What do you do when you're craving them and it's driving you nuts? I'm on the protein only stage and I'd give anything for a vegetable and some carbs and when I smell other people eating them, it's making me crazy!

I haven't had more than 20 grams of carbs any day in about 15 months. After a time, you just don't want them anymore.

So much of this journey is a mental battle. If you know that carbs are something that you shouldn't consume, you just have to have the inner strength to resist them. For me, they would derail everything I have worked so hard for, and no food or drink is worth that to me!

So, my advice is when you get those cravings, consider your goals, take a deep breath, and just say no...

I never was on a Protein only phase.

would sugar free popsicles work? I count it in my fluid count, and it satisfies my sweet tooth.

I was just told by my surgeon that you need to match your protein intake to your carb intake. So if you take 60g of one then you take in 60g of the other

My diet is 4 weeks protein, then vegetables, then a month later fruit and at 6 months I can have minimal carbs.

I just keep my carbs below 50 grams and keep my protein at 70 grams. Not sure if that's right but its working

I didn't have a Protein only phase either so I can't really offer anything more than encouragement. I'm 5.5 months out now and keep my carbs between 50 and 100 grams a day and it works for me, I hope once the phase passes are you are able to have carbs again in moderation your craving will subside. I've found that when I'm denied something, that is when I crave it most.