Hi Stephanie, and
This is a great place to come for support, ideas, questions, friendship, etc. It may be hard at first to cut back on your starches, but you will get used to it. The less sugar you eat, the less you body craves it. I like to use pita pockets for sandwiches, tacos, fajitas, pizza, and stuff like that. Half a whole grain pita is one starch. Buy the pre split ones. I cannot ever split the other ones. Come on over to the friends and losers thread and introduce yourself. I posted OP (on plan) Shephards Pie yesterday. I was thinking that you could also use mashed cauliflower instead of potatoes to eliminate the starch entirely. Good luck, Katie