Hi guys, just thought I would add my bit. Yep, I was scared silly of the carb thing, man have we been brainwashed. Heather you are my hero! I am having sooooooo much fun eating my beloved white breads, potatoes, your lovely recipes for breads, cakes, etc. I am hoping to lose weight, in time, right now I am enjoying eating again. I was a vegetarian for 12 years and would love to get back to that. I just printed off Heather's note about the carb thing and my husband is reading it. I am getting him off of Aikins and he's loving the mashed spud again also. We are British after all! I will let you all know how the weight thing goes, for now my tummy is pretty good.