My friend and I hit the gymn yesterday, so I took the opportunity to step on the scale. And ouch. But I am down 3 lbs from what I thought I was, so the first 5 days have done me well! Today is day 6 of my diet, and I have been doing very well. The hardest things right now are making myself eat protein at every meal, which I am not in the habit of doing (I have eaten quite a lot of soy product this week!), and not cheating when I get home from campus. I am usually a little hungry then, and I have made a point of having the right kinds of snacks around, but when walking from campus to home I invariably pass housed cooking yummy smelling food… But this stricter phase is only two weeks, and having made it this far, I think I can do it! I looked at the menu ideas for the phase two portion of South Beach, and the first breakfast, oatmeal with strawberries (aka Steph in heaven), is becoming this kind of goal for me. 8 more days of being good, and it is mine!