I caved last night. I wanted carbs bad, and I have been under stress at work and depressed and I thought they'd make me feel better. We went out to dinner, and instead of my usual cobb salad with oil vinegar dressing, I had bbq ribs, cole saw and baked beans. I felt sick afterwards. I came home and went to sleep on the couch, waking up only long enough to eat some popcorn.

When I woke up this morning, I knew I could NOT go to work. My head hurt and I just didn't feel good. Sooooo...

I am really stressed out today. I have been doing so well and tomorrow will be a month on the plan. Today I feel like eating everything not on the plan. I am fantasizing about chocolate and ice cream, and this is the first time this has happened to me. And my thinking is negative--I keep telling myself, "what if this isn't working?" "what if I stay fat forever?" "What if all this hard work doesn't pay off?" It is so scary to think like this but I am having a...

Today is a new day. My message from Joel Osteen yesterday said, Through His love, God gives us a fresh start every single day. No matter what’s happened in your past, where you’ve come from, what you’ve said or what you’ve done, God wants you to know that you can begin again. I need a new attitudinal beginning. Stress at work is killing me, but like my doctor said yesterday, It's just a job. So I will go to work, hold my head up high, and show the mucky mucks that I am WOMAN, I am STRONG!!!!...

I did it. I broke down. I ate cookies and crackers and peanut butter. The cookies tasted toosweet and the crackers too bland. My stomach hurt. My heart hurt. My mind hurt. It wasn't worth it.

I have been a low carber for the last 5 years and have managed to lose just over 60 pounds. However, during this journey to being a healthier, thinner me I met my husband. I have been married just over a year and managed to gain back 15 of those hard to lose pounds.

I have been trying to get back on it with no success. I find that I have mad cravings. Cravings that I didn't really have before. I go nuts and eat like I haven't ate in a long time.

So, here...