I completely understand and agree. I've been using the Four F's diet as a guide for me. I think my biggest problem is that my prior diet was SO BAD and unhealthy that this is a complete 180 for me and I keep slowly adding good things. I eat almost no carbs outside of what comes from the list of "good" foods. I've actually just looked over the list again today and I have done a great job of cutting out everything bad except for the one can of Coke I drink a day. I've learned to make things with olive oil instead of butter or margerine, no longer use salt of any kind (I was addicted to using Garlic Salt on EVERYTHING), and was never a fan of cake, ice cream, and only ate candy sparingly before so that part has at least been easy.

The hardest part for me has been adding in the good stuff (like drinking water, eating fish, eating FRESH vegetables, etc) and learning how to prepare it in a way that is good for me too. And I can see the results...it just took a while to really get it all aligned so I didn't starve. The first day I tried to drink just water I drank 1/2 a bottle...ALL DAY with nothing else to drink either! That wasn't good...so to keep from getting dehydrated I added in one can of Coke as I increased the water. My problem is that when it's something I don't like that I just don't have the urge to eat or drink it...so I end up eating and drinking NOTHING in it's place. Well...that's not good for anything. I like to eat...so I have over the course of the past month and a half or so gotten myself on board. I can only hope that as time goes on I see even MORE of an improvement.

The key for me was the idea that doing this with my diet can't HURT me and if it HELPS me then why wouldn't I do it?