South Beach Diet - Joining you at the Beach

Hi! I'm new and thought I should introduce myself. :)

I'm on my third day of Phase One, and I'm doing well so far. I'm struggling a little bit with planning meals, just because it's kind of hard to get out of old habits, but I'm taking it one day at a time. :) I figure each successful day is another day closer to THIS being my "old habits". :D

I avoid artificial sweeteners for myself and my family, so I'm wondering how I'm going to work around that. I've done one ricotta dessert, just with a bit of vanilla and a bit of cocoa powder, and just left the sweetener out entirely. It was good enough for me. :)

Anyway, I look forward to getting to know everyone, and I know I have tons to learn from all of you. Thanks for letting me join your party!

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If you search the forums, there are plenty of threads on sweeteners

:welcome: to The Beach, TallSkinnyLatte!

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Tall skinny hazelnut lattes are my favorite beverage!

Nice to meet you!

Welcome!

Welcome! Here's to new habits becoming old habits!

Thanks everyone for being so welcoming! And thanks, jenne1017, for the tip about searching for topics on sweeteners. There's so much great information here. :)

:welcome2: Hello! It's nice to meet you!

Welcome Tall Skinny! I also don't use artificial sweeteners. Frankly since doing Phase 1 I don't really crave sweet things anyway. And the planning gets waaaay easier. I've been doing SB for two months (yesterday) and now it's a no brainer to throw together an on plan meal from what is in the fridge or order something in a restaurant. My shopping list has become pretty consistent and my husband is also getting used to eating more vegetables. This is really one of the best plans out there.