bye, bye sweet carbs

So I have decided to attempt the low-carb approach to life, which is sure to be a difficult challenge for this carb-loving girl. Yes, my name is Tiffany, and I am a carb-oholic. I admit it. I love all kinds of breads, pastas, yummy things with sugar in them, you name it. And you know how Bubba Gump is about shrimp? That's how I am about potatoes. I like them mashed, baked, stuffed, roasted, fried, julienned, au gratin...ok, I'm going to have to stop now because I'm starting to drool.

But, I read this article in Ladies Home Journal the other day (side note: my grandmother always buys us subscriptions to random magazines at Christmas--I think I am the only 30 year-old I know who has subscriptions to Reader's Digest and Ladies Home Journal), and it basically said that carbs are the primary reason people get fat. Low-fat diets don't make you skinny and exercising doesn't make you lose a lot of weight--it's all about the carbs. So, I decided to put this to the test.

Welcome to day one. Since I have not yet made a trip to the grocery store to buy all of the resources to support a low-carb diet, breakfast was a challenge. Normally, I opt for a bowl of cereal or a bagel...both big no-no's here. So what did I end up with? A handful of almonds and a salmon patty. Yep, that was breakfast...mmmm.

I just finished lunch, which was my pretty typical salad, just sans the usual baked potato on the side. They even had french fries on the lunch line today--their perfectly golden crinkles taunting me--but I resisted. Yay!

Of course, I picked a perfectly horrible time to begin such a dietary challenge...today alone, someone dropped off a big bag of caramel corn for the office, and the lunch ladies put chocolate chip cookies in everyone's boxes as a holiday treat. A note to my secret santa...do not, whatever you do, do not gift me with a box of Whitman's Samplers, or I will have to hit you over the head with it. A can of toasted pecans will be just fine...