I should have written this last week, but everything is crazy busy. I am looking to lose around 50 lbs, to get back to a healthy weight. I started the South Beach diet Monday, as it is the only diet I have ever found that I really think I can stick to after the first few days. I am hoping that this site will also help me stick with things, by meeting others doing the same things and finding tips, etc. Also, I think it will help me to be kind of answerable to someone/some comunity, where I will feel guilty if I just drop off my diet as I have done in the past.
The first couple days have gone well. I am not feeling hungry or having cravings. I am vegetarian, so am having to modify the recipes to some extent, but so far that has been easy as I live in a very vegie friendly area and there are lots of soy products in the stores. I don’t actually own a scale, so I will be going mostly on the way my clothes fit, but I do want to try and jump on the scale at the gymn every week or so.
Good luck to all of us! And thanks for this great site!