As a penny-pincher (i.e. cheapskate
) I would like to mention that you can get it for $15.71, including free shipping from buy.com. There are links in the thread "Buying the South Beach Diet Book" at the top of this section. If you don't want to keep it, you can sell it on Half.com, as you can get what you paid for it there right now. Then you won't have to lose the shipping fees if you return it to Prevention.
The first two weeks were only difficult for me the first day, and not really difficult then. Everyone's experience will be different, of course, but knowing you can run back here to ask questions or get support really helped me. I loaned my book to my sister, so I can't look up the comment on caffeine. I found an online quote from him that said "We do suggest limiting caffeine intake since it may stimulate insulin from the pancreas thereby exacerbating hypoglycemia". However, I do recall that in the book, he said in his opinion, the amount was minimal, so he thought that it would be ok to have your morning caffeine if you really wanted it. I personally would limit it to caffeine in the mornings, and decaf if you drink it later in the day.
Thinking about ordering the SB diet book
But I let it pass and go on with whatever I'm doing. Then I have some ricotta and Splenda and I'm fine. The first two weeks is like a "flushout" and once you commit to it and just do it, it's over with (I'm halfway done). I figure if I don't just stick to it and get through the 14 days I'll have to do it over and over and over again. No Way! I want to do it once and be done with it! 
