so you can see how many carbs and calories you are eating each day. Good information to have.

I am not a registered dietician, nor do I claim to be - but I love you Mom and want you to be around to torture your daughters and grandchildren for many more years.

*hugs*