NO white food - potatoes - bread - rice - white flour/sugar. After a few days you will not be hungry and you will have so much energy. I eat so many vegies and protein now along with some fruit. Even WW limits fruit or used to. Excercise burns calories. Atkins web site is FREE and has so many tips and recipes. You can do it for 2 weeks and see how you like it - it is a good boost. I love bread and found a few different very low carb breads and pocket type breads that work. Read labels = you want to eat all you can eat and have many choices so you stick to a new plan. Good luck! Lots of interesting ideas on this thread. I have enjoyed reading them.