So - a few years ago I went vegetarian, I'm almost vegan, and that was a wonderful decision for my health and for moral reasons - and it was a challenge in the beginning, but I could always eat wheat-meat (seitan), tofu, beans, etc. Lost about 30 lbs without counting calories.

That was in response to becoming diabetic. So of course, low-carb works for me, but it can be even more challenging being a low-carb vegetarian (beans are too high in carbs for me - I'm very sensitive).

I went on a liquid protein diet (New Directions, a VLCD). Lost a lot, came off of it in January of this year. My body then went wacko...not BECAUSE of the diet, it's just that the diet had been like an elimination diet, I guess.

So in eating carbs, I had an immediate rebound effect in weight gain. And then I broke out in an itchy rash on my body. Just miserable.

Turns out...I have a gluten allergy! So now I need to eat a low-carb, gluten free vegetarian diet

I think I'll be going back on a liquid diet, but not the doctor-guided VLCD (too expensive with the lab tests constantly). That doctor thought I had scabies and wanted me to "try" coating myself in pesticide a couple of times to see if that would make my "rash" disappear. I'll use my vegan protein supplements, and the new wonderslim aspartame-free puddings, and a green meal daily. So here's to changing my ticker weight, after finishing this paragraph .

Hang in there all. It's in giving up that we fail. I'm NOT giving up nor giving in!!

Good luck with that!

But withyour attitude, you don't really need it. I'm sure you'll do great.

I knew a family in my last church who needed to eat glutten free. One thing I never knew was that you couldn't use pots or pans that had been made with items that had glutten in them because it stays with the pan. They didn't know they had a glutten allergy because they ate pretty healthy. It wasn't until the grandma served a mission for the church in England and didn't eat as well as she use to. Now her granddaughter has a glutten free bakery she started. So things work out.
They did fine eating glutten free. In fact, probably a lot heathier then others because so many foods that are bad for us have glutten in them. This family in our church was very active, kids in sports, parents helping out, father in army reserves.

Keep us up-to-date. I'd love to read about your success.